Diwa Daily

  • Manila, Day 1: Interactive Science at The Mind Museum

    October 2015—My good friend Glaizee and I decided to visit and tour Manila. More for her than me, since she hasn’t seen much of Manila when she last visited. What luck that my trip to the US would land on the same weekend we’d be traveling. I had to make a couple of adjustments to…

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  • The Baltimore – New York 2016 Series

    Kissing my kids goodbye, I stepped into my shoes and got on the car with a nervous and heavy heart. I tell myself to be thankful though. I tell myself, ‘Stef, this journey is meant for you. This is your gift. Step out into new land and make memories for yourself.’ I’m heading off to Baltimore,…

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  • The Makers Club Was a Flop. Here’s Why.

    Deeply hung over in creativity thanks to Gumroad’s Small Product Lab course, I decided to create, build up, and launch a creative community, an initiative called Makers Club. I thought it would be a fantastic way of continuing the momentum the course had created. On a personal level, creating and fostering a community made up…

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  • 21 Blinkist Books to Help You Be the Creative You Dream to Be

    Blinkist is a go-to reading corner for quick and bite-sized summaries of the best non-fiction books. The library spans a wide range of topics, from productivity to relationships, so there’s something for everyone. In my case, I searched and gobbled up as many books as I could find that relate to my current situation as a writer:…

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  • Elle Luna and The Most Thought-Provoking Ideas About Should and Must

    “You should get this book,” my sister wrote at our THE SCHMEXY SISTERZ Facebook chat room. She then sent a snapshot of Elle Luna’s The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion. Reading the blurb on Amazon, I was very interested in this dichotomy and what exactly they mean and represent. Eventually, I did pick up…

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  • How I Created a Digital Product in 10 Days

    I’ve been freelancing for seven years. I freelance because it supports both my life and my creative writing. Writing poetry, fiction, fan fiction, game fiction, and everything literary in between has and will always be the end goal. There’s this growing frustration, however, towards freelancing that’s weighing me down. For two years, I wished, dreamed,…

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  • 7 Creative Writing Exercises That Will Make You Write More

    Are the latest writing apps or the most professional-smelling notebook enough to get you writing? Personally, I think these things won’t do squat if you don’t cultivate and stick to a writing habit or routine. And I’ll be the first to admit that it’s one of my current challenges as a creative writer. There are…

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  • 5 Steps to a Successful Creative Collaboration

    I love creative collaborations. They allow me to work with other creatives to get an amazing project off the ground. Some of the best creative projects were made through collaborative efforts. Refold and Project LOOP, for example, invite artists and designers to transform standing desks and skateboards into works of art. Collaboration is also my theme for this year. I…

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  • 5 Reasons Why I Failed to Finish My Creative Projects

    I see the last day of the year as a perfect time to recognize achievements and failures before abandoning them completely before 01/01 hits.Looking back, I announced and started many creative projects that, unfortunately, didn’t make it to completion or saw the light of day.Here’s a complete list:

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  • The Ultimate Force You Need to Create Amazing Work

    I believe this is something that one must fully realize and embed before embarking on any creative journey. To see our dream projects become true marks of greatness, we must identify our core purpose and hold it close to our hearts and minds throughout the creative process.

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