Day 20
“A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life” – Elizabeth Gilbert
Set an Unrealistic Goal for yourself today.
An unrealistic goal could be to come up with 1,000 ideas in one minute, to write 20,000 words by lunch, to talk to a friend and pay attention with no words for 5 full minutes.
Extra points: Share your Unrealistic goal with and tell me if you’ve achieved it. unpackyourcreativity@gmail.com
Intense pressure can hinder creativity, but embracing extreme pressure can have surprising benefits. When a task seems impossible, doubts and fears fade away, allowing for fearless creative thinking. This environment encourages giving it your all, knowing failure is inevitable. In the process, you might even accomplish the seemingly impossible, surprising yourself along the way.
This exercise uses convergent thinking.
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MON: My goal was to listen to every word said in church, I have difficulty sometimes hearing and paying full attention. So I sat in the front and I think I got about 90% of the information, which for me is a win since it’s a lot more than usual.
And I’m also setting an intention for more focused hearing because it’s one of the senses I’m hoping to strengthen.
ISA: Run around the world today
CARO: Walk 20,000 steps in one day. I made it to 15,000. I definitely pushed myself to do more because of the unrealistic goal.