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How to get better at thinking for myself?

I still have a year left of my undergrad before I go on to honours and PhD, but I feel like I don't have the creativity and initiative necessary to come up with my own projects and be self-guided in any future research. As far as I'm aware this isn't a taught skill, and I'm worried that I could complete all of my graduate studies and then fail miserably at being an actual researcher.

Is this something that's taught in postgrad work? 
Is there anything I can do now to improve my skill in this area? 
Is it a serious problem a lot of people face?
gpt
It's a learned skill. Working under relatively close direction by a advisor at first, and then becoming more independent over time, is a pretty normal progression. You can always see a big difference between new grad students and veteran grad students this way.  
  
You're fine.