Creativity Exercises

To exercise my left brain I completed a sudoku puzzle from the paper. This was the first item I did of the assignment and I really felt it kind of wake me up. When you have to sit down and do some deep problem solving it really does wake you up almost as good as any cup of coffee minus the jitters and crash.

For the right side of the brain I attempted to do a bunch of the puzzles listed on the site. After numerous attempts I came to the conclusion that I was either too tired or just not creative enough to complete barely any of them. I do not feel any more creative after attempting these puzzles, rather I feel quite the opposite. I almost feel defeated from the puzzles.

To cheer myself up from the multiple puzzle failures I read most of one of my Farside books. I believe the choice of material was very important because of rather than doing something that would simply make me laugh I chose the Farside because they are quite an intelligent cartoon. One has to think outside the box to understand them. Reading the Farside could be a combination of humor and right brain thinking.

For something inspirational I went back to my bookmarks on my computer from almost four years ago to an article from ESPN.com that spoke about game seven of the 2004 ALCS. Every once in a while I go back to that article to relive one of the greatest experiences in my life: the Red Sox winning the World Series. The article was released the day of game seven and gives me chills every time I read it. With only one day until pitchers and catchers report, I felt it was time to hype myself up for another Red Sox season.