You have to fail a couple times before you start to find your stroke.

Notice I didn’t say success. Nor did I say recognition.

Finding your rhythm is something that needs to be discovered through countless leaps, many of which will turn into failure and disappointment.

It took me a long time trying to take photographs like so and so, before I finally found my style.

It took me a long time making YouTube videos, before finally being able to just sink in and “do me”.

Writing has also been an absolute adventure in being ok with bad grammar and run-on sentences.

Finding your rhythm means taking chances, but it also means letting go of previous attempts and having the courage to admit when you are wrong.

Finding your rhythm means letting go. It means tapping into the deeper parts of you that knows when something is right, even if you can’t explain it with words and intellect.

Finding your rhythm is elusive, that is until you find it. Then it seems as if everything just falls into place.

I’ve learned, in finding my own rhythm, that you need to reach out for feedback, just as much as you need to reach in.

Eventually, what sets you apart is not what others can teach you, but what you can let out from the deeper depths of who you are.

In this way, finding your rhythm is just as much about letting your true self reveal itself to you, as it is about simply noticing it when it arrives.

by Jason Lam