In school, our teachers told us to use those notepads with the thin blue lines in them. This is to prevent our handwritings from becoming messy. Well, not a bad thing for someone who was learning how to write. The funny thing is, after 12 years in school, we were still being asked to write in between those thin blue lines. This to me, seems more like limiting our creativity than anything else.

It’s the same in life. Some people say that life is like an empty piece of blank paper and it’s up to us to scribble on it using our creativity. But most often than not, the blank papers that we are provided with are those with the thin blue lines which actually limit us. We are confined to those ‘lines’. Rules, processes, procedures and regulations to name a few. Try drawing some diagrams or writing vertically instead of horizontally, or just try something different and I am sure everything will be very messy. But when we wanted to use the blank white paper, whatever we wrote on it will be ignored because it’s just not the ‘right’ format.

I do understand that some people can really make a big mess by writing on those blank white paper but I also believe everyone should be allowed to be creative. Who knows what they might come out with? If you are one of the people who are still using those notepads to write your own notes, maybe it’s time for a change? Unlease your creativity by writing on the blank white paper. Throw away those lined notepads which have accompanied us all these years. Don’t limit yourselves. And I think it’s actually more fun to write on the blank papers too.

Remember, doodle more, write more, visualize more and use more blank white papers – not those boring notepads.

And don’t forget to recycle them properly.