Starting to write out loud

Hi there

I write using the second person because I write with my heart in my hand: July 20th, 2023 is the day I declared my independence.

Whenever I talk about my career I always start by saying that my dream as a teenager was to be a music radio DJ and that thanks to luck, fate, but above all thanks to my intensity with the subject: I fulfilled it. I was a reporter and then I was a music programmer; announcer and then content producer; Community Manager and then Public Relations Manager. In the last few years, I started as an editorial assistant and became a podcast producer/author/editor/instructor (and more). I didn't stop there. I have mentored more than ten Latam creators in their first podcast and I have been a panelist in more than six podcast festivals in seven countries. For some people, I am a leader and reference in Spanish-language audio storytelling and that is a mission that I receive with the greatest nobility. When they say that dreams take you far, I say that I am proof of that. But as my partner says:

"Motivation helps you take the first step but discipline is what makes you achieve things”.

Carajo, it has been so hard. Three days ago, sitting on my couch at home, I was staring at a palm tree, stiff under the heat of summer. I stood up and said out loud "I haven't stopped working since I graduated!". It’s been seven years of working full-time, feels like an infinity, especially because for the last month, I've been on hiatus. While working I have gone through all emotional, physical, and mental states, and as exhausting as it feels at the moment, one thing is certain: from day one until today I feel fortunate to have worked on what I love to do. I did for others what I dreamed of doing for myself, I was fortunate to have very talented people around me and we did amazing things together (podcasts, events, surveys... stories!). I founded the first Colombian podcast producer meetup: El Café Podcastero, and organized nine meetings that have been some of the happiest moments of my life. I dreamed and I gave a first push to others who dreamed around me. It has been a wonderful journey and I have come to peace with the reality that some cycles have to end, but I can create a new beginning: I have decided to do for me all the good and incredible things I have done for others.

Welcome to my place for writing.

This is the place to explore in private the things that I’m known for in public: script writing, creativity, audio, and inspiration. Each week I'm going to write out loud (Escribir en voz alta). I'm going to share stories I've written, analyses I've done of the podcast industry and thousands of things that keep me inspired, but above all one thing: I want to share with you my journey to creative and artistic independence where I'm going to be the best audio storyteller I can be, a dream I've been working towards for years.

And when I say this I also mean: I want to find my way to be creative and have a fulfilling life at the same time. The relationship between creativity and productivity is something I've been thinking a lot about and I want to talk a little more about it in the next installment. As Gustavo Cerati said, siempre es hoy, so today I start this journey. Independent but not alone. I refuse to think that a creative career has to be seen as that myth of the tormented genius who creates and suffers. I consider myself a learner, and I want to learn in a cluster. Create and dream as this continuous flow in which we make things that are bigger than ourselves. Today I renounce to “the absolutely perfect”. I renounce to stop thinking about what I can or cannot create. In every happy moment, to every person I shook hands with, I always felt like saying "Give me a few minutes alone and I can show you everything I want to say". Well, the time came to prove it.

From today I focus on me because I realized that I deserve it.

Here’s a playlist I did to keep me uplifted. “Perrenque” is a Colombian word that encaptures motivation and discipline together.