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 🙂