I want to live a life full of creation.
There are so many things I'd like to create. I want to make videos like this. I want to write a fiction book someday, though I have no idea what about yet. I want to put together a photography book, filled with moments that bring back memories for the people close to me. I want to design and build a house. I want to paint something that hangs on the walls of my own home someday. I want to build tools that expand what people are capable of creating. I want to contribute something new to our understanding of the world.
I'm excited by the possibility of a passing interest or hobby eventually becoming something I can hold, watch, read, or send to a friend. I might discover that I enjoy making videos much more than I expected, or stumble upon an entirely new form of creation. I'm sure there are things I'll want to make that I can't even think of today. I like not knowing what those might be.
When I imagine looking back on my life, I like the thought of having traces of who I was scattered across it. Things that remind me of the people I knew, the questions I was asking, and what I found fascinating at the time. In a way, they'd be little relics that help me stay in touch with that version of myself. Some I’d still be proud of; most I’d probably find embarrassing.
I think I’d be glad I made them.