{"id":655,"date":"2011-02-02T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativityandwellness.wordpress.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2011-02-02T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T19:31:18","slug":"creative-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"Creative Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-661\" title=\"IMG_1716\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?resize=112%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?w=2448&amp;ssl=1 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/img_17162.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>On this cold, icy winter day I&#8217;m thinking about how my mind works. Over the years\u00a0of being a creative\u00a0thinker, I&#8217;ve learned that it is usually my first thought that is\u00a0my best thought. Experience has proven this for three reasons:<\/p>\n<p>1. There are no edits yet when a first thought bubbles up to the surface of my conscious mind.<\/p>\n<p>2. That first thought (even if it is &#8220;off-base&#8221; or silly) can free up my brain enough to lead me to my next thought.<\/p>\n<p>3. Action steps I may take on my very first thought often times lead me to my very best thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve\u00a0helped support myself and my family on my creative ideas for decades, I&#8217;ve learned to trust my first thoughts and to let them lead me to where I am going.<\/p>\n<p><em>Creativity and wellness message for today: Allow your first creative thought to lead you to the next.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this cold, icy winter day I&#8217;m thinking about how my mind works. Over the years\u00a0of being a creative\u00a0thinker, I&#8217;ve learned that it is usually my first thought that is\u00a0my best thought. Experience has proven this for three reasons: 1. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/?p=655\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-human-nature","tag-creative-thoughts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adairheitmann.com\/cmswp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}