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Creativity & Motivation to Perform Better! Advertise with Us! Have a clinic, modeling agency, magazine, or other business you would like to promote? Or, are you a creator who’s trying to move into pro status and need some help? Contact Mihella today or click here to place a request for your ad!. You’re sitting on your chair or bed, or wherever you may be, and all of the sudden you get an amazing idea for the edit you’ve been wanting to create, product you’ve been wanting to derive, or a certain look you’ve been thinking about putting together for yourself. Only, when you finally get a chance to tend to these ideas, they feel as if they start to fade away and you can’t remember, then be- come frustrated. Definitely frustrat- ing, right? Here are some useful tips for remembering ideas! have a blockage in their mind, and they end up racking their brains for hours which is actually harmful to the brain. For example: you may develop headaches. It’s also time spent not going in a productive di- rection. 1. Write them down! Write the idea in a way you’ll remember, so when you look back you won’t have to think too hard about what you meant. • Napping for a few hours. 2. Take a picture. Snap a quick pic- ture of whatever gave you your in- spiration so you can also look back to that later. Then who knows, may- be it’ll give you another idea later on! 3. This is a tip I personally use my- self, mentally trace all of your steps throughout the day. Then, when you get to the step that you got your idea, it’ll be more likely to stay in your brain and you may even find more ways to express it! 4. I know lots of people end up be- coming frustrated because they Different creative ways I’ve gathered that can help your performance for anything are: • Dancing to your favorite music • Making your favorite food, or These activities are proven to help the brain be more productive, but not in a frustrating way. If in the end, your ideas aren’t expressed in the way(s) you wish, try again. Of course no one wants to start over on something they spent a good amount of time on, but it will actually be a lot better than releasing some- thing you aren’t proud of. You want your success to be known by every- one you share it with! I hope all of you can make use of these tips/ideas on how to perform better overall, we all are capable of great things, just have to find out what they are! Written by: lAzlianal About Maya (People Writer) Maya (lAzliana on IMVU) in rl is a college student who is getting ready to enter her second year. She can often be found hanging out with her friends on IMVU, or assisting in any way that she can. 4