The Pursuit of Creativity, Mastery and a Meaningful Life
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“My ‘fear’ is my substance, and probably the best part of me.”
Franz Kafka
There are many things in life that seem like one thing, but can actually the other. For example, exercise is fantastic for your health, but if you don’t know what you are doing, you can easily hurt yourself. Without depth and guidance, we can quickly become closed off (and sometimes clotheslined) by our ssr free and generalizations. As the Sociologist, Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980) once quipped, “Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.”
1. Sometimes advantages are disadvantages and disadvantages are advantageous.
Think of talent. Talent can be a crutch just as it can be a benefit. Being naturally born gifted at sports or music can take us far, but only for a while. Sooner or later practice outraces talent and if we lean to heavy on our gifts without putting in the time, we’ll quickly be left in the dust of less-talented hardworking people. (I learned this from the book The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle.)
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It takes dedication and work to succeed in a skill. If you don’t have a knack for something (or perhaps even suck at it), but you are so passionate about it, then your “disadvantage” will drive you to seek mastery and achievement. (Nobody puts Baby in the corner.)
2. Fear is a guiding force.
It leads us away from danger, but it also can lead us toward challenge. Distinguishing which is straightforward when you ask the question: “Am I in danger? Is this going to kill me?”
If the answer is yes, then get the heck out of there. But if you’re not in danger, then perhaps your fear is telling you something. Fear of speaking in front of the crowd is understandable (it makes me sweat just thinking about it), but it won’t kill you. In fact, your fear of public speaking is a social fear that’s holding you back. Imagine what you could do in every aspect of your life if you had the confidence of someone who can get up on stage and be the center of attention for a moment. Things would certainly change. Social fears are challenges we can use to improve and become better versions of ourselves.
3. Pain is a (wretched) gift.
I would never wish pain on anyone, but it’s one of the great eye-openers of life. Pain humbles you, removes your ego, and shows you a world you didn’t know existed. Pain can isolate us if we let it, but it can also connect us—to others, to something bigger and to ourselves. It’s difficult to feel the pain someone else has experienced, without feeling the sting of it yourself. Anyone who has injured themselves—a back, neck, or foot injury for example—will know difficult it is to deal with.
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“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” — J. R. R. Tolkien
My head is pounding. It’s been a long day, although it doesn’t feel like I did much. Some days are like that—you make progress, but it’s a small accomplishment in a sea of todo’s and planning towards a long-term goal. But it still counts. The day still adds up to something.
If you are a multi-disciplinary like me, that’s one thing you have to be vigilant about—whether or not you are learning too many things at once. If you have to ask yourself the question, “Am I learning too many things at once?” then you definitely are. There are only so many hours in the day, so it’s easily doable. Plus you’re a human being—don’t forget to take breaks and stay hydrated (half-kidding). Otherwise, you’ll end up with a headache like me. Everything in balance.
There’s nothing wrong with trying new things. Just make sure you are still putting in time with the things that are important to you. It’s better to finish what you start than constantly start new things and never finish anything. You don’t want to be that person who is known for their half-started ideas.
Of course, some things aren’t finish-able. You never “finish” learning a language or skill. You either stop or keep improving and using it. Stopping is an acceptable thing to do, particularly if it’s something you’ve been holding onto and need to let go of. But if you want to be great in a skill, you have to keep cultivating it.
There’s a touch of heart and body, of course, but most of the things I enjoy—coding, design, writing, music creation, not to mention reading and writing—all revolve around the mind.
This feels very one sided.
There is no mind without a body, just as there is nobody without a mind (they’re kind of a package deal). Even computers have physical hardware somewhere, what makes us think we can invest everything into our minds and leave everything else in our lives malnourished?
Day and night. Awake and rest. We need to find balance with all aspects of ourselves and our surroundings. Mind, Body, Spirit, Connection, Community—all pieces of the puzzle that can bring us joy, meaning, and creativity when we make them significant to us. Otherwise, things start to break down. Relationships crumble or fade, and suddenly you’re left without a support system when you fall and friends to call when you are feeling lonely. The body stops functioning properly and suddenly your mind wasn’t what it used to be. (So much for all the time you spend cultivating it). You
Action Question: How much time do you roughly spend cultivating your mind and mental skills? How does that compare to the time you invest in your relationships? What about body, spirit, and love?
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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu
Have you noticed that in modern society we barely (if at all) live by the seasons anymore? If it weren’t for school, seasonal allergies, marketing, and Christmas, we’d probably have gotten rid of them years ago.
We’ve abstracted nature out of the equation.
