Here’s What Over 100 Creatives on Twitter Taught Me About Overcoming Creative Block

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Creative block is something I struggle with quite often as a creative.

Almost like clockwork every couple of months I run out of creative inspiration. I find it hard to string a few sentences together to write an article let alone design something like a Twitter graphic.

When this slump hits, I feel like I’ll never get my creative mojo back. Then when I eventually recover, I just zoom along until the next block happens and I’m back to square one.

I needed a way to mitigate the worst effects of creative block when it inevitably hits. So, I took to Twitter and researched how other creatives overcome their own creative block.

I ended up looking at over 100 creatives during this process and most of them had these 5 tactics in common:

1 Go Outside For A Walk In Nature

It’s simple and it works. Not just for creative block but also for stress and anxiety.

There’s something about being outside near green trees and grass that does something to your mind and body to promote creativity.

Even if there’s no greenery where you are, the act of changing your attention to something else like being outside for 10–15 minutes…