having fun is the moat
always have fun.
i'm currently 22 years old at the time of writing this and in these 22 years i tried a lot of things seriously that i thought could become my career.
i've tried video editing, content creation, growing instagram pages, building apps to make money and writing tweets.
almost everything i did was for money, exposure or career growth.
but after trying all of these things, i realized one simple lesson.
if you want to become good at something, have fun.
if you're not having fun, maybe not today, but someday you'll most likely quit.
having fun doesn't mean every moment has to be exciting or full of dopamine.
it simply means that after every iteration, every small improvement and every day you work on it, you genuinely enjoy coming back to it.
it doesn't matter whether it's content creation, coding or learning a new skill.
if each iteration doesn't make you happier, then either you're doing the wrong thing or you're doing the right thing in the wrong way.
so always ask yourself,
how can i make this more fun?
the interesting part is that you don't need huge innovations to make something enjoyable.
sometimes even a small change is enough.
for example, i could introduce myself by saying,
"i'm ajeet. i'm a founder and i create content."
that's accurate.
but it's boring.
instead i said,
"i'm ajeet, a 22 year old highly fertile indian male."
the information is still delivered.
this time we just had more fun.
nothing changed except the wording.
the same principle applies everywhere.
let's say you're editing a video and need to add a tree.
you could simply add a normal tree.
or you could add something unexpected and funny.
today i saw a tree edited with a human butt.
it instantly became memorable.
we get so obsessed with deadlines and goals that we forget we have the freedom to make our work entertaining.
the same thing applies to coding.
i remember seeing a developer who used to write hilarious git commit messages.
one of them was something like,
"aise test cases add kiye hain ki bugs ki ga**d phat jayegi."
(added test cases so tough the bugs' asses will explode.)
it wasn't necessary.
but it made the process more enjoyable.
when you're having fun, your work slowly becomes art.
you stop depending on results for motivation because the work itself becomes rewarding.
the results become a matter of time.
this is also why some creators become so interesting to watch.
people love watching their daily lives even when they're doing completely ordinary work.
it's not because their work is extraordinary.
it's because they genuinely enjoy it.
they were having fun even before they became popular.
you can't fake that energy.
i once came across a goldsmith on instagram who simply documented his everyday work.
he took customer orders, designed jewelry, showed the making process, added jokes and shared interesting facts about his craft.
he turned a completely normal profession into something people genuinely love to watch.
he transformed his daily work into art.
that's what succeeds on social media.
if you're enjoying your work, there's a good chance other people will enjoy watching it too.
the same idea applies outside content creation.
i remember a teacher who worked in a primary government school.
instead of teaching exactly like everyone else, she introduced small experiments, games and interactive activities. (i saw it on instagram)
she made learning fun.
she could have followed the traditional routine of teaching, giving homework and going home.
instead she asked herself,
how can i make this more interesting?
and she did.
today her videos receive hundreds of thousands and sometimes even millions of views.
she turned an ordinary classroom into something people genuinely enjoyed watching.
that's the beauty of making things fun.
always ask yourself,
how can i make this more interesting?
you'll almost always find an answer.
our daily lives are already filled with problems.
relationships, finances, health, work and stress.
those problems don't disappear.
but when you're enjoying the process, they feel much smaller.
instead of feeling like you're only existing, you feel like you're actually living.
that's the difference.
there are many benefits to making your work enjoyable.
the biggest one is that you simply enjoy your life more.
you stay happier.
your mental health stays better.
and you feel satisfied with what you're doing.
the second benefit is that people are naturally attracted to happy people.
even if you never post on social media, people enjoy being around someone who's genuinely having fun.
your social life improves naturally.
the third benefit is that if you decide to create content, you'll attract people who think like you.
you'll build a community of like minded people.
that can increase your opportunities, your business, your income and your overall happiness.
the fourth benefit is that your work improves much faster.
every iteration becomes easier because you're not fighting yourself every time you sit down to work.
the work itself gives you energy.
it won't actually become easy.
but it will feel easier because you're enjoying the process.
that's a huge competitive advantage.
so if there's one lesson i've learned from everything i've tried so far, it's this.
always have fun.
this blog is the result of voice notes i had recorded a few months ago so i used AI to transcribe and remove filler words from it.