An added benefit of creativity? It increases your vital energy.

ByKim Hermanson

Playing the bass guitar changed my life.

I’ve always had a yearning around music that I couldn’t identify. There was something I wanted to get to, but I had no idea what it was. Then one day, I picked up a bass guitar and started plunking around.

It rocked my world.

I’m not sure this means I’m meant to be in a rock and roll band. (Creativity isn’t linear.)

But creativity plugs into a juice that we weren’t plugged in to before. And then our whole life changes.

Because everything changes according to the state we’re in.

When you’re plugged in and happy, your work and relationships are likely expanding as well.

Creativity will transform the energy of your life.

Being creatively plugged in to what you love will change everything.

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