Don't hurt your spleen!!

Son (via chat): Mom says you have to feed me today.
Me: I promise to feed you, but if you start feeling a little light headed, feel free to feed yourself. (He's 15 afterall...)
Son: Alright, but if I die, it is on your head.
Me: If you die it will effect more than my head. I will hurt in my head, my heart and in my spleen too.
Son: Your spleen?!?! I'd better not die in that case. Don't want you to have a hurt spleen.

Getting Creative

My son and I were having a conversation about some of his writing the other day. I told him that he needed to be more creative in his writing, and one of the best ways to do that is to give yourself constraints. Here is a great article about why constraints are a great way to get creative:

Next, creativity is all about connecting things. It is about knowing x and knowing y and then figuring out that if you put x and y together you will have something awesome. Often x and y are completely unrelated, but just knowing them helps. That means you have to start to learn lots of x's and y's. And they don't really need to be anything in particular, just... learn.

Open your mind to consuming information. And practice. Then put yourself in a position to create something and then CREATE! And do it by giving yourself constraints and using things that you already know.