Moving from Survival Mode to Creation Mode
The life benefits of a creative practice
Humans are creative by nature. That doesn’t mean everyone is meant to make traditional art like poetry, music, or paintings. Creativity can be expressed in a number of ways: business, relationships, social media content, or how you decorate your home.
Being creative means turning your imagination into reality, in whatever form that takes.
But our society is not always a healthy environment for creativity to thrive. Toxic patterns of relating and economic pressures cause many to live in a reactive state of fear and self-doubt.
And when our mere survival becomes a burden, it’s not easy to make creativity and self-expression a priority.
There are two mindsets with which we can approach life: survival mode and creation mode. Survival mode is about being reactive to external conditions, always on the defensive, anxious about all the bad things that could happen. Creation mode is about living from the inside-out, using the natural tools of intuition, imagination, and ingenuity to shape our lives with purpose and intention.
Living in survival mode means our natural creation impulse is suppressed. And suppressed creativity, like a suppressed emotion, festers below the surface, causing slow and steady harm to our emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
Developing a creative practice, no matter how small, is a way to reclaim your power. Creativity is an act of sovereign expression, a way to direct the mind’s awareness with purpose and intention.
Creativity teaches us how to conceive, nurture, and actualize original ideas. It gives us the courage to question social conventions and pave our own path. Over time, this will help you reorient your life from survival mode to creation mode.
Developing a creative practice is a sandbox for taking back your power and living in creation mode. Social media can be a great outlet for creative expression. If you’re looking for direction, inspiration, and strategy to take your social media creativity to the next level, my upcoming class it for you.
Writing for Social Media is a six-week online course designed to teach you everything you ever wanted to know about crafting your message and expressing yourself in the age of social media.
This Class Includes:
6 live classes (2+ hours each)
Community Engagement
Student Sharing
Coaching Q&As
Weekly Creative Assignments
Video Replays
The Takeaway: Your Personalized Social Media Blueprint: A Cheat Sheet for Creating Compelling & Authentic Content.
