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What habits of yours kill your creativity?
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#12My day job. I have to build space into it and put interesting things into the space or it's nearly intolerable. But that is why I'm working on changing jobs. I'm 31.
I had to do a double take after I read this to make sure I didn't write it and forget about doing so.
I too am 31, changing careers, and building space into my day job to do interesting things.
Of course, the Adderal prescription helps.
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#13eating too much lunch -> afternoon drowsiness.
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#14Distractions.
The internet[1] being the major one, occasionally video games or books. Somewhat unpleasantly I seem wired to seek new distractions whenever I don't have one currently occupying my mind.
I've been thinking of forcing myself to spend half an hour each day without stimulus, just thinking and writing on a paper notepad to get around this.
[1] I find posting on the internet much more distracting than surfing, because there's the constant desire to check back and see what responses you got.
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#15World of Warcraft.
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#16Having to anticipate implementation problems kills my creativity. Instead of developing the application and solving problems as they arise, thinking and worrying in advance about potential roadblocks, showstoppers and lack of acceptance can be a cause that I don't even start a project, or be reluctant with it.
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#17Hacker News
Yes, that question was an easy one.
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#18World of Warcraft.
Starcraft II.
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#19It's not a habit but when I think 30 years back I'd actually say that what killed most of my creativity are computers and the Internet. They simply offer too many distractions and cannot replace the intimacy of working with pencil and unlined paper. But maybe it's just the way I use it -- e.g. that I answer questions like yours and follow sites like hn etc. They offer pleasant/stimulating distractions but on the whole ... Maybe it's a good idea to display your question as screen saver.
Nice quote although my habits were much better when I was 30 than they are now.
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#20It's not a habit but when I think 30 years back I'd actually say that what killed most of my creativity are computers and the Internet. They simply offer too many distractions and cannot replace the intimacy of working with pencil and unlined paper. But maybe it's just the way I use it -- e.g. that I answer questions like yours and follow sites like hn etc. They offer pleasant/stimulating distractions but on the whol…
Creativity is expressed in many forms, and if it were not for computers, my creative talents would never have been realized. I develop video games from the ground up, and these games wouldn't have come to life if not for computers.
To answer the poster's question however, I'd have to say my creativity is stunted by the myriad of distractions in my life. Within eye-shot right now I see 5 screens. 3 of them are turned on. If I were in my office, double it.
Sure I can control these distractions, but I choose not to because I think I'm addicted to constant info and visual overload, white noise, and a desperate need to be entertained every second of my life. Just being honest.