I moved to Europe to become a bartender
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2023
- Creativity is one of the most valuable things to me as a human, and for the last 5 years, I've given my it away to others. I have burdened my creativity with the task of earning me money. I pushed it until I descended into anxiety and resentment and I stopped creating altogether. This video follows my journey to reclaim my creativity.
"I am going to spend as much time as I can creating delightful things out of my existence, because that's what brings me awake and that's what brings me alive" - Elizabeth Gilbert in Big Magic
Inspiration for this video came from the following two books:
Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert - amzn.to/47VB3ML - Amazon
The Creative Act: A Way of Being - amzn.to/49GcnJC - Amazon
Follow me on Instagram:
/ karamintheworld
This was shown in my recommended page. I totally relate to you Karam. I come from Egypt and I killed my creative side and devoted my soul to a conventional "safe" career as a dentist. I do find my job interesting yet the creative side of me is leaving me with constant yearning everyday. I started to learn German and I never know if I will have the courage one day to live authentically in a world ran by money. You are very courageous.
Thank you for sharing your story and experience! It’s very relatable to me since I also was raised in Syria, I had to fight against a culture that suppressed my creativity to get to where I am now
Been blessed by the algorithmn with this video, it's so well made. I'm happy to hear you're loving the stuff you're creating and that you've reclaimed your creativity. Thank you for sharing :)
Yay I’m so glad that you found this video too!! It’s such a pleasure to share my stories and experiences
This vid just touched my heart! I know it was hard for you to step out from the comfort zone which was no more comfortable. I am 35yo. After divorce and second in my life immigration, I study MBA and work as a barista in Berlin. I started from the scratch again. It was psychologically hard so I am going through therapy as well. I moved to Europe to become a barista too:D The more, the better! Thank you very much for sharing, it gives me motivation and hope, I am not alone in this
So beautiful, thank you for sharing your experience!! Good to know that I’m also not alone ;) honestly it’s part of the reason why I stayed in Berlin. It’s such a great city for having this ‘alternative’ lifestyle that’s very conducive to my creativity 💛
This was awesome dude! So nice to see you experimenting with this format and pushing yourself to make new things. I really liked the video and especially for people who might want to be creators, but realize that in itself it can be a burden, when it becomes a job. I love how you're fuelling your creativity by doing something not related to it. This was you free up your time and energy to do more of the things you love. So good! Fantastic message
Thanks Chris! It’s very freeing knowing that my creativity comes first. There’s a lot of freedom in that! I’ve made the choice to pursue this path and that is very comforting no matter how uncomfortable it is
Karam, I love this video. You’ve somehow managed to explain the unexplainable - creativity. This is one of the best RUclips videos I have watched in the last 6 months. period. Much much much love!
much love Titus! and thanks for the huge compliment
Damn, this video hit the spot. As someone who just moved across the world to Germany to get in touch with myself, creativity has been calling. Yet it's a hard push to even start the output and channel that urge and feeling into what we love and want to be creating. I also become a bartender and held some guilt/shame about not 'doing something proper' with my time but if it pays the bills and allows for time and space to channel that creativity then it works. Thank you for the inspiration - love your work. ❤
The whole guilt comment is real, I definitely share that too... but I read this thing in Big Magic and it goes like this: "There is a profound sense of honor to be found in looking after yourself, and that honor will resonate powerfully in your work; it will make your work stronger."
Thank you for your comment and for being here :)
@@Karamintheworld this quote almost brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.
Karam, what a nice video! I gotta say I even cried a little bit. You put these feelings so beautifully and simple. In the end it all depends on how you look at things, and I really appreciate your way of looking at them 💓. This is a boost to get my creativity going! Much love.
Thanks so much Agus
I love that this video got washed up in my feed. Thank you a lot!
I’m very glad that it did as well :) happy to have you here!!
literally watched it again, I LOVE THIS, makes me emotional. Love - Titus
Titus! Cute :) Thank you my man!! I'm very happy that this is out in the world
Thank you karam for this wonderful video , I can just say that you made me feel like I’m not alone and everyone deep down trying to figure out life in a way or another , you made me fall in love with this process of figuring life out … I wish you luck peace and happiness in this amazing journey of yours, you are such a wonderful human being ❤️
Thank you for the beautiful comment. I'm happy that this video makes you feel seen and that it was relatable! I'm looking forward to creating more videos and telling more stories :)
I love this video Karam.
Just wanted to let you know that you are inspiring me a lot recently in my creative journey.
I have saved one of your insta reels in my notion to watch it whenever I start scripting a video. Keep going.
I love this! Thanks for the compliment :) What video is it haha?
@@Karamintheworld El 7akawati.
I belong to the 7akawatis too.
It's good... It's absolutely good. Let me share some things that're going in my life currently... I don't have words to express but, let's try, I've killed my creative side and did nothing except "Just trying to study those freaking subjects..." and as a result, I don't have memories, of anything... It's just broken things.
It's like, I'm just born and my mind is just empty... no thoughts, no regrets, just broken things. I know you can't understand this properly but it happens and now! I'm here, watching this video that reminds me to do something... something that I love. I'm starting all of the things from the beginning... from this moment, documenting my life on white blank paper, my thoughts, transcriptions of videos that meant to me, like this one. "I wanted to tell you something... Internet or even social-media is a beautiful place, you can't tell anyone that, this is not what I am, you can't tell that social-media friends or peoples are not real. It's all about feelings... I'm just obsessed with this guy and did you know what, this is the one who talks to me on the entire social-media, on the entire internet... We're just humans, we made mistakes." Karam... is a real person I think, on social-media.
