Input-process-output theory of metamorphosis - how creativity transforms you into something new-part-2

Neuroscience tells us that as we do not use part of our brain synapses, certain areas atrophy. Our brains do the work themselves via a process called synapse pruning. This physiological reality also supports the fact that the more routine-like your activities are, the less you stimulate your brain, letting it shrink. Needless to say, this is a downward spiral that you don't want to get on. The answer: expose yourself to more, defamiliarize yourself a little everyday to keep your brain plastic, adaptable, and always moving.

This is the lifestyle model of an input-output theory. It relates to managing this relationship between our intake of information, experiences and emotions on one side and what we produce with it on the other. 

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