6 unconventional ways communicators can fuel creativity

Your brain is three pounds’ worth of imagination fuel, but sometimes the tank goes dry.

If you write, it’s an epic, daily struggle to keep pumping out fresh ideas. We communicators also must juggle—every single day—the needs of diverse, demanding, sometimes draining audiences. It’s easy to get frustrated and depleted.

Amid a steady stream of bland assignments, finicky readers (and executives) and the constant search for inspiration, what’s the best way to keep the creative wick lit?

Here are six outside-the-box ways to spark the creative pistons and get the mental wheels turning:

1. Fix something. Are there certain mundane tasks around the house that you’ve farmed out to “experts?”

Whether it’s changing a tire, repairing a deck, building a fort, mending a fence, hanging a door or fixing a toilet, tinkering is an easy way to boost dopamine, and fixing something also enhances creativity.