We eat out of season. Pasta in the summer. Fruit in the winter. We use AC to have a more comfortable local atmosphere. When the sunlight fades, we light up the night sky with electricity.
Taking control of nature allows us to work and live however we want to. This gives us more power and ownership over our lives. But it potentially throws out of alignment with our needs. Perhaps we need to live more seasonally.
My fiancée and I recently had a conversation about this idea. She’s hot-natured, so living in the South during the summer is almost unbearable for her. If she’s out in the humid sun too long she turns into a cooked vegetable. She’s a much happier and productive camper when fall comes along.
I wonder if seasonality goes deeper than what food we can grow. What if the seasons are built into our DNA as earthlings?
Sure, different parts of the world have a different climates. To each their own.
There’s a time for things to bloom and things to wither. There’s a time for rest and for work. There’s a time for reflection and play and community and adventure. Are we respecting that in ourselves? How can we incorporate seasonality into our lives?
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Blaise Pascal
Momentum requires movement. Think of a fire—a spark is nothing and everything. A spark can keep you warm, it can take out a house, a forest, even cities. It doesn’t take much, but a little is enough.
The hardest parts are:
Starting
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Starting something new can feel like quicksand, particularly when we are scared or worried. But once you get moving, fear turns into excitement. Water starts to flow. Ideas pour out. Dust and cobwebs start to clear. Muscles warm up in anticipation.
Restarting is similar to starting, but harder. Whenever you stop doing something, like a diet or journaling, or an online design course, not only you lose momentum, you also add weight to your shoulders. How many times have you thought of the past when things about your life— your health, happiness, finances—were better? We pine after the “good old days” and whenever we attempt to restart our habits we fail because we put too much pressure on ourselves.
The key to starting is starting fresh. Don’t focus on what you had and what you’ve lost. Focus on what you can do ssr free and the potential of where you can be once you begin again.
The sky looks incredible this evening. Gradients of purple and pink kiss the mountains of my hometown.
I’m walking along with the Tennessee River and can’t help but look up and window snoop at some of the visible apartments high above.
Despite the riverside view, I’m seeing glimpses of what you’d see in any house—no matter how poor or rich you are.
Couches, lamps, curtains. Vague shapes of paintings or perhaps photos on the walls. Busy kitchens and empty kitchens.
Flickers of images from TVs stand out the most. The size and quality might change, but you’ll find one in many houses across the modern world. Something about this makes me laugh. No matter how rich you get, you still are gonna make sure you don’t miss your latest show episodes. Entertainment is a great equalizer.
We’ve always been a storytelling people. Nowadays, we’ve traded campfires and spoken stories for pixels, streaming, and social media.
I admire the people who have decided to live without owning a TV. Up until recently, I’ve always had one, or at least my family has. I watch things more on my iPad and phone more than anything these days.
I love watching good shows and movies. I love them in the creative sense too. The interwoven combination of direction, acting, production, design, fashion, and storytelling that goes into creating a film. There’s an unbelievable amount of good stuff out there these days. Palm Springs. The Old Guard. What We Do in The Shadows. Dark. The Last Dance. And that doesn’t even get me started about YouTube.
As much as I enjoy it, I’m also occasionally gut checking why I’m watching one thing or another. “Am I watching this to enjoy, or am I watching this to distract myself from what I actually want/need to do?” It’s a tough question and usually has a tough answer.
If you’re an adult, there are no rules—you can watch whatever whenever you want. But just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. I’m not here to patronize or get on a soapbox. I’m, more or less, observing my own life and patterns.
Sometimes I need to stop learning, put down the book, turn off the TV, and get to work.
And other times I need to put down my work and call a friend and check in on them. Or take a breather and go for a walk. And, of course, occasionally watch a good episode or two. Everything is balance. A moderation of competing priorities on your time.
The key is to prioritize your life around the values and results you are looking for.
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“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” — Carl Jung
“Chaos is a friend of mine.” — Bob Dylan
I wonder how many songs or other forms of art will be created from the strange times of staying at home because of the 2024 Pandemic? Leon Bridges and John Mayer’s Inside Friend. justssr下载. Little Things. Exile.
I feel oddly peaceful today, despite the chaos happening in the world and the personal anxieties surrounding me. Perhaps God is shining a little ray of hope on me. Perhaps its because I’m not letting my thoughts control me today.
Looping negative or discouraging thoughts in my head is far from helpful, and adds more weight to my troubles. Despite knowing this intellectually, it’s still difficult to keep my mind running away from itself.
