"almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few for your business by austin kleon daily downtime egardless of who you are or what with your creative side can make you better at work and happie you have to be connected to the world so you can be inspired and influenced by it but creativity is equally about dis- the world long enough to take the bits and pieces you've lifted and turn them into something of your own while the pandemic has physically news cycle have made us more connected disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with your inner creative self in a plugged-in age disconnecting is the key to finding your creativity analogue desk and play for 15 minutes clayton cubitt airplane mode can be a way of life i've always been too cheap to pay for you don't have to be on a plane to prac- and switch your phone to airplane mode and you suddenly have a distraction-free zone in which you can do your work austin kleon an author whose work focuses on creativity take a walk walking is a magic cure for people sworn by a daily walk to get good ideas my wife and i load our sons in a double stroller and take a 5-kilometre walk walked myself into my best thoughts," wrote the philosopher søren kierke- you schedule a daily appointment with yourself to unplug from the world good things will start to happen use your hands "your hands are the original digital devices," says the cartoonist lynda barry your digits." when we use the word "crea- insinuates that all other jobs world is split between those who possess creativity and those who don't "creativity is not a talent," says comedian john cleese "it is a way of operating." every human has the potential to be creative; they just need the right operating noun-something you have instead think of it as a verb-
