Why Keep Creating

I ask myself this from time to time.

Why do I keep writing. Why do I film walks and hikes. Why do I fly drones and practice FPV. Why do I document, edit, and share.

And maybe you have similar questions. Why are you building what you are building. Why are you learning what you are learning. Why are you showing up for something without any guarantee.

The honest answer is probably simple. It is rarely just one reason.

Part of it is the activity itself. Learning, practicing, exploring. Part of it is what remains after. Something recorded. Something shared. Something that does not disappear immediately.

A useful question is this. Would you still do it if nobody ever watched or read what you share.

Most of us probably would, at least in some form. But we would likely document less. Publish less. Polish less.

This suggests that the audience is usually not the engine. It is a multiplier.

Most people do not actually aim for fame. They aim for some form of significance. Not in comparison to others, but in relation to their own time and effort.

That may also explain why so many people share not only results, but the process itself. The learning, the attempts, the unfinished parts. It shows movement rather than just outcomes.

There is something else that is worth paying attention to. Sometimes creating quietly turns into producing. You notice it when the need to publish starts deciding what you do, instead of your life deciding what you sometimes share. That is usually a sign to pause and adjust.

The work should serve the life, not the other way around.

So why are we really doing what we are doing.

Maybe the simplest answer is this. We are trying to live deliberately. And we share parts of it because things that are witnessed tend to last a little longer.

Not to be famous.

But to avoid living unseen.

Here is a final question to keep. If nobody ever liked, watched, or commented, would you still want to live in roughly the same way.

If the answer is yes, you are probably oriented in the right direction.