Sometimes it feels like there isn’t enough time to get all your work done during the week. Often you don’t have the time or inclination to explore anything new or different in regards to work because of the amount on your plate. But its important to find time to explore and to be curious. Curiosity is a good thing. It can lead to you gaining information and its a chance to improve your skills. Whenever a new plugin or piece of software comes out everyone wants to know what it is and how it works. Sure sometimes the appeal of that shiny new thing can leave you with just that, a shiny new thing. It might seem like you’re wasting time by exploring this new piece of software but what you’re really doing is improving your skills and knowledge. How are you suppose to learn and grow if you aren’t curious about what’s new? Curiosity won’t kill you, it can give you insight and wisdom to make better work.

We are never more creative or curious then we were when we were kids. Children seem to have this boundless curiosity that makes them want to explore everything. Which at times can be exhausting, but it’s that curiosity that makes most kids have this abundance of creativity. The number one question they ask is “Why?” And soon “why” becomes “how?” This is the way I try to approach every project I’m evolved in. Asking myself, “how am I going to achieve this and how am I going to make it different from the last thing I worked on?” Or “how will this be different then the other guys project?” Without this curiosity, I know what I’m producing won’t be as creative as it could be. You have to be curious to identify problems that need to be solved in order for you to come up with new solutions. Next time ask yourself, “what would happen if I tried this…” and you might be surprised at the solutions you come up with.