Ambitions and Creative Projects

Let’s take a moment to reflect on the upcoming year. Will we return to hobbies we once cherished but have since abandoned? Will we begin volunteering in places we never expected? Will we overcome challenges thanks to new innovations in AI? These opportunities might not always be by choice; I believe that, sometimes, God presents us with unexpected paths that are part of our mission. The love we can share through our hobbies is what drives them to materialize.

I am learning the music industry from a manager role, and it’s so much fun. I’m managing someone where I’m serving as a “best friend manager,” and I believe this person will inevitably gain fame. If that happens, this person will eventually need a real manager, so I’d step away and take on other roles. The greatest joys in life occur when we help someone gain great success, fame, wealth, health, and so on. That’s the goal.

The first album will be released on Spotify this Sunday, and I need to locate a database of university radio stations to promote the music. I am learning as I go, but I’m bold enough to approach radio stations and DJs. I will also secure a movie deal for the songwriter’s music, as I located the database for doing this at www.musicconnection.com/industry-contacts. Last week, I created a press release for the album release and now need marketing collateral. So, by the time we read this, the album will be published.

I am also figuring out what to do with my documentary film. I’m reading a book on the film industry business. The footage I have from two interviewees is not of the video or sound quality suitable for a theatrical showing. But I have a solution. I will take the one interviewee’s 5-minute recording, which I had to screen capture from his YouTube video, and turn the interviewee into an animated character, maybe a saint or a monk. I’ll ask Photoshop AI to make a headshot of a monk in heaven with vibrant, dark colors. Then, I’ll take that image into Runway AI as the image to use for the animation. Then, I’ll upload thirty-second clips of his interview to Runway AI. So, what Runway AI will do is keep his voice, actions, and gestures and transfer them onto the Photoshop Monk image. So, the monk animation will speak in the interviewee’s voice while using his gestures. It’s very realistic and precise. So, by working with Runway AI and Photoshop’s AI, I’ll gain high-quality footage. I love it already. I’ll aim for a 10-minute short and see where it goes. We can all create mini animations of family members or delve into professional filmmaking.

I am also volunteering for a nonprofit for people with disabilities, and I’m excited. The fellow in charge is warmly verbose but very calm and friendly. It’ll be nice to have someone to talk to during the day. Volunteering for a good cause feels excellent; it will make a difference in someone’s future.

The director of the nonprofit paid me a stipend for the AU MBA. However, four days ago, I spoke to an AU rep, and he said I needed to have $10,000 of my own money to ensure I get funded in time for the MBA start date. I don’t have that kind of money, so I have to focus extra hard on the job search instead. As a result, I don’t have a backup plan in the scenario that I don’t find work before EI runs out. But my plan is to keep my headspace on employment and secure something soon. So, no matter the route we choose or enter by some divine will, we all have the potential to flourish. Nothing is meant to break us, but everything is meant to inspire us to rise above. And the place of rising above is one toward unconditional love for all. That’s why we exist. That end goal governs the life lessons we face. When we arrive, the angels of every religion rejoice, I’m sure.  Whatever this year brings, it’s a matter of divine providence.