Anyone who works in a creative field (and more jobs are based on creativity than you can imagine) suffers from creative block from time to time. For an artist, this means staring at a blank canvas or a half finished project. For a writer it might mean staring and a blank Word document. For a teacher it might mean not being able to come up with a new lesson plan.

Here's some quick and dirty tips that might help you get over creative block::

• Walk away from the project. Literally walk away. Take a walk; go for a bike ride. Come back to the project with clear and invigorated eye.
  
  
• Lay on your bed or sofa, close your eyes, and visualize solutions to the creative problem. Let you mind wander. A solution might come from nowhere.
  
  
• Talk over the sticking point in your project with other creative types. Their eyes might help you see your solution in a new way.
  
  
• When all else fails, trash the project and start over. I'll never forget the feeling of relief that washed over me when I dumped a horrible, mind-numbingly bad project I was trying to make work down the trash chute from my 18th floor condominium. Hearing it it bottom in the crusher was wonderful.

Finally, remember that the more you create the more creative you become.