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5 Ways to Declutter Your Mind and Boost Your Creative Genius

 

 

The mind powers the body, especially your mental faculty - The Brain. What you feed determines what you say, do, and think. It's pure logic. If you feed a child an unbalanced diet regularly, the child will be unhealthy. The same thing applies to your mind. When you are exposed to irrelevant things often, and in this context, things that don't stimulate your creativity, then you are likely not to be a creative person.
 

Decluttering your mind to boost your creative genius involves a form of 'Eidetic Reduction,' but this time, you are not doing away with everything you know, only those things that are of no use to your development. Below are some tips that will help you manage to declutter your mind, thereby, boosting your creativity.

1. Regulate Your Inflow

You have to watch what goes into you. What kinds of information do you take in? Are they educational, informative, critical, creative, etc? Or are they just comical, random social media posts, memes, gossip, etc? I am not saying the latter set of information is bad, but when they make up more than 30% of what you read, hear, think, see, etc, your I.Q will not be on the high side. So it is advisable to narrow your focus to the former set of information.

2. Don't Just Consume — Exchange Ideas

A critical mind doesn't just take things at face value. It is questioning and objective. When you get new information, do you try to make sense of it, or do you just consume it? Understanding things, filtering information you get, and buttressing them are great signs of creativity and mind decluttering. 

 

Read: How to Solve Problems Using Story-telling and Content Writing

3. Get Some Sleep

This is a natural ingredient that makes the mind healthy. The mind needs rest. Only a healthy mind can generate good ideas, think up innovative concepts, and execute plans. So, no matter how engaging your day is, ensure you don't work into your sleeping hours. When the brain doesn't get enough rest (sleep), it eats itself up.

4. Meditate

This is a very good mental exercise. It strengthens the mind's powers of focus and concentration. It is not easy to stay and focus on something for a very long time. This is why you must practice frequently. Try concentrating on a particular thing for some time without getting distracted, it will aid your ability to meditate. Yoga is a good exercise for meditation.

5. Take Up Difficult Tasks

Don't shy away from difficult tasks. An average human being likes the easy way out. Don't be that human. Get used to understanding every step and process of whatever activity you do, regardless of how mentally demanding it is. Difficult tasks healthily stretch your mind, enabling it to think outside the box. Some games help in making the mind active. Chess is a good example.

Life is more fulfilling when you stay connected to your environment, your relationships, and yourself. However, life can be overbearing and you tend toward mental exhaustion. You become disorganized, detached, worried, and confused. It could even lead to losing focus and being completely unproductive. And just like your cabinets, your mind needs to be tidied up from time to time. Clean up and delete baggage that is taking up your mind space.

Everyone has experienced this at some point in life and to return to the track, one needs to declutter the mind and unlock the best version of themselves. As such, in this blog post, I will be sharing 5 ways to help you declutter your mind and keep you going on to achieve your goals;

1. Get some sleep

Sleep is not only meant for your tired body but also the mind. Do well to check with yourself to see if you're lacking good sleep. You rejuvenate when you get enough sleep that your body and mind require to function properly.

2. Journaling

Journaling is an activity that helps you to transfer your thoughts to a journal which can be on paper or mobile device. This way you free your mind from that which is bugging you. It helps a lot to discover things in your mind that you thought were not there. There is also a deep sense of relief that comes with journaling and the best part is you don't need to write perfectly but write to get thoughts out of your head.

3. Declutter your space

When your workspace or your surroundings is cluttered it creates a visual clutter without you knowing it. And this can affect your thought process.

Keep your space free from baggage and organized, there are more chances you will get things done than when it's not.

4. Avoid Multitasking

Doing several tasks at a time does not yield many results. You will make more impact when you focus on one task at a time. Put in your best and focus on one task, get it done before you move to the next one. It's better to complete a task than to have two or more tasks uncompleted. Meanwhile, if you cannot fully desist from multitasking, try your best to reduce the activities you take on per time so that you do not totally break down.

5. Create your Priorities

At the beginning of each day, set aside time to create a to-do list. List the task according to the level of importance and pay attention to the important tasks or those approaching deadline. When you do this over time, you will discover the things that are important to you and the ones that are not. And you feed the things that matter to you and starve the ones that don't which will have a positive effect on your life.

