Dear Fellow Creators,
Imagine I come to your home, take out three pages from my bag and tell you three random stories. At the end of each story, I tell you why I find this particular story creative and what I love about it and hope to share this with you as a loved one.
This thread is based on this imagination.
Story 1 : Luton Town
For my Premiere League lovers, this one is a common, a lot talked about story. Luton Town is the story of a football club, that came from Tier 5 to Tier 1, through consistency, systematic structure and lot of faith to play amongst the top teams.
Playing in the Premiere League this season they have drawn with Liverpool FC at home, and are doing way more better than what the world expected out of them.
But why am I sharing this with you?
This is the story of a club, that did not have a lot of money or was not backed by great players. It is the story of work behind the stage and consistently trying to get better with each match. They dared to play creative football, which tactically comes with its risks. But they tried and got rewarded.
Think of the first time you did something creative, perhaps a poem, or a competitive essay, and yes you sucked at it. You had no idea how to form your arguments and others were always better than you, but others being better than you never stopped you from loving what you do. Creating stuff out of randomness. That’s what Luton did, and that’s what I expect to do daily. Sticking to the process, and loving what I do.
With almost half of the season done, I expect them to survive relegation this season.
The following video is an analysis covering their story.
Here’s the link for their official video
Story 2 : Basic Bullet Journals
This is a link to the subreddit.
No matter who you are, a coder, a cricketer or a capoiera dancer, I believe that keeping a journal improves your skill and life in general. Keeping track of things has a serene effect on the mind.
But in this addicted-to-productivity era, even a simple idea of keeping a journal has become boundaried with rules and the ‘right’ way of doing stuff. This reddit rabbit hole, will show you the randomness and messy ways of keeping your bullet journals. Scrolling through this subreddit brings a smile to my face, because the journalling of this community is rough, scattered and unorganized, but it still makes sense, like this thread.
So if I were my own best friend, I would tell myself to keep a journal and stop being obsessed with organizing it.
Story 3 : Meditative Music
Every once in a while you stumble upon some unique kind of music. Time slows, hours pass by, you sit in a position, passing through various ideas inside. Building and smiling. You heal yourself and you are in that moment of creation. Your eyes are closed, your body is still, but you are still creating and then you cannot stop. You leave behind the idea of being stuck. You flow. You create with joy which in turn gives you more joy.
Everytime I listen to this 9 minute audio, this happens to me. I think talking about this is not justice, so I urge you to sit down, and experience this music.
Here’s the Spotify Link for the song
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I hope you create something.
Regards
Pranjal
I love bullet journals but have the same issue the pressure to keep it neat!!