Hope you are doing well. Today let's retrace my journey on Youtube. I must say I have grown on this platform despite not being very consistent with creating content there. I think I've had more of seasons on YouTube. So here are the various seasons I've had.

It's been an interesting journey on Youtube looking at all these stages and hopefully I can come back in a few months to share another remarkable growth and milestone with you guys. 

Happy Sunday. Hope you are doing well today. 

Today is the second day I'm waking up to blogging on my laptop and it feels so amazing. For the past months, I've been creating content on my phone. My laptop and desktop got bad at the same time making these past months challenging for me to work and create content. I love working on my phone but there are some things which are easier to do on a computer. Also there's a wider view I get while working on my laptop or computer which makes me feel creative in a different way. 

While working yesterday I was excited to open my blog and other pages I havent seen on my computer for a long time. When I got to my YouTube channel, I was able to see my videos together and I realized that I've had quite a journey of growth on YouTube. I will talk about the highlights of that journey in my next post.

This morning while blogging. I still have to repair the keyboard of my laptop but I'm so happy and grateful that I can use the external keyboard.

The old feeling of being a blogger is comming back since I started blogging on my laptop. And I love the feeling so much! Also I get less distracted on my computer because i have motifications from apps like instagra and facebook. And the feeling of "just pressing my phone the whole day" has reduced lol. 

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This applies to the creative industry. There are many people in the creative industry who are not passionate about it. 

But let's look at those with the passion and the results they get. When you hear an actor say they couldn't stop auditioning for acting roles despite their hard life. It makes you wonder why they didn't choose another career and or focus on the 9-5 job they had at the time when they were struggling. They probably would have had a promotion or earned more money and live a comfortable life. But no. They insisted until they made it in acting.

From this, it is important to note that it is ok to live a life with the desire to succeed in anything legally and morally possible but it is extraordinary to live a life filled with passion and love for something you do. That is why we are inspired by the stories of those who followed their passion and never gave up on it. That is why their success is different and more meaningful. 

You must not love what you do as a creative but in order for you to excel better and more meaningfully, you need passion to keep driving you until you succeed. You also need passion to tell a better story. 

It is important to know how to manage these types of inspiration as both of them are important to your creativity. 

An inspiration that comes fast or instantly may also disappear as fast as it came. so you may want to write it down when it comes in order to not forget. Some of the most brilliant ideas could be lost if you don't write them down. 

With slow inspiration, the idea may occur to you in an incomplete manner and you may get the other parts of the idea as you work on or implement it. It may also require that you brainstorm even more to grow the idea or make it more applicable. 

Whatever way inspiration comes, write it down to remember it and work on it to make it better or to get more inspired.

The creation process is what makes the story of your art so keep that in mind. Creativity is more profound when it is backed by a story. That story will be created alongside the process so you should love the journey of your imagination coming to life. 

Another thing that can make you fall in love with the process is thinking about telling your story - which is the process of creating your art. This story gives value to your art as well.

You also need some patience to love the process. I must tell you that not every part of the process is enjoyable or exciting. Maybe the thought of what you want to create will excite you but the process will be painful and boring sometimes so you have to practice patience. Invest your time in repeating the process and you will see that you'll begin to enjoy it. 

The road always seems long when we travel it for the first time. But when we do it over and over again it seems shorter. 

This brings me to the point that it's when you create over and over again that you love the process even more.  

So create some more, be patient as you create and use the process to tell the story of your art to stay motivated.

You could be inspired by how they do what they do. Observe their methods and find the lessons they share in their experiences.

Looking at this will inspire confidence in your work and the desire to do better.

Don't copy and paste; simply find a way to adapt what you learn or observe from other creatives. Remember you have your own goals and objectives which are not the same with that of others.

While watching those who have similar work as yours, find out how you can be different from them and create that difference to stand out.