For as long as I remember my work has been in the intersection of technology, creativity as well as entrepreneurship. This is why I was really drawn into indie-hacking and bootstrapping scene. They simply integrate the three of them and as the nature of them that they needed some sort of creative brain. Now, the problem is that not everyday I am creative and maintaining creativity is quite a work itself. Usually, the hardest part when writing about something is the topic itself. It certainly is different when working with a client who has their basics laid out and wants us to write the content. This is my freewrite as I am currently dealing with creative blocks.

Personally, thinking of what to write takes a lot more time than actually writing the content itself. So I am not amazed when a client asks 10-20 article in a day because they already have some sort of basic topic and outline of it. But when you do not and you’re the conceptor of the things, it’s quite a different story itself. More often than not, as a conceptor/ideator, we want the idea to stand out and people to check it out. We want the work to be seen and not just some mediocre work in the wild. As these days, it takes quite a bit of effort to stand out in the sea of content and creative works.

I was certainly guilty of delivering half-hearted work and pushing through when I should have been taking a break. I was guilty thinking that quantity triumphs quality. While actually, there are times when quality will win over quantity. This is usually when my creative juices has run out but I am pushing through just because. I am still definitely guilty of repeating that mistake.

Dealing with reading blocks, creative burnout, and all sort of problems that comes with the inability to produce something creative basically sucks. The only way so far that I know has always been getting in touch with new environment or culture. Sometimes though, since it’s not on the table, I am usually just going on a walk, seeking inspiration from around me. The core of this is basically taking a break and knowing that it’s fine doing so. This is something I am still bad at and is currently improving.

While I have reduced the time I spent here and everywhere else, I could see a bit of improvement that my brain started craving challenges and starting to sparks new ideas I could try on. There are so many billions possibilities when you’re checking out the news or your surrounding. The world has so much problem wanting to be solved.

Although the downside is, sometimes, I get sucked into the possibility of doom and gloom considering the environment we’re currently living in. But again, to me those are source of creativity as well. Take it for instance, the preppers. Their creativity comes from the notion that they believe, at some point, the world or the government is going to collapse. In times of apocalyptic situation, they know what to prepare, how to do basic things back to the time of agricultural civilization.

At this point, my blog is all-encompassing of the things I enjoy. I write about travel, gaming, movies, book, sometimes coffee & coffee shops. I might confuse people one or two with this type of freewriting but hey, from the beginning of my time here, I promise to myself, there won’t really be a niche. It’s just me and my journey navigating life. Maybe I’ll retire at some point or maybe I’ll still be here, who knows?