I would characterize my job as a creative job because 90% of what I do on a day-to-day basis

requires some level of creativity, whether it's conceptualizing podcast topics in writing,

an organized outline that will allow the recording of the episode to go a certain way

so that it's not too scripted, but it also isn't such a mess

that it's impossible to follow. You know, creating podcast episodes is weirdly creative. You know,

making YouTube videos is definitely creative, conceptualizing a YouTube video topic, figuring out how to set up interesting shots, figuring out what to film and what not to film in order to make a story that flows nicely from start to finish, sitting down to edit, figuring out, you know, how to put the whole thing together in a way that

feels right. All of that is very creative. And with my coffee company, Chamberlain Coffee,

you know, coming up with branding ideas, marketing ideas, campaign ideas, all of that is very

creative. So I definitely lead a very creative life. I think probably more so than people

would expect because I feel like when people think of creative careers, they think of people

who make music, people who make movies, people who make TV shows, people who write books, people

who write poetry, photographers,

you know, whatever. I don't think people think of a podcaster, YouTuber, and think,

now that's a person with a creative career. I might be wrong, but I feel like it's a bit

controversial whether or not podcasting and

YouTubeing is a creative career. But in my experience, and in my opinion, it definitely is.

And I started this career at age 16 when I didn't know shit about life. And I posted my

first YouTube video because it was like a creative form of expression for me.

And I wasn't thinking that deeply about it, you know?

And next thing I knew, it was my career.

At that time, as a teenager, I didn't have an understanding of what creativity is, how to be creative, how to maximize creativity. I didn't

have a creative philosophy. I was completely thrown into it confused. And I definitely wasn't

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