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ke at least one photo every day.</p><p id="a537">Practicing an art form expands the depth at which you understand the world. Playing guitar allows me to feel the rhythm of the world. Photography shows me how to be present in the moment.</p><h2 id="2af3">2) Solve a puzzle</h2><p id="82e7">Puzzle-solving trains your brain to look for solutions. Creativity is finding new solutions to old problems.</p><p id="932f">Playing chess, crossword puzzles, or solving riddles for a few minutes daily will activate your mind for creative problem-solving.</p><p id="fa10">My preferred choice is to write a haiku based on one of my photos with a 5-minute timer.</p><h2 id="2272">3) Write</h2><p id="67b5">Writing develops your ability to think clearly. Thinking clearly is fundamental to creativity.</p><p id="925c">Writing will enhance your ability to formulate, expand, and develop new ideas.</p><p id="96a4">I write every day for at least 30 minutes.</p><p id="e8a4">This can be journaling, creative writing, copywriting, whatever; write for a few minutes a day, and you’ll notice a difference.</p><h2 id="9a96">4) Read</h2><p id="8599">You need new knowledge to have new ideas. We can’t know what we don’t know. The best way to solve that is to expand our minds through reading.</p><p id="3369">I read at least 15 minutes first thing in the morning and 15 minutes at night.</p><p id="ca13">You can read for entertainment, but use the entertainment to fuel your ideas for creative expression.</p><h2 id="8ee4">5) Exercise</h2><p id="3af5">Cycling, swimming, jogging, or your preferred method. The idea is to do something physical.</p><p id="a126">Exerci

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se has been shown to have many cognitive benefits, but on top of that, it allows your mind some sense of freedom from worry.</p><p id="b480">You are focused on breathing, executing, and allowing your mind to flow in a state of physical arousal. This allows ideas to bubble under the surface.</p><p id="921f">I get 30–90 minutes of exercise at least five days a week.</p><h2 id="f4e4">6) Stillness</h2><p id="77ed">Meditation, mindfulness, being present, whatever you want to call it. I sit still for 3 minutes and try to focus on one thing.</p><p id="634a">Sometimes, it’s a problem I’m trying to solve; other times, I focus on not thinking and letting my thoughts flow like water.</p><p id="6753">This practice allows new ideas to float to the top of my mind.</p><h2 id="7ccd">7) Creation</h2><p id="bc3b">All of these habits promote my ability to do one thing: create.</p><p id="513f">The single best way to become more creative is to create more often.</p><p id="15a8">Create music, writing, poetry, videos, comedy, experiences, laughter, and love, and create new ways to express what’s in you.</p><p id="2fb4">At an absolute minimum, I create one thing to share with the world every day. Even if it sucks now, I know it’s only going to get better from here.</p><p id="1500"><b>Leave a comment if you liked these or have some habits you practice to develop the creative juices.</b></p><p id="7cd2"><i>If you enjoyed this article, you can follow me — Zacc Rowlands — for more content about creativity and habits to improve your skills. All photos in this article were shot and edited by me, the author, Zacc Rowlands.</i></p></article></body>

7 Daily Habits to Level Up Your Creativity

From someone creating every day.

All photography by the author, Zacc Rowlands.

Is creativity innate? Or is it developed?

I used to believe great artists and thinkers were somehow different than me.

Born lucky, smarter, and more talented.

Something not meant for me. Or was it?

Say what you want about Joe Rogan, but there is one message that comes up repeatedly in his podcast that holds truth.

Every comedian sucks for years until they finally figure it out.

They grind through the open mic nights, the failure, testing out new jokes, and rewriting old ones till they find a laugh.

Comedians, like all artists, develop and hone their craft over time.

Creativity isn’t a gift; it’s a skill.

It’s developed over time through learning, practicing, and consistency.

Building a habit of creativity is how those who’ve found success have managed to do so.

While I’m no Joe Rogan, I’d like to share the 7 Habits I do daily to level up my creative skills, some of which I picked up from him and his guests.

1) Practice an art form.

My first creative love in life was music, and I’ve retained my passion for it two decades later. I play guitar every day for at least 30 minutes. I also take at least one photo every day.

Practicing an art form expands the depth at which you understand the world. Playing guitar allows me to feel the rhythm of the world. Photography shows me how to be present in the moment.

2) Solve a puzzle

Puzzle-solving trains your brain to look for solutions. Creativity is finding new solutions to old problems.

Playing chess, crossword puzzles, or solving riddles for a few minutes daily will activate your mind for creative problem-solving.

My preferred choice is to write a haiku based on one of my photos with a 5-minute timer.

3) Write

Writing develops your ability to think clearly. Thinking clearly is fundamental to creativity.

Writing will enhance your ability to formulate, expand, and develop new ideas.

I write every day for at least 30 minutes.

This can be journaling, creative writing, copywriting, whatever; write for a few minutes a day, and you’ll notice a difference.

4) Read

You need new knowledge to have new ideas. We can’t know what we don’t know. The best way to solve that is to expand our minds through reading.

I read at least 15 minutes first thing in the morning and 15 minutes at night.

You can read for entertainment, but use the entertainment to fuel your ideas for creative expression.

5) Exercise

Cycling, swimming, jogging, or your preferred method. The idea is to do something physical.

Exercise has been shown to have many cognitive benefits, but on top of that, it allows your mind some sense of freedom from worry.

You are focused on breathing, executing, and allowing your mind to flow in a state of physical arousal. This allows ideas to bubble under the surface.

I get 30–90 minutes of exercise at least five days a week.

6) Stillness

Meditation, mindfulness, being present, whatever you want to call it. I sit still for 3 minutes and try to focus on one thing.

Sometimes, it’s a problem I’m trying to solve; other times, I focus on not thinking and letting my thoughts flow like water.

This practice allows new ideas to float to the top of my mind.

7) Creation

All of these habits promote my ability to do one thing: create.

The single best way to become more creative is to create more often.

Create music, writing, poetry, videos, comedy, experiences, laughter, and love, and create new ways to express what’s in you.

At an absolute minimum, I create one thing to share with the world every day. Even if it sucks now, I know it’s only going to get better from here.

Leave a comment if you liked these or have some habits you practice to develop the creative juices.

If you enjoyed this article, you can follow me — Zacc Rowlands — for more content about creativity and habits to improve your skills. All photos in this article were shot and edited by me, the author, Zacc Rowlands.