The title I picked this week is kinda personal. That’s the beautiful introduction to the masterpiece titled The Search by NF. I listened to that song over and over and over again at one point in my life. Like him—with this piece, I want to get in touch with how life has been, then drop a few gems along the way.
First an update of mine:
I got sick.
This doesn’t come as a surprise. I had worked myself like a rugged horse, so when the signs came in, I knew it was time. I just didn’t expect it to be as tough as it was, but then, that’s the thing with people who barely have access to things; once they do, they go all out. This is why, if you’re yet to be a parent—like me, you should consider allowing your children the allowance to play with other kids, cause if you don’t, and they get that window, they would surely fly out of it.
Me, Myself & My Thoughts
Back to me. It wasn’t just a sick time for me. I finally had time for myself, and I could finally hear my thoughts, and boy, are they loud! You see, I usually had activities to fit in at every interval. Stuff to write, videos to edit, a team to supervise, but that week it was me, medications, and my bed. It dawned on me, by the time you strip all the work away it’s just me.
I saw at that point that what kept me going wasn’t all those activities, but the people who I’d carried out those activities with. The faces, the hearts, and it helped me treasure it all the more. I am someone who has kinda seen some things, and at the crust of it all are the relationships that have kept me going.
Patterns & Creativity
However, while I was brooding and resting, something happened, and it helped me see what pattern can do to anyone. Daily, I create. This used to be a mantra, but it overtime became my reality. I saw myself edit videos daily, write daily, ideate daily. So when I fell sick, I said imma put a pause to all of the creating, I needed to recoup.
True to my word, I didn’t write, or edit videos, but my mind, my mind couldn’t help it. I kept ideating while I was resting. I saw ideas both old and new come up in my mind, and although I tried to hush it at one point, I just couldn’t. I had become that being who couldn’t help but think creatively, daily.
The Journey So Far
I can attribute that to about six years of thriving in Creativity. I wasn’t always a Creative Director. I started as a Screenwriter—one end I want to retire into—, then neccesities—which I would talk about, here some day— pulled me into Content Writing, or I’d rather say, Creative Writing, part of that being Poetry—an affair I sometimes try to revive. Through that, I discovered Visual Content Creation, and fell in love with it.
I got to see that Creativity is more than the creating, and very much the processes, the patterns, and the discipline that we allow ourselves. All of that which I have allowed paved way to that restlessness that was in my heart as regards staying passively creative, despite having decided to not execute, creatively.
Gratitude & Grit
I am not being emotional, lol, I am just being reflective, because last week helped open that window. To say the least, I am grateful for sound health, great relationships, and the opportunity to be able to get back to actively creating. It’s a joy to say the least, I can say that I feel like I have been given another chance to creativity again. I feel it, and I am holding strongly unto it.
Till Next Week…
Boys and girls, that’s all I have for you this week. I do hope that I have been able to not waste your time or data. I should have just sat this one out, but my assistant insists that I be consistent.
Cheers to consistency.
Cheers to birthing beauties.
Cheers to TerrenceOfContent.
Cheers to YOU.
Hi, Terrence.
Thank you for sharing.
How are you doing now?