What’s the #1 thing that blocks your creativity?

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I think for me it's overwork.

Accepted Answer

Not sleeping enough. The funny thing is that I can stay up to really late when it "strikes". And usually the next day i'm a vegetable :P

Abadesi · Answer

Similar to you mine is stress -- if I'm stressed about work or anything happening in my personal life everything plummets. I can't focus my attention in a productive way. I can't sleep well because my brain is full of worries and negative emotions which don't help my creativity. Except for maybe emo lyrics / sad poetry.

Dan Edwards · Answer

Stress outside of work, anything that's causing my mind to be worried / distracted from what I'm working on inevitably effects how creative I am.

Trying to separate personal stress from work can also be hard when working remotely because you're sometimes in the environment that causes you stress.

Ravi Gupta · Answer

@dima_grossman Agree.

Eduard Streltsov · Answer

Complexity of goals

John Bunka · Answer

@dima_grossman Lack of sleep destroys productivity

Leonardo Motta · Answer

Pressure. I have worked for costumers that expect miracles in short time. It really hurts what a project could be like.

Sarah Loertscher · Answer

I think the lack of "free" time - not making the space to essentially play without purpose

Kevin Castro · Answer

Anxiety

Ravi Gupta · Answer

@abadesi Try meditation, it helps.

Ravi Gupta · Answer

@tilenko like?

Ravi Gupta · Answer

@eduardstreltsov or prioritization of goals.

Ravi Gupta · Answer

@leonardo_motta faced a same dillema.

Sang Nkhwazi · Answer

noise

Joonas Hämäläinen · Answer

I'm not fully sure what blocks my creativity. I've noticed that I am most productive when I am a little cold, a little hungry and without distractions. Like Waking up, getting to computer and starting to work. Six to nine hours go almost nonstop, and then I start to realize I would need to take care some of my basic needs.

What’s the #1 thing that blocks your creativity?

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