For most, creativity and peace of mind is hard to achieve, nowadays especially, a lot of internal and external noise distract people. Career, relationships and self-imposed pressure can be very detrimental to one’s person hence we seek some sort of inspiration or escape to achieve peace to be able to get on a creative workflow. A simple activity might be a solution for you; it’s as simple as Walking. A task that you are already performing daily, you just never thought of it as a tool to spark your brain.
As bipedal creatures we often not consider walking a form of mental exercise, we for sure use it as a means of locomotion, but oftentimes we never use it for learning. Sure, we always say the phrase: I need to take a walk to clear my mind, but we almost only do this when the mind or situation calls for it. Think of it this way, eating healthy is always good, but you don’t just eat healthy because your doctor told you so. As rational beings we know that eating healthy is a no brainer to prolong life. So why do we only take a walk when we need to clear our minds, why not, utilize it as a tool for a creative functioning mind.
In my personal experience, performing cardio on a steady pace or sustainable state gives me time to think, not only do I have a task at hand that I must complete, but also a time to think and reflect. The brain is a magnificent organ, it is a factory for unimaginable thoughts, it can take you places where nostalgia survived and it is also capable of planning the future; among other great things, when you get the juices flowing this hyperactive machine manufactures countless possibilities.
Many a times when I took my late afternoon walks IDEAS just burst inside my head. The Ideas turned into plans and plans into reality the fact that I wrote this was only an idea while I was walking; an article about walking while walking. I ones thought of designing and creating fitness clothes because I thought I like fashion and fitness, with the right people and timing boom it became a reality, these are some of the things that were fabricated in my head while taking a walk, a simple task that most people do but also most people just walk mindlessly. I say try to entertain those thoughts and ideas in your head, those ideas are your very own. Next time you take a walk, put on some music and start to dream, and maybe you can write about them, who knows you might find a gem in there.
XERGIUS 