I really need to pursue creativity too. I don't have a creative bone in my body and have no idea what kind of creative pursuits I'd be interested in, much less would stick with and dive deep into. Maybe dancing, but that is likely to cost a decent chunk of money to take classes. It's not really something I can learn at home with YouTube and library books. Or maybe I could, but kind of defeats the purpose, as part of the fun of dancing is being with other people!
Anyway, am reading that "Never too Late" book now and have started with Morning Pages. Until the elections are over in November, I don't have time to really dig in, but I thought I might as well start that now. I'm gonna give it a real try and I totally get and agree with, in theory, her reasoning about why it's helpful. A couple of days so far, though, writing at length about what's flitting through my mind has put me in kind of a bad mood for the rest of the day. It's like ruminating on negative thoughts. I don't want to artificially ignore certain thoughts and it's already hard enough to come up with enough to write for 3 whole pages, so I do write out the negative thoughts I'm having equally with neutral or positive. But I've definitely had more negative feelings surfacing over those days. Not any creativity yet, and I'm willing to give that time, but hoping it's worth it to persist!