"Hey Karam, maintain the quality of your videos and I'm here for you always..."
Thank you for the comment habibi
Love this Karam! Truly inspiring. You've clearly mastered your craft ✨
Kelly!! so nice to see you on here and thank you for your beautiful words
Loved this video! Thank you for sharing with us!
My absolute pleasure
I can absolutely relate to this paradox and your desire to get the most out of yourself. You're a fantastic storyteller.
Lauren, thank you so much! This was one of those videos that just had to come out of me, to process what I have gone through and why I prioritised my creativity as such :) I’m happy that you can relate 💛
I needed this video! Thank you 🥹💕✨
Thank you 💛 thanks for watching 😘
Loved the video! It’s really inspiring ❤️
Thank you so much :) I'm very proud of it!
So glad algorithm Gods have blessed me with finding your channel! So impressed with the quality of your videos and the message behind it really spoke to me.. Looking forward to further discovering your creative adventures!
This is very very sweet. Thank you so much! I’m happy to have you here and to be able to share my stories and experiences 💛
Karam... so beautiful as always. I totally feel you with the creative paid work. it drains you. It's good you found a job that keeps you excited to create when you get home.
Absolutely, it's really great when I can just leave work at work and then create what I want to create. I'll probably be keeping this part time for a while so that I can just live with less stress in my life :)
Oh this hits home! I’m currently exactly batteling and balancing both sides
Welcome haha you’re not alone ;)
I can learn a lot from listening to what you learned on your journey!
I’m very happy to share my journey and learnings with you all!
Amazing video! Great storytelling and great cinematography as well!
Thank you so much :) happy to tell my stories 💛
Oh hey, nice frame for the quote ;)
Tobi is a star. Some beautiful shots of him in this week’s video!!
literally wouldn't have put the quote up if not for your frame haha thanks boo.
Tobi is indeed the star of the video lol
I normally dont comment on videos, but i want your engagement as high as possible haha. Love your story telling style. Excited to watch more👍
Ah i love this! Thank you for the boost! And so happy to have you here and your support 💛
Wonderful piece. Keep going buddy🎯
Thank you so much! This one has been in my head for a while haha
Such a beautiful video
I’m so glad you think so :) thank you!
Karam, you are a bright wise soul! Thank you for sharing your vulnerable stories with us and I agree with the messaging. I know because I am an entrepreneur that not always has clients, the stress is real and sometimes I wished as well to get a job to get it easier! And then again hits me, I can't do that. Whenever I somehow feel this stress building up, I decompress and do something else. Then all of a sudden things are rolling again! Thank you for your perspective!!! I love the new long format btw 🤗🤗🤗 keep creating!
Thank you Gina! And thanks for sharing your side of it :)
Tbh it’s all about the balance. I still of course do a lot of client work, but having this bar job gives me the power of saying no to things that come up that I don’t want to do. All the power to you for sticking with it 😘
When are the snow shots from? Or has it snowed in Berlin and I didn't notice (could actually be 💀)?
It was shot all between November 2022 and march 2023!
I love uuuu
The love is mutual
In the same boat, I graduated in 2020 with a Theatre Arts degree. I was already concerned about that degree since I did study theatre but my whole time as a student I worked harder to make visuals to market theatre and those artists. In the US of course, there’s not a super high demand for theatre or theatre marketing. 2020, pandemic, there was no live performance. I am also an illustrator and work in 3D arts and thought I could maybe fall back on that, multidisciplinary is what I’m most proud of being anyways. But it left me lost. This push to monetize off my creativity. I was lucky to get work in film as a set dresser and locations scout for Netflix, HBO, Apple. Big companies. I moved to TX and worked and worked as a freelancer in film for 3 years. It drained me and my creativity felt lost and futile. It was attached to everyone else’s demands and my complete livelihood since where I live is so expensive. I work as a server now! It’s helping open up time. It’s enough money to help me get by. I’m still trying to reconnect to my creativity. Also reading Rick Rubin (also work at a bookstore twice a week and it was highly recommended). Don’t know what my future holds, but I’m trying to change this creative depression I’ve been in as well. Best of luck to you, your creative heartbeat, and your broad experience as a human in this life!
wow so much thought and heart went into this comment. Thank you for sharing your story and best of luck to your creative heartbeat as well
@@Karamintheworld thanks for feeling this was heartfelt, been watching your videos and they feel calm. Much slower paced and a relief :)
Do you go to techno shows?
Haha! I do go out dancing to techno occasionally 😅😂
@@Karamintheworld 🐴🧂😏
Love this video and Berlin vibes! Check out Wax On they’re the most creative bartenders I’ve ever known
What a beautiful video. So inspiring! I’m also reading The Creative Act rn - such a good read.
Second the comment on Wax On - if you’re ever looking for some inspiration, drop in and ask them how they invent their cocktail menu. Super smart and innovative guys
Super cool! I'll definitely go and checkout what they're creating :) thanks for the recommendation.
Also happy reading!!