Why Creative Plateaus Are Actually a Good Thing

I write about creative productivity. Yet this month, I’ve been miserably unproductive. For everything I attempted to create, I found 1 million reasons why it sucked. And by extension, why I sucked too. But I am a creator, so I have to keep going. I’m not the only one experiencing this sort of conflicting situation. I’m sure you do too. You want to create, yet you don’t. I used to fight this. I used to wish I would never have to deal with it any more. Now I embrace it. <h1>A rut is actually a healthy sign</h1> Imagine never getting stuck. Imagine everything you try to do is an instant success. It might sound like a dream. Certainly, it’s something I have sometimes wished for. But not only is it unrealistic, it’s also contradictory. The best creativity happens in reaction to something that happens to you. It’s when you want to change something. You are disappointed. You have a better story to tell. Where would the song Imagine by John Lennon be without a story? If you don’t get stuck, you don’t get those stories. You don’t have anything to improve. And so you don’t create. Or you become a weak echo of what already exists. Of course, though, if you are permanently stuck, you don’t grow, you freeze, and you can’t move on. <h1>You need to find a balance between getting stuck and moving on.</h1> That’s where creative productivity comes in. <a href="https://medium.com/mind-cafe/why-creative-plateaus-are-actually-a-good-thing-1127515c4868">Visit Now</a>