What Drives Your Creativity?

What’s the point?

Of writing, of working, of being creative?

What is the point of doing whatever it is you’re doing?

What ARE you doing?

It’s easy to put a lot of pressure on yourself to want to create something that has value, that will make someone smile, that will get a lot of likes, and will make you feel validated.

I know I’m often looking for something that validates what I’m doing. A lot of the time, just a simple acknowledgement of “hey, you made that”, can be enough, but often, it doesn’t seem like it.

Maybe I’m just looking for attention, fishing for the spotlight.

Why did I write this?

Hopefully so you’ll read it, comment on it, or hit like…

And then part of me will get a little dopamine to pick up my day.

Because I’ll feel validated.

But there is an inherent value to everything we do, even if it is only for ourselves. Is it more selfish to write this for me, or for you? As the words fly out of my fingers and pop onto the screen, is the cathartic release all I really need?

I’m doing this for myself, but hopefully this does it for you too.

Sometimes it feels like a well is bursting forth from me, and other times, it feels like I might need your help to draw from that well.

Where does this creativity start?

I’ve felt like I’ve been struggling with being creative lately, or at least, being creative for creativity’s sake. I do a lot of work, and push, and drive, but I haven’t felt that same rush that I’m looking for. Maybe I’m sabotaging myself by stopping myself before I can start, saying “this won’t be any good, why bother?’, or maybe it’s more than that. (It could also just be all the Pokemon Go)