Benefits of unblocked creativity ✨
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Work Performance.
Increased creativity in the workplace leads to 10-15% higher job satisfaction and 12% fewer sick days.
People rated highest in the creativity +20% performances outcomes
Employees who regularly engage in creative activities outside of work show 15-30% higher job performance ratings, leading to greater promotion and salary growth over time.
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Love & Dating.
Creativity increases romantic desirability by 41%.
Displaying creative traits/hobbies ranked on par with wealth when evaluating long term mates.
Creativity enhances and sustains romantic passion over time, a meta analysis found a significant positive effect of creativity on romantic passion and partner attractiveness, even controlling for initial attraction.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rsos
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886906000997?via%3Dihub
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Finances.
Self-employed creatives with strong networks experience 25-30% higher income growth.
Creative activities show significantly greater-well being, which correlates with improved productivity and better financial resilience.
Creative thinking skills are positively correlated with entrepreneurial success, individuals scoring higher on creativity tests were more likely to start and sustain profitable business.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883902613000682?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001879113001747?via%3Dihub
hobby = wellbeing & happiness
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/having-a-hobby-tied-to-happiness-and-well-being
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Social Life.
Group art builds social bonds and improves communication, especially in youth with emotional behavioral difficulties.
Peer Support through creative groups boosts self-esteem and coping, especially for mental health recovery.
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Life Satisfaction.
Increasing engagement in creativity boosts happiness life satisfaction and a sense that life is worthwhile, even when controlling for demographics and employment.
Creative self-belief (creative self efficacy) is positively correlated with life satisfaction, meaning in life and psychological richness.
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Rehabilitation.
68% of individuals in addiction treatment who engaged in creatvitiy reported reduced substance use with significant improvements in emotional processing and relapse prevention.
Prison art programs consistently reduce disciplinary infractions, enhance mental well-being, and lower reoffending rates.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24751979.2025.2494216?src=
https://www.aristarecovery.com/blog/the-benefits-of-art-therapy-for-addiction-recovery
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Physical Health.
Creativity engagement reduces all-cause mortality by 29% across 19 countries. Initiating and sustaining creative activity both show strong protective effects.
Engagement in arts and culture lowers cardiovascular disease mortality by up to 40% and also reduces cancer risk.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12208283/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0248332
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Mental Health.
Engaging in regular creative activities is linked to increased positive emotions and reduced negative emotions.
Arts engagement reduces depression, pain frailty and cognitive decline.
Practicing arts in groups intervenes significantly reducing depression and anxiety.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009265661630006X?via%3Dihub