Presence helps. I’m walking underneath an extremely large and old tree, watching the lights sparkle through the shadows of its leaves. I wish I knew what type of tree it was. By focusing on what’s around me, I can lose all sense of my self-centered problems.
Creating helps. I feel ten times better when I push past resistance and prioritize creativity first and put in the work on my passions. Depending on the day, I might only get a chance to write in the last thirty minutes to an hour before bed. But when I actively take the time to write early in the day, lifts my mood and energy. “Actively” being the keyword here. It is almost tragic how much effort it takes to get around to working on the things you truly wish to work on. Secret dreams. Side projects. But when you finally do it’s like a weight has lifted. Why am I not doing more of this? It still takes energy, there’s still a sense of fatigue at the end of the day, but its a calming fatigue. A daily well-lived.
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“You change the world by being yourself.” — Yoko Ono
I have a tendency to filter who I am depending on who I’m having a conversation with. It’s not that I’m lying or trying to create a false impression, rather, I’m looking for similar interests or things I don’t know about but am curious about so that I can ask questions about what excites the other person.
“Oh, you like to cook? What something you’ve cooked recently you’ve enjoyed? What are some go-to dishes you cook frequently?”
“You’re a martial artist? Tell me about your experiences. How did you get into it? Can you think of any big lessons you’ve learned from your practice that you’ve applied to your life?”
“How do you like being a mom? What’s it like raising kids in the digital age?”
When I meet someone like me—someone who is interested in many things—I’ll nerd out of course. But more often than not I’m filtering who I am to be more compatible with the person I’m talking to.
Is this a bad thing? I’m not entirely sure. As a multidisciplinary, I have a wide variety of interests, whereas most people only have a few things they are drawn too. This is likely why I’m good at being a podcast interviewer (once I get over the initial nervousness of talking to someone I admire or someone I haven’t met before!)
Think of it this way: If friendship were a series of concentric circles, then the close relationship in the innermost ring gets all of me (…cue John Legend song). My likes and dislikes. My thousand projects and interests. Books I’m reading. Problems I’m struggling with. And as you go further out, you get less and less about me. For example, if we just met (hi, how are you?) then perhaps you only know that I’m a writer or a designer.
The bigger issue with this kind of personality filtering is that a lot of people won’t know about all the cool things you are creating or how deep your interests go. They only know a piece of you. I’d say there are quite a few people that I personally know that don’t know I’ve written a thousand blog posts in a row, or that I even have a blog! That’s bad marketing on my part, for sure.
I think filtering yourself for strangers is fine, but there needs to be something you do or somewhere you give all of yourself to. A place where all of your interests and ideas and personal philosophies are out in the open. We do ourselves a disservice when we always compartmentalize ourselves to everyone.
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“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.”
Bruce Lee
I started writing daily out of ambitious desperation. You see, I wanted to write, to be a writer (among other things), but I wasn’t writing. I’d squeeze out a blog post every month or so, and jot down lots of ideas, but I was doing more non-writing than writing. I made the mistake of waiting for inspiration to come, instead of seeking inspiration out through motion.
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I knew something needed to change, but I wasn’t quite sure what that was yet.
Seth Godin was a big inspiration. Somewhere around this time, I was reading his book, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck? A compendium of blog posts from his daily blog organized into centralized ideas. It was a thick-baby, coming in at 605 pages. I had read a few other books from Seth and would read his blog every so often. I think what drew me to the book was the fun and silly book cover with rubber duckies and the title. (I’ve always been drawn to ducks and birds, but that’s a story for another day).
It was inspiring to see how a writing practice could add up to something bigger and deeper than its individual parts.
Around the same time, I was also inspired by a couple of people I knew who had challenged themselves to draw every day for a year and make a drumbeat every day for a year.
If I were to write every day for, say a hundred days, that would be like writing a one-hundred-page book. Or a full year would be three-hundred and sixty-five pages.
With a daily habit, I could quickly go from being a “wannabewriter” to a “writer”.
This isn’t exactly an original thought. Plenty of people do this in their own craft (whether they have a name for it or not). But it was original to me. Going daily planted the seed for something much greater than myself.
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Ideas come from Momentum
When it comes to wanting to do something (wanting to be something) it’s all about momentum. Taking a yoga class once is a fun exercise. Doing yoga every weekday is a practice. One is a pastime, the other is taking you somewhere. Where you are going depends on the habit you are cultivating. But whatever it is, you are going somewhere. That goes for good habits and bad habits. Building momentum comes from being consistent and intentional. Phoning it in is almost like standing still. You have to pour your heart and energy into something in order to make it become something alive and special. Some days, all you have to give is phoning it in. If that’s all you got today, then that’s all you got. But that just means you have to get up the next day and try harder.
