Create! coloring my world .....: 2010

How to Be Your Own Best Muse: 101 Ways to Delight and Inspire Yourself

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1. Blow bubbles in your backyard.
8. Call someone interesting and invite them out for coffee.

9. Go fly a kite.

10. Find a park or playground and play outside. How long has it been since you were on a slide? It’s fun, even if you feel a little silly and awkward at first.
12. Dance in the rain.

14. Try to go a whole day without talking. Instead, write down what you want to say. Keep a notebook at hand for any unexpected inspirations.

24. Give yourself a deadline to produce a certain word count or finish a project, and stick to it
25. Take fabulous care of yourself —

29. Try writing under a tree, on a park bench, in your favorite coffee-shop. Often, a change of scene can imbue your work with juicy creative energy.

33. Play with a slinky, Rubik’s Cube, or other toys to limber up your creative muscles and re-connect with your inner ten-year-old.
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36. Shake up your daily routine. do something new. Take a risk. Find something you feel excited about and do it, even if it’s not directly related to writing. Everything is material — every experience, every mistake, will feed your work.

37. Write 4 inspiring quotes from your favorite writers in your journal, one at the top of each page. Use them as writing prompts

47. Write down your dreams for a month without re-reading them. After a month has passed, peruse your nocturnal scribblings and see if there’s anything here you can build on. Can you expand an image you dreamt into a poem, story, or song?

50. Have an un-birthday party for yourself, and give yourself the gift of inspiration — a new journal, some art supplies- anything to feed your creative soul.