This week, I had a hard time thinking of ideas on my own of things to do to get inspired. I usually get inspired in ways that are unplanned, so I find it challenging to actually go out and intend to get inspired; it seems very forced sometimes. Since I was lacking ideas, I decided to google “ways to get inspired.” I looked at a few articles, and there were some common responses: write down your thoughts, spend time in nature, create artwork. However, none of these sounded appealing to me. In the end, I decided that I would write a list of goals for myself. This included both goals for the rest of the semester and more long term or personal goals. While it felt good thinking of and writing down these goals, I don’t think that I found inspiration in doing this. It felt more organizational than inspirational.
I think that in the future, in order to get inspired, I won’t go into an activity with the intention of forcing inspiration. Instead, I think it will be more beneficial for me to, more often, put myself in situations where inspiration is possible but not the sole reason I am doing that activity. I think that this would be beneficial for me as when I actually gain inspiration it will feel more meaningful.
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