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title: Boost Your Creative Thinking by Being a Creative Pack Rat!
description: Boost Your Creative Thinking by Being a Creative Pack Rat!
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# [Boost Your Creative Thinking by Being a Creative Pack Rat!](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/boost-your-creative-thinking-by-being-a-creative-pack-rat)

 Written by [Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/blog/author/mike-brown) | Aug 26, 2008 10:00:00 AM

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With all the hoarding-oriented reality TV shows, being a creative pack rat probably takes on some bad connotations. But being a creative pack rat serves you well when you're trying to[ break through a creative block](https://www.brainzooming.com/how-to-be-creative-and-overcome-a-creative-block-26-idea/3924/), and you need a dependable creative thinking boost to get you Brainzooming!

Here's how to become a creative pack rat!

Start a new file with a prominent place in your filing system and call it “Creative Instigators.” Your creative thinking stash can be a physical file, an online folder, or simply bookmarks in your web browser, among other places. Heck, your creative instigators stash could be even be on [Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/brainzooming/creativity-innovation-quotes/)! (No, in case you check the original date on this post, I didn't time travel. I'm just trying to freshen up creativity content on the Brainzooming blog!)

 Use your creative instigators stash to save pictures, articles, thoughts, ideas, [quotes](https://www.brainzooming.com/category/other-topics/quotes/), thank you notes, cartoons, ads, [Brainzooming posts](https://www.brainzooming.com/category/creativity/) (I couldn’t resist), and anything else that stimulates ideas for you.

 When you’re suffering a creative block, pull out this file and take a stroll through its contents to kick start your creative thinking! –  *[Mike Brown](https://www.brainzooming.com/?page_id=1197)* 

***If you’d like to add [an interactive, educationally-stimulating presentation on strategy, innovation, branding, social media or a variety of other topics to your event, Mike Brown is the answer](https://www.brainzooming.com/?page_id=1140).*** ***Email us at ***[info@brainzooming.com](mailto:info@brainzooming.com) *****or call 816-509-5320 to learn how Mike can get your audience members Brainzooming!***

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