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Most of us know creative souls who strayed far from their early loves – drawing, crafting, making with whatever was to hand – and languished for years in ill-fitting jobs before finding professional satisfaction by returning to their creative roots. Why are we such natural pleasure seekers as kids and so wary as adults of using this instinct to guide our careers?
Early open mindedness and later societal pressure to “succeed” are at the heart of the problem, according to clinical psychologist and founder of Emerge Psychology Nicole Hayes. ‘Kids are more mindful than adults,’ Hayes said. ‘So children go along with this open minded observation of the world, which is very much like the ‘curious scientist’ that we try to tap into in mindfulness meditation. Kids are great at this.’
