Freestyle

A few days ago, Taiwanese hip hop artist, Leo Wang, dropped a freestyle album in collaboration with PiNkChAiN.

This is one of my favorite albums from him because you get to hear a totally free-flowing, undoctored version of Wang and PiNkChAiN spitting lyrics that arise milliseconds before they’re uttered.

There’s no such thing as overthinking or over planning in freestyle?—?you can’t over-anything because the name of the game is to make what feels right in the moment. It’s an amazing, beautiful form of human expression.

I think the reason why some people thrive is not necessarily because of accumulated wealth or social status, but because they’ve figured out how to apply this kind of freestyle approach to how they engage with life:

This isn’t say that they never plan for the future or are irresponsible, but rather they’ve figured out how to consistently listen to their gut and charge forward with the people and projects that resonate with them most despite whatever external expectations to the contrary may exist.

I have a theory that the harder you try to be uniquely you, the more exhausted and maligned you end up being.

The key, which I think Wang’s and PiNkChAiN’s flow in the album offers glimpse into, is to learn how to be increasingly in tune with and responsive to how you feel right now.

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