I remember when my oldest was just a wee one, and I loved to read materials on sleep-training. I was terrified of the idea of not getting enough sleep. (Honestly one of those books I would now throw out, or better yet, burn in the fire! You may know what book I’m referring to…)
There was a concept in all those books that didn’t quite make sense at the time, though it certainly proved to be true.
That concept? Sleep begets sleep.
The idea was if you made sure your baby napped during the day would ensure better sleep for baby at night.
I find this concept to be true of many things in life. Whether positive or negative.
Eating healthy begets more eating healthy.
Complaining begets more complaining.
Exercise begets more exercising.
And now, I’ve come to realize through blogging and also seeing it in my own children that creating begets creativity.
The more we are in the habit of creating, the more the creative juices are flowing.
And when we get out of the habit, it can feel as though the ideas have ceased, but if we start flexing those creative muscles again, our creative strength will return.
Before starting up ‘Outside the Box Learners’ the creative part of me had taken a decade long hibernation. I would actually tell people “I used to be creative.”
When I began writing again, it woke up the creative part of me and I’ve been amazed by the more I write, how more ideas come.
This idea that creating begets creativity is ALSO one of the reasons I like to let my kids have loads of free time.
And why I think we need to let our kids be bored. Some of my kiddos’ most imaginative ideas come when they have a few hours of “nothing” going on.
I see this in my 5-year-old who loves TV and movies… When I don’t cave in to those desires of his, I see his creativity really come out (after pouting for a bit of course!)
In fact, when we found out our oldest, super creative child, had anxiety the psychologist told us it would be important for her to have time to explore her interests – just being creative exploring things on her own, as opposed to just signing her up for extra art classes. And she really does do better when she has that time to do so!
How about you? Are you a “creative”? Do you need to wake that part of your brain up?
Go, and get your creative self on!
