If you have trouble with creative thinking early in the morning, you're not alone.  But there might be a few simple ways to jump start your brain and TRICK it into being more creative.

Try this…… 

Doodle for a Few Minutes . . . But Only Draw Circles or Looping Lines.  Researchers had two groups of people trace two different types of doodles.  One had a bunch of sharp angles and the other had no angles, only curves.

Then they had both groups play an association game to see how imaginative they were.  And the people who had been drawing the curves tended to be much more creative.

One theory is that drawing angles requires more abrupt changes, and your brain is constantly compensating.  But when you're drawing circles or curves, your brain is functioning more fluidly.