What Drives You

What gives you motivation to do something? What inspires you to start one thing and push you enough to finish it? What then sets the limit for you?

Inspiration comes in spurts, just like "eureka" or light bulb moments. It's neither an involuntary thing nor is it something you can do at will. It's just natural, and you know it when it's there, knocking at your door or waving its arms in front of your face.

As for me, a meek creature of habit (or make that short-term hobby?), I get mundane-to-insane ideas in a span of a millisecond, just like an ordinary person. But unlike the ordinary creative person, I seldom put these ideas into action. I'm a planner; I plan to do this, to eat that, to go here, to try those, and to make lists like these that go on forever. I'm not a very good doer, though. I believe that time is my biggest rival. I always find myself going against it in a manner that I can barely manage! Say, for instance, I suddenly had this bright idea to make an art project; just because! I think about it at that moment, then day and night and then over and over, make plans, start preparing to make it happen--if I get lucky to even reach that part of the process. Must be the universe or just me, but I rarely finish (or start) on my brilliant personal goals. It's very frustrating, I just realized.

Just squeezing this in, a photo of my personal command center and limited necessary equipment! Haha. (Computer, external hard drive, microphone, SD card [in slot, not visible in photo] all cramped in a tiny space in my room.)

So at the birth of a very hopeful video blog channel at YouTube, I have recently reassessed my life's goals. Well, erm, haven't really gone to that level, if you know what I mean. (No? Uh, say, career + marriage + kids kind of thing. Haha.) Anyway, yeah, I realized how passive I have been for such a long time. I do not want to think it's underachieving just because I rarely get things done because I want it for me. Right now, I am head over heels hopeful that I can finally do things with my life (and free time) because I want to do it and not because I need to or somebody tells me to. As with my previous entry, I have stated there which things you may expect from my channel and hopefully that will keep me on track!

Sure, there's thesis now and other important responsibilities despite the intensity of dedication and determination I plan to put into this current interest of mine. I won't let this hobby get in the way of my priorities but I have invested in this "personal project" (yeah, let's call it that haha) enough to see its way through continuum, and hopefully increments of that fulfilling finish!

Introducing... Ze Lipistik!

This was taken hours before Taft Ave. became a water park, river, or whatever you wanna call it. "Falcon" is the typhoon name, FYI. My best friend and thesis mate, Meryl, and I were editing our thesis video under these weather conditions, both of us fairly far enough from our homes to cause innate panic about being stranded in the university, and stuff like that. Haha.

Sorry, I dunno how this video blogging goes; I'm more of a writer, hence the earlier birth of this blog. So I've been informally blogging for years, mostly just journal-type entries documenting the mundane to interesting things that happened in an eventful day. I've been really busy with a lot of things recently, mostly thesis, as you may know if you're updated with my life. Because of that, I don't have much time to compose my thoughts and write about anything. Well, maybe I can but let's just say I think I finally got my priorities straight. Hah!

So here's a video blog! As much as I want to write about that day, I think a video would be the best medium to remember the day by!

Lipistik Vlog#1: Pre-Falcon Wrath Randomness

WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST AT VIDEO BLOGGING?

I've finally decided to ditch my old account in YouTube (dimple106) because I wanted a new username. Haha. But! I really meant to start a vlog. I've been thinking about it for maybe about a week, after one of my high school batch mates, Lalaine Inumerables, asked for a video recording saying hi-hello to our other batch mates back in Davao City; it's for a mini-reunion party for our batch. That way, we who are unable to attend the party because of geographical constraints will be present at least digitally. Haha. And that made me wonder if I could ever consider doing what a lot of video bloggers do: talk in front of hundreds or thousands, maybe millions.

Here's the thing, I really love talking. I frequently got into trouble back in grade school because I was too talkative. My calssmates get reprimanded by the teachers as well, don't get me wrong. But some of those times, I admit I was the source of it, too. Haha! I believe I'm a people-person, so anything that has to do with being oriented with people and engaging in conversations of any kind are my kind of thing. I can be very shy or timid at times, though. I'm not very good in public speaking, but I try. Haha. I'm more of a writer, like I said, hence this blog.

Recently, I've been so busy with a lot of things (READ: concluding college education) and I barely have time to prop up that blank Blogger page and write. And sometimes I have too much going on online *cough*Facebook Twitter YouTube*cough* that I find writing a bit tiring at the end of a long day. So here, I'm trying out my "skill" at vlogging, if there ever was any. Haha.

In my YouTube channel, expect:

1. Journal- / Documentation- / Narration-type vlogs
2. How-to's (probably about stuff you may already know but I do differently haha)
3. Music... Uh, stuff. No, not covers, I can never sing to save my life. Hmm, I plan to have electro/house/trance/dance music. Uh huh, exciting right? LOLJK.

P.S.
I wanted my YouTube username to be: "lipistik" because that's just how I want it, haha, but it's unavailable, says YouTube. Hmpf. So head on over to my YouTube channel: Ze Lipistik! (As in "THE" in a weird accent. Haha.)