Creativity

So, I've been doing a lot of thinking recently. Not voluntarily. I've been forced into doing a lot of thinking by finding myself unemployed. I've just finished uni, my summer job is over and now I have to face the big, bad world and decide what I actually want to do in it.

It's got me thinking a lot about creativity. Now, I used to consider myself a creative person and I'd like to think I still am but I find myself day to day just wasting my time on the internet, playing games, scrolling through facebook, not knowing what to do with myself. Time which could (and should!) be spent being more productive.

And in light of this, I've decided to challenge myself to be a little more creative each day and put the evidence up on this blog (hopefully I can stick to that! Let's see how long that lasts). What are these wonderful creative activities I will be venturing into, you ask? Well, they will consist of drawing (which I am pretty awful at); sewing (which I am mediocre at, but in the world of actual proper sewing I am awful at); playwriting (which I think I might be good at with time but at the moment I have a sneaking suspicion I am awful at); and possibly making videos.

YouTube is one of those things I've always wanted to get into but never gave myself the chance - probably because I'm too insecure but mainly because I'm scared about not being good enough. But it seems like one of those things that when I'm older I would have regretted in my life, not taking the chance when I'm young and have the opportunity to do whatever I wish to with my time.

I've spent years watching all these inspiring people on youtube like Carrie Fletcher @itswaypastmybedtime, or Charlie McDonnell @charlieissocoollike, or my friend Sammy @ICOEPRproductions. You, if you ever read this, were pretty inspiring to me especially when I was going through a hard time at uni. And all that time I have wanted to BE them, to live a life like theirs. It all just seems so exciting to me. So rather than getting a job in a shop over Christmas (the horror - think of boxing day!). I'm going to take the first step in discovering what I'd like to do with the many, many hours that I will be provided with in my life. (considering I don't get run over by a bus tomorrow). So, here goes...