You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
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You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
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Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#2Creativity requires space. Can't remember who said it (paraphrasing): dedicate at least 4 hours to the process, you might end up being creative for only 10 minutes of that time.
Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#3This 1000 times. Why is it that we don’t optimize for brain power? The brain lacking sleep and under stress is designed to survive, not thrive. Our strongest muscle is weakest when we need it most to prioritize survival.
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#4This seems like nonsense. The author claims that we're overwhelmed by the volume of content we consume and that's why we can't be creative. So the suggested solution is to do more work to consume content? That doesn't make any sense to me.
Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#5This 1000 times. Why is it that we don’t optimize for brain power? The brain lacking sleep and under stress is designed to survive, not thrive. Our strongest muscle is weakest when we need it most to prioritize survival.
>Why is it that we don’t optimize for brain power?
who is "we"? how many people do you know who are informed on the matter? how can you expect society to revolve around this if it's still mostly overlooked?
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#6There's some irony in the writer recommending books and videos to help with digital hoarding. I now have two more books sitting in my Amazon wishlist.
On another note, I recently started using Obsidian and it really is as good as they say. I also use Remember The Milk for my daily TODOs.
Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#7This seems like nonsense. The author claims that we're overwhelmed by the volume of content we consume and that's why we can't be creative. So the suggested solution is to do more work to consume content? That doesn't make any sense to me.
This was my impression as well. I think people actually feeling burnt out creatively might read this and get a forlorn feeling that what is required is more work, and then go straight back to mindlessly scrolling
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#8Creativity requires space. Can't remember who said it (paraphrasing): dedicate at least 4 hours to the process, you might end up being creative for only 10 minutes of that time.
I'm sure it's been said many times, but John Cleese did provide a memorable talk on it [1] and particularly touched on the relation to stress. And if anyone feels like they have troubles with stress/anxiety, Robert Sapolsky provides some great insight into how and why it affects health overall [2]. I'm not sure if Sapolsky's material will help reduce stress, but it was pretty entertaining along the way.
Two great speeches that it would be a shame to lose. Now, what was that about keeping up with digital clutter?
Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#9Creativity requires space. Can't remember who said it (paraphrasing): dedicate at least 4 hours to the process, you might end up being creative for only 10 minutes of that time.
Generally I find boredom or challenge is a prerequisite for my creativity to start percolating - but overdosing on boredom yields more creativity (to stave it off), while overdosing on challenges generally leads me to burnout.
Re: You're not lacking creativity, you're overwhelmed
#10Thankfully we have HN that could kill your attention OR narrow your attention to fewer items.
Beyond the focus issue there is a subset: the mesmerizing issue. There is an overwhelming incredible stuff on Internet that is enough to spend your lifetime. It would be easier if the information available was only for trivial distraction.