Masters of Health Magazine July 2022 | Page 75

Let’s Get Creative

Dr. Eric Plasker, DC

You might not have realized it, but creativity is a key component of your 100 Year Lifestyle. You use your creativity in a multitude of ways as you live your best life. In this summer of infinite possibilities, were going to lean into the creative component of living 100:100, at 100% for 100 years or more. 

What is Creativity?

Creativity is what enables you to generate new or innovative ideas and then bring them into existence. Have you been thinking creativity was just about art or music? Do you not see yourself as a creative person? Lets get creative and look at this topic through a broader, 100 Year Lifestyle lens.

According to Psychology Today, creativity is part of our drive as humansfostering resilience, sparking joy, and providing opportunities for self-actualization.If you do an online search of the traits of creative people, youre going to find a lot of different lists. Each of them, depending on their experience and point of view, sees creativity and the related personality traits to be different. 

At 100 Year Lifestyle we have our own list of creativity traits that are part and parcel of living your best life ever! If you are just planning your 100 Year Lifestyle or actually have been living your 100 Year Lifestyle, bringing about what you have set your mind to, gets your creative juices flowing. Here are the traits you already have!