One thing I noticed fairly quickly as I had no shortage of ideas, almost as if having a creative outlet gave my mind permission to open myself up to my life and let ideas flow in. I’ve noticed this before when I write songs.
Creativity needs an outlet, whatever that is for you. It’s not enough to want to be a dancer or want to be an Entrepreneur. You have to go out and live it. Your creative outlets are like lightning rods to ideas. But if you aren’t in motion ideas come much more slowly (if at all).
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Creativity is a mixture of conscious and subconscious influences. I can have a writing idea—call it a prompt or a question—in the morning, go about my workday without thinking about it, and have an answer to it by the evening when I sat down to write.
Of course, not every idea will be a masterpiece. But each day gave me the chance to work on my skills and hone my ideas. For every six decent to bad ideas, there was bound to be one good idea worth more than the rest combined.
Mistakes Lessons Learned
Mistake #1 Not Sharing Enough
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Now I’m working on writing multiple posts in advance so that I can give each of them more time and attention. I’m still writing and editing every day, I’m just building on top of my craft and experimenting with ways to improve my skills, have better ideas, and provide more impactful and meaningful work.
Mistake #2 Not Leading with Story
Another thing I would do differently (and am working on improving now) is adding more storytelling to my blog posts. Storytelling is one of (if not the) most powerful ways to teach or get a message across to others. When we listen to a story, whether fantasy or reality, we put ourselves into the equation and are much more willing to listen and discover the knowledge and wisdom buried in the tale. A lot of my blogs are just straight up insights or observations. This type of writing has its place, but if you want to make people feel and care about what you have to say, you have to tell it in a way that they will want to listen.
Mistake #3 Dropping the Ball
The last thing I’ll mention is if I could go back and improve things, I would have kept up with my newsletter and podcast. I had a tiny newsletter even before I started daily blogging, but I just couldn’t stay consistent with it. And the same goes for my podcast. My life was in turmoil at the time, and those were the things that I had to give. But I’m kicking myself because they are powerful ways to connect with likeminded people and ways to share what you doing.
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Streaks are a powerful motivator
I’m not sure what the exact number is—it’s likely different for each of us—but perhaps around thirty days of doing something in a row, you build up a streak that you don’t want to break. Take walking for example. Walk today, and you might not think of anything if you didn’t walk tomorrow. It gets interesting when the day starts adding up. Walk six days in a row and you’ll likely want to walk on day seven. But what about thirty days? Ninety days in a row? A full year? You better believe that when day three-hundred and sixty-six rolls around you’ll do anything and everything to make sure you don’t miss it.
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Here’s a full week: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A year: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.”
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When it comes to creativity, there’s always a balancing act between creating and consuming. Making art—whatever that art medium looks like—is the intention and consuming other people’s work helps get our creative gears going, but too much of one or the other and you clog up the system. Spend too much time consuming and you’ll never have time to create anything yourself. Spend too much time creating without new inputs and your ideas will dwindle and become stale.
As helpful as the world’s knowledge is, sometimes gaining more knowledge can be a distraction from taking action or doing work in your own life.
How do we avoid the noise and focus on the signals we are seeking?
We must train ourselves to prioritize quality over filler first. For example, if you are interested in learning more about regenerative agriculture, then consume out that information *first* today before you spend your time listening to video game podcasts and before you sit down to watch the latest Netflix shows. Or whatever it is you enjoy. Start with what’s important to you. Entertainment has its place and can be just as inspiring and insightful as anything else, but if you are putting it in front of your goals, then it’s become more of a distraction than play.
One thing I find helpful is asking myself how does this thing I’m reading/watching/listening to make me feel? Do I feel inspired or more like a vegetable? Do I feel hopeful or anxious? Does this energize me or drain me?
It’s also worth noting where this impulse to consume is coming from. An I being driven by curiosity? Joy? Excitement? Or greed? Envy? Jealousy? Gossip? Deferent drives will bring about wildly different results.
At the end of the day, not every piece of information is worth our time. Even the stuff we feel like we should “stay informed” with should be considered for the chopping block if it’s not adding value to our lives. The world is so interconnected nowadays, if something important happens that we need to know about it, someone will tell us. It’s important to stay informed, but also equally important to not let that information consume you.
That goes for this blog post too 😄 If you don’t find it helpful, then don’t read it. But if you do get something out of my daily blog, by all means, keep reading! I won’t stop you 😉