My creative process for the past year has been very spontaneous. I have heard a couple of creatives brag
about their ability to create masterpieces instantly. It is more or less the hallmark of creativity within the creative society. You earn the tag 'gifted' for being able to do or create quality within the shortest time period.
In my case, i would consider myself lucky. The standards here aren't particularly high so i get away with a few times--quite too often i am afraid to admit. I take my vlogging process for example. When i was still passionate about creating video content there was the conscious effort to improve. I spent more time trying to make my videos look good, whereas the content itself suffered. Well, i am grateful for the fact that i am highly intuitive. Meaningful things just seem to come out of my mind and mouth effortlessly, without any prep or research. Do you know that most time i actually have nothing on my mind until i press the record button? And i still manage to get my thoughts across some way. Although my delivery isn't always great. You can spot me blabbing here and there, that's actually when my brain is trying to think about the next thing to say. So, in a nutshell, i am just ratting out myself for putting out semi-good content on steem and getting away with it.
Can i do better?
Yes of course. But does it really matters? I think the more important question here is: would it be worth it? You know i actually know the strings to pull right now to double my earnings. It doesn't necessarily take a genius to figure out really but there is this lack of motivation that hit me sometime around September last year that has refused to go away. I have had this lackadaisical attitude towards everything including steem. Personally, i feel like i have conquered steem. I have outperformed my self and expectation. And it seems those glory days are long gone. I don't think creating 2 or 3 posts a day is a challenge anymore for me. I have done that, so what's next?
The spirit is willing but the body is spirit
I think we all know when we aren't giving our very best. It is my belief that a lot of us here don't actually give our best. I think it shows in our attitude and posting habits. There is some justification. The effort won't match the reward except you're thinking long term but there are no guarantee things will be better in the long run. At this point i will it's easier buying than earning steem. Unfortunately, not many of here how that much purchasing power, those who do are actually enjoying their experience here while the rest of us struggle to earn and milk the system.
So this article was supposed to be about the importance of time in creating content, so i guess i should get into it.
I really do not care how good you are or the level of mastery you've often from practicing you cannot override the importance of time in creating content. If you are going to putting out content throughout the entire calendar chances are most of it are going to be shit. Most are going to be repetitive, uninspiring and borderline boring. I am grateful for the fact that i don't write as much as i used. These days it's more about creating videos and earning a couple of dollars. I don't care how they can turn out--my videos, but writing is quite different to me. It's my voice. I'm proud of most of the things i have written in this life and i even go back to them for inspiration. How many of you can do that really? Do you go through your old steem posts--i don't because there is a lot of junk here. One of the reasons i wanted to start a new page but never saw it through.
I think a lot of us can improve significantly if we care about what we create. You don't have to care about everything but at least something. Like i said earlier i do not care that make about my videos but i do care about the things i write and since I don't earn that much from it i can write less frequently and better.
This is still very much a random and spontaneously post. It probably would look much better if i spent some time with it, but who cares really? (i do)
I do hope at some point more people would be proud of steem enough to put their best work here. It will definitely go a long way in improving the value of the network.