Fitness & Creativity

    There is nothing like the feel of a good workout. Several times a week for several hours I can be found at the fitness center. Workouts can consist of cardio from the treadmill, elliptical and stairmaster to weight and strength training; these types of activities keep my mind free and my creative juices flowing. I’m not sure what it is about it; maybe it’s the combination of music playing on my MP3 and the rigorous workouts, but it all provides the perfect distraction for my mind to drift from design to design. The payoff at the end is the meditation in the dry and wet steam rooms; it sort of brings everything into harmony.

    Exercising is designed to make a person aware of the way they think and to aid in forming new thinking patterns. Many of us completely ignore this concept and expect to go through periods of very little or no creativity, then be able to create at our peak at a moment's notice. If you keep your creativity flowing by investing time in it each and every day, then to reach peak creativity requires only a small increase in energy and thought process. Whatever your way of finding a creative outlet, try doing it on a daily basis as it helps keep our body and mind toned to meet daily challenges.