Conclusion

These options above are a good place to start when you need to declutter your mind - but most importantly, please find out what works for you and stick to it. Many people have argued that the mind is originally a 'Tabula Rasa”, that is, (an empty slate) at birth, and it only contains what it has been fed. Many others have argued that the mind has innate forms of knowledge, one of which is 'common sense.' Regardless of the argument, you want to support, there is a need to understand that the mind powers whatever you engage. So, you must ensure that it is filled with relevant things, as it is the seat of Creativity.

How to Overcome Creative Blocks as a Media Professional

 

If you are asking what it means to experience a creative block, then your answer is simply that a creative block is a state of mind that prevents you from your usual creative outcome. Creative blocks are caused by many factors but one usual  reason why media professionals experience a creative block is the fear of imperfection. It is that feeling of not being good enough to do things you are meant to do.

Creative block is a common feeling everyone experiences, that feeling of being excited to do something and suddenly you went blank you don't know what to do, what to start with, that feeling of being uninspired. Truthtfully, no one is perfect and your ability to experience creative block could be a good part of your creative process.

This was what made me write this blog post because I am experiencing this same feeling of CREATIVE BLOCK I decided to make research possible ways to overcome creative block.

Let's discuss effortless ways to overcome creative blocks.

1. Go for a walk

Walking has a great impact on clearing your mind, whenever you are feeling uninspired take a walk by the time you are done you will feel energetic and pumped up, while going for a walk think about everything around you by doing this you are opening your mind to new ideas. 💡



    Take a Nap: A 30 minutes nap makes you more creative and also helps to improve your memory alertness.

    Take care of yourself and be positive: Don't be too hard on yourself, don't start comparing whenever you are experiencing a creative block. Comparison is nothing but a thief of joy, Be positive don't use negative words, speak positively!

    Get familiar with what inspired you: there is always something that makes you happy and energetic, Go do it!


    Talk to other people by doing this you get to think about something different from what you intend to do and this gives way for new ideas.

communicating with  colleagues or friends to simply talk about the issues you’re facing can be beneficial in helping through those issues.

Get inspired: Draw inspiration from something different you are doing this will help you get inspired and motivated and you will also get to learn something new which also helps your creativity flow.

Meditate

It takes just ten minutes a day to practice being present in the moment, rather than sitting or worrying about the future. That is more than enough to bring yourself back and focus adequately.
 

Get a notepad with you everywhere you go, ideas usually come unannounced so the best way to keep them is to have a notepad where you jot down your ideas, your notepad can be even the Notes app on your phone.

Conclusion

The mind is a very strong

How to Grow Your Social Media Audience

 

Social media is one of the best tools technology has offered to the human race over the years and it has proven to be very much indispensable in our lives today. So many people use the social media for several purposes; some use it to market their products which could be knowledge, material things, non-material things, just to mention a few.

Even after having so many things to use the social media for, it is very important that the circle built across your social media pages are people that you need in your everyday life. I am not saying you only need people, of course, people also should need you. The main point I am driving at is that, are your audience the people you need?

Or are they the people that need your services?

Or are they the people you expect to be among your circle?

Being on social media is not just about having the most fun and catching cruise everyday; well, at least for some people. There are a lot of positive uses that could be a turn around to someone’s life; hence, the importance to take it without negligence. Sometimes, the quantity of your followers or the audience you have does not even matter but it is the quality that matters. Imagine having the audience that cares less about what you give, and that is what happens when you do not grow your own personal social media audience.

Therefore, in this context, we will be discussing on how best you can grow your social media audience.

Let’s dive in!

1.       You need a Solid Plan

Before you can build your social audience, especially if you are going to be serious with it, you definitely would need a solid plan. This plan is to keep your activities in check and see the results it would bring forth.

How exactly do you intend to build a social media audience? What social media platform exactly do you make use of? Why do you need to build your audience? All these questions drive you to come up with the best strategy. It gives you the measure on how you want to do this and what you want to do in order to build your social media audience. Remember, planning makes action easier.

2.   Who do you think is your target audience?

After discovering the purpose of why you want to build your social media audience or why exactly you are using the social media, it is necessary you know your target audience. Is it the old people, or the youth, or business owners, or some certain group of people? This is of great importance because it also makes you know what type of plan you can set up to achieve your goals. It allows you to engage in platforms you can find these set of people. It also gives you an idea of activities that can be set in place for you to gain the audience you want.

