Step number 1- 1% principle. Be the 1.

There is a rule on the internet called 90-9-1 also called 1% principle. Which states that most of the people who surf the internet are just wanderers. They scroll, peep and swipe, they do not stay to comment or keep a like. They just come and go and that is 90% the Majority. Then there are some like, comment and share, they ask questions, they do engage, and that is minority which is 9%. Lastly there is 1% who post create and share. Not occasionally but regularly. They do this out of passion, or as their Job. They are the creators. So, if you are from that 1% group, this article is for you.

Step number 2 - How to become a creator

That is the easy part. You already know what to do. You are a creator when you create something. Even when you fold a piece of paper to create an origami paper plane, you are a creator. Even when you cook your meal you are a creator. Even when you work in your garden caring for your tomato plants you are a creator. You just have to know that you are. And only way to be a one is to take actions and be aware of them.

Step 3 - Consistency Matters, novelty comes late.

If there is no creative idea in your head, start copying others. I am not asking you to plagiarize. I am just asking you to reuse the alphabet. Do not think you can start and introduce a new letter to alphabet on the day 1 of your creative journey. You must travel to the edge of the knowledge to do that. And the path will get steeper more you travel. So, consistency matters more than the outcome of your actions. Novelty comes later. There are no gifted artists in the world. Everyone is just an ordinary person with a belief that they were unique.

Step 4 - Diversify early, Diversify late, Diversify throughout.

Life is a search function. Think of your creative journey as a search function of google. Like a lightning strike which hasn't struck the ground. Your task is to find a unique territory where you can comfortably land with your full strength. The way to do that is by diversifying. This is a lesion I learned from Finance. Yes! from those boring people who learn about money. Diversifying is survival in a competition. You will spend a broken ordinary routine average creator if you are not open to opportunity and change. Diversifying is adaptation, like a squirrel who wants to survive a harsh winter in the wild. Search and gather all your nuts, although there are sunny days, winters will come for everyone.

Step 5 - Enjoy En route. Not at the destination.

Life is what happens when you are busy doing the ordinary. For a creator ordinary is creation. Life is what happens when you rehearse for your Ballet dance. Not at the moment when you perform on the stage. Life is what happens when you mix your paint, not you meet the audience when it is displayed in the Gallery. Life is what happens when you chose your words for your ordinary poem on a Tuesday morning, when all the others are sleep. So, be aware and present for your life, which otherwise you would remember as a suffering. Life is the struggle, and the suffering that you chose to endure. And that is true for every one of us.