I often find myself wondering how I can live a more creative life. When I imagine and wonder how, the images that I picture are images of art, books, pastel colors, plants, words on paper, natural light and coloring materials.

I want to be someone who knows how to put words to good use, create art that holds a thousand meanings, make a living from selling website templates, stickers, zines, hand made art works, and fashion items. But I am unable to effectively tap into that creativity. In reality, all I do is watch others do these thing and wish that I could do them too.

Just like me, there are many others out there who simply watch others create and wish they could too. But I've decided to make a change, to not just watch but to act on it.

As humans, I believe we are created by a larger being and that art of creation is passed down to us. All we have to do is tap into it.

During the course of chasing books, works, materials that will enable me find out how I can live a life filled with creative endeavors, I've come across different works that have taught me a thing or two about creativity and how I can become better at it "the artists way" because truly I want to be an artist of varying medium. I want to be able to express myself in different forms and mediums.

I came across a quote from Picasso that said, “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” and for this reason I decided to get to work so that inspiration can find me at work as I know that I won't bump into it doing nothing.

I have created works in design, art, fashion and tech that anyone can consider "creative". I have also received several compliments from people stating that I was a true creative and they wished they had "that creative bone" in them. Funny right? These compliments have come from fellow developers, entrepreneurs, personal trainers etc.

What we all fail to realise is, creativity looks different in different fields. I am not a master at art, UI design, fashion design or even interior design. What I do is simply problem solving and I do it in a way that is efficient, easy and sometimes unique.

This goes to say that we all exert creativity in our different fields and creativity isn't tied to one or any particular line of work. Coming up with solutions to the problems we are faced with on a daily basis to help us save time and resources, improve business processes and automate repetitive tasks is being creative.

This work is written for those who say they can't draw, paint or create. Creating art and being creative are two different entities although closely related. There's creativity in art but creativity doesn't need art to be seen as creative.

In other words, creativity is a skill that can be developed by anyone. One of the things we fail to acknowledge is that, just like any other good work out there, creativity comes with a lot of hardwork and a bit of luck.

No one was born a creative, you learn it. Contrary to popular belief, it is not just reserved for artists and designers. By embracing curiosity, challenging popular beliefs, engaging in new experiences, anyone can exert creativity. But you have to put in the work and you have to do it consistently.

Aim to be 1% better each day, at the end of 365 days, you'll be 365% better which is better than nothing.

You are a creative, you've just not tried it yet.