The #1 thing you have to do to be creative in the 2020s #Habits

23 Nov 2020 · 1 min

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TJ Walker (YouTube, Nov 23, 2020) argues that being creative in the 2020s requires the ability to sit with a blank screen/sheet and resist distractions (email, texts, social media) long enough to produce something—anything—even if the first draft is poor. He emphasizes habitually carving uninterrupted time to think and put down initial drafts as the core of the creative process.

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So what does it mean to be creative in the 2000 and twenties? I think in a nutshell, it means this. It means you have to be able to stare at a blank computer screen, or a blank sheet of paper, or a blank canvas, and not let yourself be distracted until you put something down. It could be garbage, it could be slop. But the creative process about you starting with something, you can't do it if you're spending every second checking email, text, social media. So if you're trying to become more creative, if you're looking for creativity in your job, your career, your life, you're going to have to spend some time being able to stare at an empty screen, empty sheet of paper, and just thinking on your own. Putting something down. First draft, second draft might be awful. That's okay.