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Reflect On The Past To Enhance Your Creativity
Reflect on three questions to focus your memories, retain details, and take your creative projects from good to extraordinary.
For fifteen years, I spent most of my summers taking high school students on service trips. We traveled around the eastern United States and Central America, working on projects that benefited local communities. At the end of each trip, I’d spend time asking the kids to reflect on their experiences.
Each trip, I’d ask the kids to consider three questions. I’m sure, after fifteen years, some of the kids got used to (or sick) of the questions. Though, I think these three questions are the keys to capturing memories. The questions are:
- What is the best story from this experience?
- What is the one thing you want to remember in five years?
- How will this experience change you?
When I left that job at the start of the pandemic, I didn’t spend much time reflecting. I jumped directly from that position to a new company and new career. Plus, there was a whole global pandemic happening. Looking backward wasn’t exactly at the top of my to-do list.
