Want to Be More Creative? Eat Your Greens

Unprocessed food is one of the best things you can eat to promote creativity

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Writing can sometimes be hard.

There I said it.

You wait for inspiration that just won’t come. Sometimes it arrives in the middle of the night when you have to get up at 6am for work the next day.

What can you do?

Creativity is not something you can turn on and off like a tap. When the urge strikes you obey. For who knows when it will strike again?

For example, I’ve been pondering the link between creativity and food for weeks. Fast forward to today, I was determined to write this article. After all, creativity is about showing up. It’s about putting in work regardless of your mood, outside factors or obstacles.

Right?

Wrong.

For whatever reason, I wasn’t feeling it…

Looking for inspiration, I re-read my old articles. I read a few of my favorite Medium authors too. Nothing worked. I figured I should try again tomorrow.

Then it struck me — I was hungry.

It is a well known fact that eating lots of fruit and vegetables is good for your physical and mental health. Now the…