When it comes to long-term planning, ditch your go-to brainstorming methods. Let yourself play instead. Imagine how you want to feel a year from now. Ask yourself what color those feelings would be, and then paint them. Write a poem to your future self. Sing along to the songs that inspire you to take leaps of faith. Yes, details are important to iron out. But for now, the more you open yourself up to creative ways of thinking and communicating, the more you make room for inspiration.