How To-28: "How to Be Imaginative"

How to Be Imaginative

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Imaginative can be defined as artistic, dreamy, fanciful, fictive, ingenious, original, poetic... Anyone being imaginative can enjoy life at all events--all it takes a freedom of mind.

Steps

1. Every morning immediately after waking visualize yourself as your favorite character in books, movies or as in your ambition.(One need not visualize the same character everyday, change it according to mood swings.)
   
2. Pretend to be a different character each day, a combination of a new personality with lot of surprises each day is quite imaginative!
   
3. Be inquisitive, ask questions and learn something new every minute.
   
4. Be a good listener, put yourself in those different situations narrated by different people and make your own inference to your those tales.
   
5. Consider purchasing a notebook of your favorite colour and start writing down every detail you could think of at the moment when seen anything.
   
6. Observe people, their behavior, expressions, this will make one observant and interesting.
   
7. Try to imagine various scenarios like green meadows or your dream house plan and let your mind wander over different thoughts, don't restrict your imagination.
   
8. Take an early morning in lawns or greener areas.
   
9. Describe any situation very elaborately in your book or diary so that the description is as vivid as the picture itself.
   
10. Meditate at least 10 minutes everyday and exercise regularly as this has been scientifically proven to enhance one's mind and thinking.
    
11. Listen to music. In my experience, listening to music ranging from pop to metalcore helps activate your imagination. Try to think of the band playing the song, or play out a music video for it in your head. Depending what mood the song is, focus on seeing something like it; for example a sad song would get families split apart, death of a loved one, etc.
    
12. Replay any books or movies you may have read or seen, changing events around and adding in characters you made up or from different books. This helps keep your imagination going by giving you 'what ifs' and 'hows' and 'whys'.
    

Warnings

• Remember to keep your feet on the ground. People who are too dreamy all of the time are hard to relate to and sometimes come across as slightly crazy.
  

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