Reflection 5: sparked from ‘You Need to Romanticize Your Process’ by Tozak Filming
The struggle of âthe processâ is an inevitability that comes with life. It slows you down, makes you late, and can ultimately stop you from achieving what you want. But what if it didnâthave to be this way? What if the process could be easy? What if there was no struggle? Imagine the possibility, what you could do, achieve, realize, the life you could lead.
Learning to love the process something anyone can do. Like most things, something that takes time, and discipline to learn, itâll be a struggle at first, but once you do, the struggle will become your fuel. Once you begin to romanticize the process of your passions, your creativity will flourish. Tozak beautifully talks about a personâs âcreative spiritâ like its own character that youâre capable of building a relationship with, someone that youâre eager to engage with. The creative spirit is something everyone has; it’s what drives you to pursue your passions, to explore your ideas, and itâs what lead you to absolutely loving the process.
âLove what you, make what you loveâ through having fun. The key to finding your creative spirit is to enjoy the work that you do, to pursue what makes you happy, and what you like. Create from yourself, from within, donât let expectations of what others think affect what you do, donât bind yourself to rules. Think about what inspires you to create and create that, ask what your favorite movie is, song, sport, it can be anything so long as you genuinely appreciate what it is.
Surround yourself with positivity, whether through good company, nature, or solitude. Your environment will affect your state, how you feel, think, create, so find somewhere, someone, or something that you feel serenity with. As you grow, things will be left behind, people, habits, not because they’re necessarily bad for you, but because your pursuit of yourself will lead down a different path. So practice your creativity frequently, show your creative spirit that you mean it, that youâre serious about what you do. Pick a time, make a routine to express your mind but even outside of that routine donât suppress your ideas, save them, write them down, take a picture of it, so later you can create. But donât overdo it, burn yourself out, take time to enjoy the things you like away from the things you create.
It took me a long time to pursue the things that I liked, I was afraid, of change, the process, the struggle. I cared too much about others’ validation, thoughts, opinions, people I would likely never see again dictated what I did. I donât even know why I changed, I canât remember when I did, I guess one day I was sick of being someone I wasnât proud to be. But Ichanged; I accepted and embraced the struggle of my pursuit of my interests. And itâs what lead me here, to school, writing this piece, to new beginnings. So, romanticize the process, have fun, and discover yourself.
“The man who loves walking will walk further than the man who loves the destination”