3.       What social media do you want to use exactly?

Do you want to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or whatever social media platform? Or do you want to use everything at the same time? Although, they all have a thing in common in order to gain audience but they would need different strategies. If you are using Instagram, you would need to follow a series of steps either by using hashtags, constantly posting your stories and the likes. For Facebook you can join public groups and make yourself known. Different social media platforms, different strategies but it is you that determines whether your desired audience will get attracted to you or not.

4.       How rich is your content?

Another attractive thing you can use to increase and grow your audience on the social media is the quality of your content. Based on your audience or whatever niche you are into, your content must be rich and relevant. If you cannot give valuable content, you don’t give people any reason to follow you or want to connect with you.

The content you give can attract audience and retain audience. It can also do otherwise. Therefore, this needs wisdom and a bit of discretion to evaluate.

Read: How to Solve Problems Using Story-telling and Content Writing

 

5.       Be Flexible

If your content is about fashion for example, you don’t just have to be post clothes everyday. Instead of being rigid and boring, add something fun, educational and add something intriguing to your content. Sometimes, you might have to do something fun that can even activate your audience and attract them to your page or whatever. It doesn’t matter what your page is all about, you have to go outside your comfort zone a quite number of times and entertain people as it makes them feel more excited to come back to your page at anytime. However, this doesn’t mean you should do this all the time or it should not be relevant to your niche. Whatever fun or entertainment you offer in terms of you being flexible should never be to your detriment and it should have meaningful boundaries so you do not look so unserious.

6.       Use Hashtags

Popularly used on Instagram and Twitter , hashtags are very important as it makes you visible. On Twitter, making use of trending hashtags makes your post visible at that point in time. On Instagram also, having to use the right hashtags also gives room from users to see your post and probably get attracted to your page if they are willing to see more.

7.     Leverage Current Trends

We all know Nigeria is a dramatic country. This particular way is an amazing way you can build your audience and it is something I have seen people tried in which it worked for them.

Since, a lot of drama goes on in this country, it is usually good if you can make use of the opportunity and state your opinion about whatever incident at that moment. It could be as a form of comment on popular people posts or you could post it in your own page as well. Your opinion might be different from other people but you will surely attract people who have similar opinion with you.

Then, they will be like, ‘this person have sense, I will definitely love to see more of this’. This method has been proven very effective especially on Twitter.

8. Engage your Audience

This is almost the same thing about what content you offer and how flexible you are. You need to engage your audience. It is one thing to grow your social media audience; it is another thing to grow an active audience. You need to constantly engage the audience you have and this can extend to the audience you don’t have. You can organise gift events, referral-and-win events, giveaways etc. This brings more people to your page... I mean, who does not like free things?

Also, according to our recent research at the NELOC Media Academy, about 73% of Nigerian social media content is gossip. The fastest way to grow your account on Tik Tok Nigeria is via gossip, another way is to repost movie clips while on Facebook Nigeria, it is easier  to retain engagement on Facebook by putting up gossip here and there. On Instagram, the fastest way to gain visibility is to flaunt luxury and show some flex in good condition. Lastly, on Twitter, you grow fast when you know how to give savage replies, mostly derogatory replies.

But even at that, people are still buying and selling on the internet. The few percentages

Another thing is how interested are you in your audience? How well do you know your audience or how well do you know what they want? People will want to do more for you when you can create and establish a personal connection with them.

9. Use Promotions

Promotions make you more visible. Do not be afraid of using paid promotions. That is why we have influencers and different ads for different platforms (like the Facebook and Instagram ads). They are very effective in helping you grow your social media audience.

10.   Be Worth following

There is an audience for every kind of content. While some content may be unappealing to a group of social media users, others may not be. This is as a result of personal principles, religion, societal validation and morality among other issues. You need to be careful so you don’t lose important audience. I recently unfollowed a popular comedian, He is always posting skits where female always expose their body.

No single decency! You can make me laugh without me seeing such, so there is no point in me following such a person when he does not have any valuable content I can enjoy.

Some people are like me too. Please do note that everyone have different choices and preferences, it also happens in other aspects too. But then still remember, it is your page and you can do what you like. I mean who cares?   

 

People are interested in what they see and what they can gain from it, therefore, it is important to make use of every opportunity out there as no one knows what could cause you to get a hit growth to acquire your desired audience.

 

 
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