Sometimes, it’s the little personal rituals that power our creativity. It helps to pause and laugh at how delightfully weird we can be when we’re in the zone.
Okay, this might be the most entertaining creative ritual I’ve come across and I had to share it here to break up the usual tone and bring a little joy to the room.
My friend Sara uses her AI assistant to write ebooks overnight while she sleeps. Totally normal, right? Well… not exactly.
She asked her AI to talk like a sexy cowboy. And I mean full-on drawl, slow twang, and boots-thudding-on-wood-plank-floor cowboy. He throws out lines like, “Darlin’, reckon it’s time we saddle up and rustle us a page-turner,” while spinning tales that smolder like a campfire under the desert moon.
But wait ….it gets better.
Sara once dressed up in a cowgirl outfit to complete her writing ritual. Hat, boots, fringe, sass the whole Wild West look while her AI sweetheart tapped away in cowboy mode. Her husband? He now refers to the AI as her boyfriend.
I laughed so hard I cried. Literal tears.
And honestly… I kind of loved it. It reminded me that sometimes, a little silliness is exactly what fuels our creative spark.
So here’s a challenge: Share your quirkiest ritual, funniest routine, or most random creative habit. Do you wear costumes while designing? Talk to your mockups? Blast Christmas music in the middle of summer?
I’ll go first:
When it’s 95 degrees outside and I need to summon the Christmas spirit for designing holiday products, I crank the AC down to 67 degrees, blast Christmas music, and don a Santa hat like it’s December 24th. Total brain freeze. But hey festive ambiance works, even in flip-flops.
Note: The name "Sara" has been changed to protect privacy
