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Indrani Sen
Indrani Sen

Dec 24, 2019

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4 Ideas to Boost Your Creativity

Creativity doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and other insights from Forge

Illustration: Ruohan Wang. Originally appeared in A New Way to Recover From Creative Burnout.

We’re all capable of creativity, and we all want more of it. But we often feel robbed of the time and focus we need to actually make something.

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