Creative or productive?

Are we in search of ideas or are we implementing them?

Both need very different environments, mindsets and practices.

Creativity loves novelty, boredom, lack of activity, wavering mind, making mistakes, trying things out, unfamiliar circumstances and so on.

While productivity seeks familiarity, repetition and routines.

If you know what you need to work on, choose to be productive. If you, instead, need to find it out, try the creative approach.