Creativity isn’t only for artists. Fixing a problem in a way nobody tried before is the same muscle.

Creativity gets filed under art, which leaves most people assuming they have none. But the move underneath it is just arranging what you already have into something that did not exist a minute ago. Rerouting a bus trip, rigging a bike light with tape, explaining fractions to your cousin with a chocolate bar: same move, different materials.

Look back at a problem you solved this month without being taught how. Name what you actually did, because that is the thing you can now do on purpose. Next time something is stuck, give yourself ten minutes to invent a way before you look one up.