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How Adult Coloring for Creativity Boosts Home Businesses

Tips From T. Marie

Stress Reduction Running a home business can be a high-stress venture. Stress, unfortunately, stifles creativity. A study by the American Art Therapy Association showed that just 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lowers stress levels , regardless of artistic experience or talent.

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Pretty Planning

Tips From T. Marie

You can doodle with gel pens and felt markers or just stick to words with black and blue pens. The thought of trying to find time to get out all your craft supplies (which if you’re like me, can be a daunting thing to think about cleaning up) and make a book look pretty might appear pointless. It’s kind of all the rage right now.

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Want to Boost Your Creativity? Try These 12 Easy Hacks This Year

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and published in the 1985 book Six Thinking Hats , this exercise forces your brain to move outside of its habitual problem-solving patterns. After working on your project for a short time, step away and do an undemanding task, such as doodling or loading the dishwasher. Coloring or doodling? Take a page from their books.

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British workers now entirely unproductive, claims report

Workplace Insight

All eyes now turn to Alan Humphreys, a healthy and conscientious self-employed book keeper from Biddulph in Staffordshire whose impending retirement in September experts believe will prove to be the tipping point that returns the UK to the economic Stone Age.

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How to Launch Your Thing on Time

Productivityist

You could be launching a new book, a new website, product or even a whole new business. This is a lot harder said than done these days for teachers because its not just doodling, daydreaming, and passing notes thats keeping the students off task. There will always be some level of stress in every launch. Its just not.

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The Procrastinator's Guide to Writing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Doodle on a note pad. Doodling doesn’t work with a pen because you can’t erase mistakes. You’re really stressed and deserve some down time. An idea will hit you as soon as all that donut sugar kicks in. This should shake things loose and get the ideas flowing. Draw a smiley face. Sharpen pencils.

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Essentialism: Focus on Less Tasks to Get More Work Done

Productivityist

It has games, psychology, science, fun doodles, brain scans and technical step by step instructions. Every project you complete in multitasking-mode is punished with a loss of quality, loss of time and worst of all, you punish yourself with high levels of stress. It’s hectic, stressful and overwhelming. The whole nine yards.

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