Creative work and occasional writing.
I decided to delete social media apps from my phone. I’m exhausted by this mindless consumption. I will still post content on those networks via desktop browser. I’ve also published a new track on music streaming services which I will upload links soon.
I’m not a big fan of social networks, and I’m sure plenty share this ideology with me. But we also have to admit that we keep on using them despite our hatred towards them and our ideal fantasies of throwing away our phones and living off the grid. Nevertheless, I find myself using them nowadays to post about my daily happy rituals. Such as my afternoon coffee making, my morning gym sessions, and…
I’ve started my way back to my weekly gym workouts. Somehow life gets in the way of habits but I’m really happy for that despite my worries for my knee injury. I’m also working on multiple music tracks and have a draft for a blog post that I’m working on as well. I’m finding myself sharing my daily life on Instagram more often, which is a phase I’m known for to do every now and then. Well, until…
No, I’m not talking about not working, I’m talking about not leaving home at all. The past week was errands intensive that I feel burned out just from the sight of the street. So I’m staying in this weekend, and trying to catch up with my to-do list.
I’ve spent the last 4 days reconstruct the entire website. The previous version was out of personality and sterile. Now the vision is complete, and I’m sure there will few infrastructure polishing. My next step is to focus on filling the studio with some projects, and work on my design studio.
Holy hell! The heat is unbearable!
Today I’ve created this new section on my website to feature short bursts of posts. Or more like my own version of Twitter to simply post whatever going on in my life. This feature is my attempt at an independent revolution against the corporate walled gardens of hell. An attempt to detach myself from using corpo social networks.
I find myself daydreaming throughout the day about creating stuff on the computer. That only happens when I’m away from my desk. I dream about how my current setup will facilitate my creativity and how it will enables me reach a level of creativity I’ve never reached before, or a level of creative flow that I’ve always dreamed of. I work on two machine in a daily basis. I have my Mac which is my…
I remember reading this book the month it got released. I’ve never looked back into it when I finished it, and somehow, whatever learnings I gained from it faded from my brain. And now, 8 years later, for some reason I picked it up again, and I was reading it in awe like how could I not implement any of those wisdoms into my life? But I’m not harsh on myself the way I used to be, so I excused my…
A summer sunset A tanning session My wife and I, we have this yearly ritual where we go vacay in a sea side resort at the end of each summer. It signify our gratefulness for a wonderful summer, and as a gap between seasons to sit down and reflect what we has been and what will be. The recent summer was bright for me, it guided me through the grief of my past career, and made me face the decision…
I keep finding myself doomscrolling, getting inspirations from the wrong places, and motivated for the wrong reasons. I know that my phone is my personal demon, and I choose to get soaked by it every time I pick it up. I feel gray and dull, my curiosity is dusted, and my thinking is an imitation of something I’ve seen gone viral on Twitter. I’m not romanticizing boredom as much as I’m attempting…
Prologue I’ve been attempting to write this short essay since I left my last company in 2023. I was stormed with emotions I couldn’t explain, and I felt traumatized whenever I tried to “design” something. It made me agitated and unhappy. I’ve had conversations about it for a long time with my wife and some friends, about why I find it so hard to go back to the field as a designer. Taking my time…
Find something good, then do it better. The hunt for an original idea is paralyzing. Truth is, there’s no such thing. Everything is built on top of something else. Every creation is a compound of what came before it. You wouldn’t recognize Da Vinci’s work if it were buried among other Renaissance paintings. And you wouldn’t know who built that house if it weren’t for the label on the construction…
I had to take few days off from being an adult. I had a case of flu that paused my momentum in running and my attempt to revive my design studio. The last running session was so intense that I’ve reached almost 90% from my heart capacity, therefore, I need to pull back on my current running program to slowly regain my usual pace. The flu setback was beneficial to me to some extent. I’ve realized…
1. Prologue I’ve been attempting to write this short essay since I left my last company in 2023. I was stormed with emotions I couldn’t explain, and I felt traumatized whenever I tried to “design” something. It made me agitated and unhappy. I’ve had conversations about it for a long time with my wife and some friends, about why I find it so hard to go back to the field as a designer. Taking my…
I used to aim to be known among my peers and community. I was surrounded by people who aspired to be famous, day and night. Naturally, I felt pressured to chase the same thing. But deep down, I never had that desire, and forcing myself to pursue it only led to conflicted creative output. Since I was a kid, my joy has always been in creating. When I create, I fully immerse myself in it, never…
It has been almost three weeks since we have returned from the city of Graz, Austria. Since then, I’ve been finding myself doing absolutely nothing. Aside from errands and chores, my mind has been lacking any intellectual purpose, or lacking any interest in doing anything. I wake up every morning, have an espresso with some Costa Rican music in the background, clean and organize the apartment,…
To define freedom, we must first define constraints. In our current lives, we are surrounded by countless luxuries that blind us to our true potential. We claim to have freedom of speech, yet we remain anonymous on the web when we want to express our deepest selves. We claim to have freedom of movement, yet we are surrounded by borders and political protocols. We claim to have freedom of…
Here I am, back home, typing these words after a fulfilling vacation with my wife. The trip abroad was brief, but we made the most of it, recharging our spirits and rekindling our aspirations. I believe that one cannot live without aspirations, no matter how modest they may be. Aspirations are the mental fuel we need. For me, my aspirations are rooted in my habits. I don’t have a definitive finish…
Summer Dreams I’m in awe on how spacious the sky is. How blue and bright it is in the afternoons. Aside from the summer heat, I find myself in a dreamy state, I find myself alleviated with ambitions and possibilities. I love life. I love how it brings opportunities, I love how it shaped me with lots of potentials. I’m thankful for everything, like literally everything. I believe that summer is a…