Thinking outside the box

Thinking outside the box means coming up with creative ideas or finding solutions to problems that are different and unexpected. It means not always relying on the same old options, but coming up with new and innovative ideas. It means looking at the world in a different way, breaking traditional rules and thinking of new ways to approach something. For example, if your teacher said you had to write a story, rather than writing a typical story, you could think outside the box and write a story that uses symbols, or even a song instead of a story.