Go for a walk. Now.
A recent study conducted by Stanford University (so you KNOW it’s legit) found that people were way more creative when they walked as opposed to sat. The study was conducted with human subjects. I was curious whether they had rats run a maze and then see if they could come up with better stories for 2 BROKE GIRLS.
These findings are no surprise to me. Often, while writing, I’ll pace with a yo-yo. (Still waiting for the study to conclude that yo-yo’s are the key to creativity – get busy Stanford.) But moving around seems to free your brain a little. Perhaps it’s just the increased activity. I don’t know. I was rejected by Stanford.
Lest you read that article's title – Unlock the Creative You – and assume this is from some blue-sky, happy-clappy kind of site, it's actually from comedy writer Ken Levine. Usually he talks about comedy, sometimes he talks about baseball or some other sport, this week he touched on that study.
Read his whole piece here. I do also recommend the blog in its entirety but this is the first post I've read that I felt should be mentioned here on a productivity site.