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I have learned to live in the moment and do what is easy, effortless and enjoyable. This doesn't mean to live life with ease, effortlessness and enjoyment but I should be in love with what I do on a day-to-day bases. Part of loving what I do includes the people who surround me. Relationships are important in my life, I enjoy meeting and getting to know the people who surround me. Furthermore, it is essential not to take my time and energy for granted and fill the moments I could be recharging my battery, with browsing on Facebook, Twitter or texting on my phone longer than I should be. I'm not saying I should give up these "time-fillers" but instead change my routine to only updating social life at certain periods of the day-Morning, afternoon and early evening and before bed. As a college student, this seems impossible but I should have the "just do it" attitude and create value to my work instead of my Blackberry. Since I have utilized this new strategy of mine to be more productive in less time, I have found that I care more about the people around me and life becomes more exciting. During the week, if you think about the amount of words you could type on your paper instead of the amount of letters you text on your phone, you are not only wasting time but also energy and focus on the work you are doing costing productivity. Productivity is one outcome of changing my routine but the ultimate goal of my project is to stimulate Creativity.

Creating value in the things I love to do. According to a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Univertsity,Teresa Amabile describes how "employees are most creative when they are intrinsically motivated --in other words, when the work itself is motivating." By fractionating my time and dividing my day into independent parts can make reconstructing my routine easier. For instance, instead of multitasking and trying to text while doing something else, I should make checking my phone/email/Faceboook etc. an activity I do throughout the day instead of making it a symptom of having the need to do something every time I have free time. It is important that I create a 20 minute time slot just for me so I can do nothing but recharge myself and think about whatever I want to think about. The other day, I had the "just do it" mentality where I walked in the door after a long day, dropped my bags and went straight to my room to lay down for 20 minutes. Afterwards, I made "breakfast for dinner" and went to the library refreshed and recharged. I completed my work twice as efficiently and effectively.

To conclude my experience of enhancing my creativity by getting rid of 'time-fillers' I have written and signed a contact to with the witness of Francesca M that I will dramatically decrease the amount of multitasking I do by fractionating my day into a collection of independent parts including at least 20 minutes to myself to do nothing. Francesca would also like me to pledge myself not to text or use my phone while driving- which benefits everyone else on the road, not only my creativity skills.