For me this is always a very creative time of year. Nature reminds us with bold and simple splashes of color and designs that creativity is alive and well all around us.

You can nurture and stimulate your own creativity. We don't always feel inspired in our personal and professional activities and can feel stuck. As an author, the need to rekindle the creative spark from what seems like air isn't new.

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If I'm facing a deadline, I have to produce without backing out. It's not magic, although it sometimes feels like magic when the muse takes over and my fingers are dancing across the pages once again. 

You can feel that way too and stir up your own creative flair in whatever areas you like. Whether it's landscaping your backyard, designing a child's bedroom, playroom or inventing new ideas to increase sales and develop new projects at work, these tips will help you.

Creativity Tips:

1. Find new ways to do the same old things.  

  2. Make time for play.  A relaxed mind is an open one.

  3. Do new activities to stimulate new kinds of thinking.  Try something  -----------you've never tried before.

  4. Think outside of your industry or home project. (Decorate a room in your ------house, modeled on outdoor ideas.)

  5. Surround yourself with art, natural beauty and music to inspire you.

  6. Share your ideas and inspirations with your supporters, not those who --------doubt you.

) White, 2007.