When Joseph Campbell said “follow your bliss,” I am quite sure he was describing resonance—not as an isolated moment, but as a string of moments across a lifetime, like lights along a path, that we can follow.

It's a tricky game because you do need to be aware of best practices, what works, what doesn't, etc - that's how you grow and learn to stand out.

But at the same time, you always need to return to the question:

"Why do I create? What do I create for?"

And of all the answers that arise, understand your primary and secondary reasons.

For me, primary