Creativity Exercise - week 4

 

Welcome back y’all to the weekly creativity blog. This week I came across a challenge from the book Caffeine for the Creative Mind that really had me thinking. The task was simple: come up with a creative solution using non-traditional thinking. Not solve a problem the regular way, but flip it, twist it, and find a completely different approach. So I started wondering: What if I had to set up a workspace without using any normal furniture—no desk, no chair, nothing made for working? It sounded impossible at first, but then the ideas started rolling in.

  • Like, what if I flipped a laundry basket upside down and used a wooden board to create a standing desk? It's weird, but the more I pictured it, the more it made sense. 
  • Or maybe I could hang a clothesline across my room and clip up notes, tools, or even reminders—a whole floating task wall. 
  • And then I thought about rolling up a yoga mat and propping it between crates to use as a soft leaning board, maybe even pinning ideas to it like a casual mood wall.
 This creativity exercise was really a great challenge for me, especially when you give yourself a time limit for the challenge. But besides that the exercise was an amazing work and was one of my first from Caffeine for the Creative Mind. I will 100% do more from this book and put this work to great use, it really does keep me motivated and moving throughout these weeks. But regardless I hope you guys use this exercises and enjoy it the same way I did. And like always, Ill see you guys. On the next one! 👋

 

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