K is for Kid-like #atozchallenge
Creativity is a lifestyle for me, not an action. This month I'm exploring twenty-six quirky ways I keep my creativity flowing.
I've discovered that sometimes when people grow up they lose some of their creativity. If you watch a kid though, they often times float through life with a sense of wonder. Practically everything is new and exciting to them. They dance and twirl through the day, tasting, touching, smelling, exploring, creating.
When I was a kid I spent endless hours playing in our sandbox, creating villages and farms. We built forts in the woods. We dug around the bank in our creek and developed our own islands. We chopped down trees and made a tipi. We made houses out of groves of trees. We "survived" on editable flowers and acted like we lived outdoors.
Now that I'm older my creativity and imagination has taken somewhat of a different track, but I still try and approach each day with the idea of inspiration and opportunities bursting forth from every direction. Each day is filled with wonder to explore and develop and mine and it makes life exciting. I love exploring aspects of life that most people my age don't even notice... That might be one reason why practically everyone guesses me to be about a third of my age, but hey, having a kid-like sense of wonder is something I fully embrace.
I've been enjoying sitting in a very comfy lounge snacking on delicious sweets and coffee as I edit and blog. I'm getting a ton accomplished and having a wonderful time doing so.
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How are some ways you cultivate a kid-like wonder of the world around you?
I've discovered that sometimes when people grow up they lose some of their creativity. If you watch a kid though, they often times float through life with a sense of wonder. Practically everything is new and exciting to them. They dance and twirl through the day, tasting, touching, smelling, exploring, creating.
When I was a kid I spent endless hours playing in our sandbox, creating villages and farms. We built forts in the woods. We dug around the bank in our creek and developed our own islands. We chopped down trees and made a tipi. We made houses out of groves of trees. We "survived" on editable flowers and acted like we lived outdoors.
Now that I'm older my creativity and imagination has taken somewhat of a different track, but I still try and approach each day with the idea of inspiration and opportunities bursting forth from every direction. Each day is filled with wonder to explore and develop and mine and it makes life exciting. I love exploring aspects of life that most people my age don't even notice... That might be one reason why practically everyone guesses me to be about a third of my age, but hey, having a kid-like sense of wonder is something I fully embrace.
I've been enjoying sitting in a very comfy lounge snacking on delicious sweets and coffee as I edit and blog. I'm getting a ton accomplished and having a wonderful time doing so.
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How are some ways you cultivate a kid-like wonder of the world around you?
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