Happiness Begets Creativity

Creativity is not constant. Some days I am happier than others, and those days ideas overrun me. The lead weight of self-consciousness is made buoyant by the lightness of heart. On creative days, I am not just lighter. I become weightless. I float.

When I am creative, it’s not so much that I get better ideas. Rather, because I feel happier, everything seems better. When I am happy, I am more willing to listen to myself, so I get more ideas. And given more ideas, some of them would be good.

Don’t torture your brain to be creative when you don’t feel good. Just give up trying. It’s like wringing sap out of dry dead wood. Instead, work harder to be happy. But beware of the fallacy of wanting to fix your life in some big way. It won’t make you any happier. Instead, pay attention to the little details in life that matter. The moments make you happy.

Who have you appreciated today?

Boy playing. Shanghai.

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