Are you Darkminding?

You know the symptoms:

· Resisting any new ideas because they shake the status quo.

· Resist thinking for yourself because it is too hard.

· Resist looking for new ideas because that’s not what you’re paid for.

If you do any of these you may be ‘Darkminding’. I coined this term because I think it captures exactly the two ways in which we deny our creative side any chance to improve our lives.

1. We ‘mind the dark’ (as in tend to it and try and keep it the same) because it is what we know and any light threatens our comfort zone.

2. We keep our mind dark (as in not letting any new thought in) because it is too much effort, and we are averse to risk.

The results of Darkminding are insidious because they are often hidden. You can be going along quite well in the dark, knowing where everything is until…

Wham! Someone has moved the furniture and you’ve run right into it. And it hurts!

Be creative and give your brain a chance, let in a bit of light and you might be surprised how bright the sun is shining for a change.