I've never thought of myself as creative

I’ve never thought of myself as creative:

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I’ve never thought of myself as creative.

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Thought I was normal my whole life.

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But only reflecting back on this journey have I realized.

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I actually am creative.

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I do come up with new ideas.

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I do create art.

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Some of it might not be good.

But some of it is good.

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Some of the pieces I’ve written are something.

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Impactful.

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Make people feel emotions.

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A true artist can only do that.

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I guess I can call myself that.

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But even then, it feels weird.

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Feels weird to say I make art.

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Sure I write.

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But is that art?

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I guess so.

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Famous books are considered works of art.

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So is my writing a work of art?

I guess.

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Even though a lot of it doesn’t feel creative.

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Even this.

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What’s the point of a piece like this?

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I’m trying to make the point that I never thought I was creative.

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But my life has shown me I am.

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I’ve choreographed dances.

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I danced for over a decade as a kid.

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I’ve written 2 books, including a book of poetry.

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Have 1100+ blog posts.

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I came up with creative solutions at work.

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New ideas that other people weren’t working on.

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That’s creative.

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That’s different.

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Now this next idea is the craziest.

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A company.

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An entrepreneur is creative.

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They have to be.

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To will a product into the world that helps people comes from a creative space.

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It comes from wanting to solve problems.

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To see issues in the world and think there’s gotta be a better way to do this.

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Is it time for me to enter the realm?

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I don’t know.

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Initially there was fear.

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No, this is too much.

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It would be all-consuming.

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I wouldn’t do anything else.

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But then the more I think about it, the more I like it.

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I work for myself.

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I set my own schedule.

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I relentlessly pursue my own dreams.

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Will them into existence.

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Build a product that helps people.

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Scale it and grow it.

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Travel the world.

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Meet people.

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Raise money.

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Be a CEO.

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Be a founder.

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That sounds like a pretty cool life.

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Will it be hard?

Absolutely.

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But life is hard.

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Choose your hard.

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Maybe the choice is for me to build a company.

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To use that creativity.

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To do something different.

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Let’s see.

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Still lots of work ahead.

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Have to do a bunch of research.

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Put together a solid plan.

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But the more I talk about and think about it.

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Maybe this is it.

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This is the chance to prove to the world that I am actually creative.

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