What motivates you to get up in the morning?
What motivates me to get up in the morning I would say is knowing that I’m not at my full potential. That’s really what motivates me to keep going. To keep learning. To keep gaining more knowledge. To keep getting better at the skills that I practice. For example, making music (making beats). I really like music production, even though that’s not my job at the moment. Getting up every day knowing that I’m working towards something greater than my day-to-day life at the moment. I would say that’s what gets me up and out of the bed.
How do you find comfort on bad days?
I wouldn’t say I have a lot of bad days, but bad days do happen. I would say my comfort is usually in music, because in those cases I like to produce music. Still not the best at it but I’m getting better (I really like to produce). My dad was also a musician, so music has always been something important to me. Something that I hold dear. Anytime I’m having a bad day or feeling down, I always listen to music. It’s something that helps me relax my mind and kind of forget about all the bad.
Which activities make you lose track of time?
I would say that very technical activities make me lose track of time. Like when I used to be heavy into video editing and now that I’m into music production. Anything where I’m trying to create something usually makes me lose track of time completely. I’ll just lock into whatever I’m doing. Once I’m able to lock in, time isn’t really a factor anymore. I lose track of it.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I would say my idea of perfect happiness is finding my purpose. Finding that thing that I love to do no matter what. No matter the time of day, the weather, or anything like that. The one thing that makes me the most intrinsically happy. Finding my purpose would definitely be my idea of perfect happiness.
What food best describes you?
I’m thinking of mad Caribbean food right now. I would say Pelau. My mom is Trinidadian, and that’s the dish she would cook all the time. Every time we have family over my mom would make a big pot of Pelau. It’s basically rice, beans, and chicken all together. I would say Pelau because it’s probably the meal that reminds me the most of home and family. I would say that’s the food that I would go with.
If you could describe yourself as a pair of shoes, which would you choose and why?
Can I go with a brand or a specific pair? I would go with Nike because I would say that I’m very adaptable. I have a versatile skill set. There are many different things that I like to do and with Nike you got your runners, you got your basketball shoes, you got your trainers, you got your soccer cleats, everything. You can’t go wrong with Nike and I’d say you can’t really go wrong with me either.
What emotion do you experience the most?
I would say longing. Are you familiar with that? Longing for something? It’s something that I feel a lot. I feel like I should do a better job most of the time at being present. I’m usually longing: thinking about something that I’d like to do or something that I need to work on. Usually, future thinking: longing to complete a task or longing to achieve a goal. I would say that’s probably the emotion I feel the most.
If you could travel to one place in the world, where would you go and why?
- Alright, so I haven’t been to Europe or Asia. I’ve actually been to Africa twice already, but I’ve only been to Cameroon. There are definitely other countries in Africa that I would want to visit. Actually, I got one. I would go to Kenya. When I was growing up, I loved nature documentaries. I think the best thing ever would be to go on a safari in Kenya. I would take a bunch of photographs of the animals (lions are my favorite animal) and spend the day out in the Sahara. I would be able to see firsthand all the things I grew up watching on TV as a kid.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you use it for?
I don’t want to be selfish with how I use it. I would say the ability to fly. I would never have to worry about traveling anywhere. I could explore the world. I could visit all the places I’ve wanted to visit. I could meet different people and see what goes on out there. I feel like it’s easy to feel like you’re in a bubble most of the time, especially when you’ve lived in a place for a very long time. I think the ability to fly and travel to different corners of the world would be the coolest superpower.
If there was one thing you’d want people to know, what would it be?
I would say it would be about my personality. A lot of the times if I don’t know people I come off as quiet and reserved and that’s really not who I am. My close friends would really be able to tell you. I like to goof off. I like to have fun. But when I just meet you, it takes be a little while to open up because I don’t know, that’s just the way I am. So, I would just say don’t let the first impression of being reserved (a little bit) throw you off because once you get to know me you might think I’m the complete opposite