This has been circulating a while but here is a great video with 29 tips to stay creative. I can personally relate to pretty much all of the advice.
The tips are as follows:
- Make lists
- Carry a Notebook everywhere
- Try free writing
- Get away from the computer
- Quit beating yourself up
- Take breaks
- Sing in the shower
- Drink coffee
- Listen to new music
- Be open
- Surround yourself with creative people
- Get feedback
- Collaborate
- Don't give up
- Practice
- Allow yourself to make mistakes
- Go somewhere new
- Count your blessings
- Get lots of rest
- Take risks
- Break the rules
- Don't force it
- Read a page of the dictionary
- Create a framework
- Stop trying to be someone else's perfect
- Got an idea write it down
- Clean your workspace
- Have fun
- Finish something