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creative isn’t lucrative or has
no practical value, despite the
fact that it may be the one thing
that gets us up in the morning.
A song might be stuck in
your head that you dreamt about the night – and then watch as those steps add up
before, or a story might inspire you to play a to larger ventures. You won’t be disappointed.
role-playing game with your friends. Think Since this is my first-year anniversary for
about how you respond to your own stimuli. writing “Quarter Note,” I’d like to give a big
How often do your creative urges get pushed to thank you to Phyllis Harmon for allowing me
the side because of needing to be responsible for to share my own wit and wisdom in this column
yourself or others? And what would happen if which I will continue writing for the foreseeable
you allowed that creativity free reign? future. Among other things, it has allowed me
Giving yourself permission to respond to greater reign in figuring out how best to create
things that bring you joy, let alone enhance professional essays which I hope to eventually
your creativity, has often been seen as submit to other nationally recognized periodicals
counterproductive in a culture that emphasizes such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and
long hours at work with the end goal of being more. Another round of thanks goes out to all
better off financially. In Toastmasters, while of you who read this column. Since this month’s
we encourage public speaking as a professional essay is entitled “Call and Response,” I’d love
outlet, we also recognize that being creative is its to hear back from my audience on what essays
own reward. In our educational program, there or subjects you’d like me to cover for the next
are quite a few options on how to proceed with an year. Voices! exists because of the participation of
assignment, from the Icebreaker speech all the everyone in District 7 Toastmasters, and I look
way up to creating a successful leadership project. forward to providing continuing professional
You’re not stuck in one mold, and thus you can and creative support to our community through
create your own journey to greater professional my column.
and personal fulfillment in the process. You need
only give yourself permission to do so. Start See you next month!
with small creative steps – writing in a journal
or drawing doodles in a sketch pad, for example
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