Creative people develop and build on their creativity, but, it’s a tank they need to constantly refill.

Travel, yoga, meditation, experiences, reading, there are very many ways that help designers feel creative.

Watching a ceiling fans oscillations or just how nature is so beautiful, anything could click.

They don’t know what would either!

It’s a fun field,free and liberating, but there are two sides to a coin.

Many atimes, a designer could feel blocked or un-able, for absolutely no obvious reason and could be absolutely unexpected too.

WHY

1-Fear

The fear of not being able, able to create enough.

Or the fear of not being able to create something wow.

2-Confidence

Sometimes their confidence shakes, or is shaken, and the designer is in a block, they are unable to trust themselves, sometimes to even pick up the pen.

3-Stress

The stress of a deadline, could be delivery,completion, an important visit, anything could make one anxious.

One could be in such situations because of reasons outside their work too, a sick kid, a mishap,a fight anything could disturb a designer.

The importance of a free mind is underrated.

HOW

1- Nature walk

The beauty and depth of nature is inspiring to many, a walk in nature could help one unwind and feel refreshed.

2-Hobby

Practicing a hobby helps deviate ones energy, a shift in energies is a good way to refill ones creative tank.

3-Speaking to someone who motivates you

We all have a go-to person who helps us rewind our system by reminding us how awesome we are, give them a call 🙂

4-Workout

A good workout releases the stress, frees the mind and calms the soul!

5-Food

A good, mindful dil-khush meal helps alot, the feeling of satisfaction and completeness could help release stress and bring the cap back on 🙂

DO-NOT

Apart from avoiding getting into the obvious loops, one must not:

1-Discuss the design block alot

It’s a problem that can only get aggravated by discussion, when you know how to destress, do just that.

2-Opening up to the client

If you’re really lucky, they’d understand, but most often than not,it’s something the client wouldn’t get, avoid discussion, take a day off and fix it.

3- Delivering under pressure

You could make mistakes you’d regret later, and it’s something someone’s investing their soul into, take a day off than delivering something you don’t feel yourself in.

A creative tank is a designers most important asset, have respect for it and build it with happiness and calmness 🙂

**All the images have been picked from Pinterest, only to support my point.

They are not our designs, but are certainly in sync with our design understanding 🙂