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Where would we be without creative types? No literature to take us on journeys, no music to soothe us like a breeze, no art to give us pleasure …

Were you the artistic child, praised for your creativity, but often punished and told that you were not applying yourself? Did you grow up to be the adult who cannot go straight to sleep, because of racing thoughts, ideas, striking you as your head hits the pillow?

I can relate. For years, I beat myself up about the fact that I have been cursed with the attention span of a flea. But in my early twenties, I realized something. My wandering mind, inability to focus, and inopportune moments of inspiration, with fine-tuning, became a blessing — not a curse. Now, I am determined to make a career from being creative.

How did this epiphany happen? I listened to myself.

1. Make a habit of writing those thoughts down, no matter how big or small.

“When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.” -Michael Leboeuf

You may be surprised to see what your subconscious was trying to tell you.

Oftentimes, the things we experience are not fully processed right away. I believe, this is why inspiration may strike at any given moment. Your inspiration – your muse – may have been something you were too busy to analyze. It could be as simple as a person who could benefit from an invention, an inspirational story, an abstract photo or painting, and like clockwork (hours later just as you find your comfy spot in bed) you are nearly paralyzed with a flood of new exciting ideas.

Write them down. Your subconscious is trying to remind, show and tell you something.

2. Accept your ideas and understand how powerful the mind truly is ...

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