How to keep yourself inspired

When our job is to be creative, there are going to be times where you'll feel unmotivated, your muse is not there and you are dry of ideas, if this is your case, I got your back. Today I'm going to share with you 5 easy steps that always help me when I'm in kind of a creative block.

1 Make a creative board.

This is something I do since I was in Fashion School and now I use it on everything I do, it is a way to keep everything that inspire you in one place, I try to update it every 3 months, but during this time I will add or remove things. What happens is that just by looking at it I feel motivated and inspired and then I come up with new ideas.

2 Write every idea that comes to your mind.

This is super important, sometimes you'll have an idea and because you are busy or doing something else you won't write it down and then probably you'll forget about it. The moment you come up with something, write it down, that's why I always carry a notebook with me, I learned the hard way. Even if the idea is not as good as you want it to be or is "incomplete", write it down, because later you can use it in combination with another one and create something great. There's nothing like bad or small ideas, they are all important.

3 Watch or read things related to what you do.

Now, I'm not saying you are going to copy someone's ideas, it is just for inspiration, sometimes by watching or reading someone else work you get inspired and come up with your own ideas. This is something EVERYONE does, just be sure to be you!

4 Set a deadline.

You might think that by doing this you are just putting pressure on yourself and you'll get frustrated, because how can you do it if you are not inspired?? Well, for me it works the other way around, this tells my brain: time to work, let's get creative. Without a deadline you don’t have that good pressure that makes you work, you'll just delay whatever you have to do and waist time waiting for the inspiration to come, and that's not really the way it works for me. Yes, inspiration will come to you but after you work for it to come.

5 Take time for yourself.

So, you have a deadline now, good. Now, it's equally important to take some time for yourself, but this doesn’t mean you are going to take the whole week off, no, no, I'm talking about having time for you in between times. Go out, have a weekend getaway, spent the afternoon at the park, go to a museum, go to a Spa, all of this is so you connect with yourself, this is essential for me. Sometimes we get a little lost in the process and when this happens we have to take the time to reconnect with ourselves. This is also the moment when I get more ideas, it's like by letting things go you start thinking more clearly and ended up having amazing ideas.

So these are 5 easy tips to help you get back on track with your creativity, this is based on my own experience, things I do that really work for me and I just wanted to share them with you, in case that like me, you go through this phase on regular basis.

Let me know in the comments if there is something else you do that helps you get inspired, I love reading what works for everyone.