You have probably already experienced that the best and most original ideas rarely occur to you when you are thinking hard about a problem. Büne Huber from "Patent Ochsner" said in an interview that he once "messed around" endlessly with the lyrics of a song. In the end, he gave up exasperated, went into the kitchen and cooked several liters of tomato sugo. And suddenly the words "fell from the sky like pearls". But pearls don't just fall from the sky. Rather, cooking sugo gave Büne Hueber's head a much-needed rest.
For more inspiration, your brain needs a break more often
Especially when we have been working on a problem for a long time and intensively, we should give our brain some rest. The brain needs rest to process the information it has previously accumulated. In a relaxed state, control over thinking is reduced and new, unusual and previously "unthinkable" combinations of the information already stored can emerge.
It is therefore helpful for idea seekers to free themselves from all kinds of thinking constraints. Because what we are used to and familiar with restricts the freedom of our thoughts. Being creative also means gaining distance and forgetting things you know. Forgetting works very well if you do something completely different. For example, cooking sugo. Simple activities distract us from the problem and don't disturb our brain at work.
There's no inspiration on the sofa
Vacations are also ideal for forgetting. Extended trips are particularly suitable for the creative mind. It has been scientifically proven: People who have traveled far and wide develop more creative solutions than couch potatoes.So it's best to let your problems be problems. And do something other than work on your problems: Bake bread or roast on the deck chair. Play the violin or with your children. Walk through the forest and jump over islands. Cultivate your idleness, but also your allotment garden. Sweat, moan and groan not only under the workload, but also on the climbing wall. Do it with all your heart. And with a clear conscience - you are doing it for your inspiration.
