Living a life of art and design doesn’t just mean hanging a new canvas in your living room or designing a great new logo. We can bring creativity and beauty into our lives in many ways. Here are 40 tips on how you can live a more inspired life.

1.    Surround yourself with color – enjoy it, play with it, experiment with it. Put it on your walls, your couch and your body.
2.    Clean House – A clean house is inspiring and sexy. Get rid of clutter.
3.    Design your home or apartment – For me, my house is the place I work and where I retreat from work. Because it holds these dual purposes, it is important to separate the two. Good design creates a transition. Fill your space with the things you love.
4.    Organize your financials. Free your mind to think about other things.
5.    Take the weekend off – ‘nough said.
6.    Try aromatherapy. Good smells inspire creativity.
7.    Design yourself – Have fun.
8.    Draw or paint even if you think you suck at it.
9.    Subscribe to an art or design magazine.
10.    Join an art or design organization.
11.    Visit a museum – Great place for learning about so many things, plus they are filled with beautiful objects.
12.    Attend an art opening
13.    Visit an artist studio – Artists love to share their work. Call in advance, just in case.
14.    Find a new hobby – creativity = creativity
15.    Learn about art/design/fashion – take a class, watch a dvd, ask questions
16.    Keep a journal
17.    Listen to a wide variety of music, and dance!
18.    Garden
19.    When buying art, buy only art you love.
20.    Daydream – every chance you get
21.    Find inner peace with yoga and/or meditation.
22.    Believe in yourself
23.    Take a risk
24.    Find new ways of dealing with problems. Designers call this “design thinking.”
25.    Clear out your email, your RSS feeds. Summer cleaning for facebook and twitter.
26.    Get organized
27.    Eat well
28.    Drink well
29.    Move from survival mode to “life” mode
30.    Turn off the TV
31.    Look up! Look back! See things from a different perspective.
32.    Pamper yourself
33.    Read more
34.    Learn more
35.    Travel
36.    Change up your process
37.    Learn how to see – I love that artists see things that the rest of us don’t. Perhaps it is a matter of looking deeper.
38.    Fiercely protect your time!
39.    Breath
40.   Smile