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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5591923" data-attributes="member: 10784">I think a lot of it has to do with aging/maturity.  Maybe 10 years ago, which would have been when I was 34, I went to this day long seminar/class on creative problem solving/thinking outside the box.  I would guess most of the people there were from the business/corporate world and were in their 30s and 40s.  They divided everybody into groups and had each of us come up with creative solutions to a fairly simple problem.When the problem was done, the instructor/leader went around to each group and we listed out our solutions.  At the end, he totaled up the solutions and said that we were fairly typical for a group around our ages.  Then, he said, that a group of elementary school students were given the same problem and came up with like twice as many solutions.  His point was that when people reach adulthood and get beyond their college years, they tend to become less creative - at least until they reach their 60s.  It was almost like this (disregard all the names, but think as you go along the bottom that it starts with youth, teenage years, 20s, 30s, 40s, with the low point being around age 40)<img src="http://www.participo.com/archives/reverse_bell_curve.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />So, you're basically becoming less creative as you get older.  I've noticed it as well - when I was DMing back in my teens and 20s, I was able to do a ton of improv and DM a lot of stuff by the seat of my pants... and, if I ever run into players from the old days, they'll still fondly remember some old adventures.  However, since I got back into the DM's chair about four years ago, I really struggle to do anything off the cuff - so, now I tend to over-prepare for everything.  I'm more prepared than the old days, but less creative and less able to deal with the unexpected.</blockquote>

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