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Article - Keeping Yourself Inspired
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Exploring your own creativity, even in a completely different activity than ceramics, can help refresh your mind and help you see your business in a new light. |
Keeping Yourself Inspired by Bisque Imports It is so easy to allow ourselves to get so wound up in the daily operations of studio business that we often forget to take care of ourselves and nurture our mind, body and soul. In addition to the mental burnout, we often find ourselves fatigued and unable to truly enjoy what we do. When this happens, it is important to refresh ourselves and remember why we do what we do. Make Time to Play Spend a day playing with new products or experimenting with new techniques. Once your mind gets into the groove or rhythm of creative thinking you may find yourself popping off new ideas or thinking, "What if I tried this?" Making time to play is essential to refreshing your creative juices thus, the more you play the more inspired you become. You will find yourself excited about offering new ideas to your customers and that will keep them coming back for more. Try Something New Exploring your own creativity, even in a completely different activity than ceramics, can help refresh your mind and help you to see your business in a new light. Try taking a class or resume a hobby that you once enjoyed. Doing so will help boost your personal growth while keeping your mind active and engaged. Time spent in a cooking class may help you to develop a new design for a platter or may inspire you to develop a fundraiser with a twist such as working with a meal-preparation store or a gourmet food shop. Take Care of Yourself Be sure to take care of your physical self as well as your mental well-being. Adopting healthful eating habits, getting plenty of rest, exercising regularly and mastering the ability to relax will boost your energy and keep fatigue from taking over your mind and body. One key to keeping a motivated and positive outlook is to feel good about yourself. Taking care of your basic needs is essential to thinking freely and creatively. Focus on the Positive Identify the things that make you happy. Finding a way to build more of these things into your daily life will result in motivation to keep the positive energy flowing. Your attitude is reflected upon your employees and they will respond accordingly. Giving them the opportunity to add positively to the studio environment will result in a team effort that allows each person to feed off of others creativity and allows inspiration to flourish. | To look at our large offering of technique sheets for inspiration, click here. | |
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