I've stopped working on the Water Monkey Program: What am I going to do now?
Uhhhh friends, I'm embarrassed to say this.... I am discontinuing the Water Monkey project.
So 2 weeks ago I said, I don't want to be a full-time political activist, and sorry for all the bold promises that I'm trying to be the next Gandhi or whatever.
So then I started this Water Monkey Group: A self-development community for the outsiders of Singapore, hoping to set up meet ups and life coaching sessions (and hoping that it'd scale and be influential worldwide). So instead of trying to be the next Gandhi, I was trying to be the next Jesus.
Then I realised, man I don't really like prioritising self help content and setting up meetings and doing life coaching sessions full time. Once in a while is fine, but full-time?!
So after 1 week, I'm abandoning the Water Monkey Project too. Once again, sorry for breaking promises and disappointing those who were excited for the self-help community (which I frankly haven't heard of any because the project was so new lol).
However, just like with politics, I'll still create self-help content occasionally. Plus, I will convert the Water Monkey Telegram group into the 'Amos Yee Lounge' for all supporters of my content. So if you'd like, you can join by going to telegram and searching 'amosyeelounge'.
So Amos, what the fuck are you going to do now?
Well, it seems like there's one thing I've been able to do full-time consistently for the past 3 months, and that's creating content. I've been creating content since I was 12 years old: videos, blog posts, text posts, images etc. I will make content on whatever topics I'm interested in: politics, self-help, Singaporean life, personal stories memes etc. Will not make the mistake of committing to 1 topic again (politics, self-help), as broad as it can be. I'll be nicheless in topic, but niche in terms of personal brand and perspective. Will market the content not based on topic, but on my personality.
For many of you following, I don't have to make content on politics, I can talk about whatever the fuck I want and you guys are still interested right? So that's the plan: full-time content creator. If I change my mind again, well... I'll get it right eventually.
So no more grand plans about being the next Gandhi or Jesus or toppling the PAP dictatorship (someone should really still do that though, it's incredibly possible, inevitable really). I understand better now my limitations, and what I really want to do. I will simply create my little videos and blog posts, and hopefully spread joy and inspiration to the world. If God is my witness, and this is my destiny, let it be written in stone.