How to Be Good at Everything Without Having a Clue What You’re Doing
Once, I was drowning in chaos. I couldn’t pull myself together.
Today, I can make an Excel sheet out of chaos — though most of the time, I still have no damn idea what connects with what.
And you know what? I believe that forcing chaos into order, locking creative people into cages, is a violation as radical as trying to interpret art.
Yes, it could sound a little dramatic — but if you’re here, chances are you’re already dancing inside uncertainty. That state where you’re filming videos, signing up for a pottery class, and starting a startup — you even have a business plan, but honestly? You have no idea how the pieces fit together.
And you know what? That’s not a flaw — it’s an art.
Because the truth is, creativity rarely starts with clarity. It usually starts with chaos.
Chaos, Intuition, and the Magic Compass of Creativity
Here’s the thing: creative energy is messy. It doesn’t follow neat bullet points, Gantt charts, or color-coded calendars. It flows in unexpected ways, in impulses and sparks. And when you learn to trust those impulses, magic happens.
This is where intuition comes in — that inexplicable whisper behind your eyes, the voice that says: “turn down this street” or “go see that movie.” Do you listen? I always do. Because it’s exactly in the places where logic gets lost that creativity starts to bloom.
Nietzsche put it beautifully:
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
It’s not just a quote — it’s an invitation. Sometimes the universe sends you impulses when you have no plan at all. And if you follow them — who knows? Maybe you’ll stumble upon a genius invention, maybe you’ll sit down in a restaurant and love of your life will find you there, or maybe you’ll fall in love with someone who doesn’t even notice you back.
And that’s the point — it’s all part of the same dance. Sometimes the signs lead you to magic, sometimes they lead you to lessons. And both are okay. Because the goal isn’t to predict the outcome, but to stay open to what the universe is offering.
Sure, from the outside it might look like madness. Someone who follows signs instead of spreadsheets will always seem a little out there. But to me, there’s nothing more beautiful than trusting it will all be okay anyway. Believing the universe is always on your side. Keeping that creative optimism, that touch of childlike joy and authenticity — in a world that’s been trying to tell us who we should be and what we should feel since the moment we were born.
Magic vs. Logic — When It’s Worth Leaving the Map
Logic is useful, of course. But it’s also like a tight corset — it holds you together, keeps things in order, but sometimes it doesn’t let you breathe. Intuition is like untying that corset and stepping onto the dance floor.
Because when you follow those whispers, you open doors to surprises. Where the mind says, “I have no idea,” intuition says, “go there and see.” And often, that’s exactly where the biggest discoveries happen.
Creative people aren’t afraid of getting lost. They know that in the losing, new surprises are born. New mixes, new connections. Where others see a wall, you might see a hidden side door.
And let’s be honest: isn’t that what makes life interesting? The detours, the side quests, the things we didn’t plan for but couldn’t imagine living without?
Of course, not every detour is a good detour. Especially not the one at the gym — when between the treadmill, a podcast, and your own thoughts you literally trip over your own feet. I think we can all imagine what that causes. That’s the kind of chaos better avoided.
And speaking of the gym — my muscles are so sore after yesterday’s training that I can’t even move. So this weekend, consider me your source of entertainment, sharing random observations instead of lifting weights. At least this time I didn’t fall off anything while daydreaming about blue skies.
Why Creative Chaos Matters in Business
Now let’s zoom out for a second. This isn’t just about life, love, and late-night ideas. It’s about business too.
The biggest breakthroughs in business didn’t come from sticking to the script. They came from someone following a hunch. Apple betting on design when tech was ugly. Netflix reshaping the way we watch movies and quietly dethroning the old video rental stores. A founder scribbling an idea on a napkin and actually running with it.
That’s creative chaos at work.
Because here’s the truth: chaos is uncomfortable, but markets are born from discomfort. Every revolution in business started with someone saying “what if we did it differently?” — and having the courage to actually try. Think of it: streaming when no one believed people would watch movies on the internet, ridesharing when everyone trusted only taxis, digital payments when cash was king.
Rigid five-year plans might look good in boardrooms, but real innovation rarely fits into spreadsheets. It’s not a straight line — it’s a messy sketch full of arrows, side notes, and doodles that only later makes sense. It comes from noticing small signals: an unmet need, a weird user behavior, a spark of inspiration that at first seems almost laughable.
So if you’re a creative professional, a founder, or a leader: give yourself permission to trust the whispers. Take the detour. Play with the unexpected. It might feel like madness in the moment, but history shows it’s often the shortest route to originality — and originality is the one currency the market will always value.
Living with Creative Chaos
The art isn’t in “fixing” the chaos. The art is in learning to dance with it.
That means experimenting without knowing the outcome. Prototyping before you’re “ready.” Writing the messy first draft. Launching the scrappy version 0.1. Following the instinct that doesn’t make sense until it does.
It’s about creating micro-structures that help you surf the chaos without drowning in it:
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Collect your ideas in one place, no matter how random.
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Give yourself permission to make ugly first versions.
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Check in weekly: what’s working, what’s noise?
But above all, it’s about listening. To yourself. To your intuition. To the signs the universe is throwing at you when you’re brave enough to pay attention.
The Real Question for Us Creatives
But here’s the real question: does any of this even matter?
We live in a world that pressures us to be productive soul-robots — measured, optimized, scheduled. But true creativity doesn’t come from constant output. It comes from silence. From stillness.
Real work is doing nothing.
It’s walking barefoot on the grass. Sitting in the sun. Staring at the ceiling until your brain clicks into another dimension.
I can lie on a sofa for five hours and generate hundreds of different ideas for every sector of my life and work. That’s not laziness — that’s creation.
So why do we keep building working environments that feel like prisons? Why do schools try to “teach” creativity using systems designed by people who are not creative?
They teach you to look for clues and inspiration outside. This is bullshit. You need to go inward, balance yourself, be grounded and rooted in your authenticity. That’s the only way.
And the funny thing? School — the very place that should support growth and individuality — actually kneecaps them. I was always misunderstood. My ideas were called chaotic, too many, too wide in context. But that was my world, and I wanted to expand it. I couldn’t — because someone didn’t understand my way of thinking.
Our mindset and thought-forms are the most marvelous thing about us because they are exceptional. No one thinks the way you do. That’s special.
For years, I felt misunderstood. They made me feel worse, insecure, small. Not because there was anything wrong with me — but because they simply weren’t conscious enough to understand me.
From today’s perspective, I see how deeply painful it is to be a sensitive creative landing in a system that shreds your heart into pieces and calls it “education.” That, to me, is the biggest misconception of the 21st century.
And history proves it: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1974 — but the Pulitzer board refused to ratify the jury’s choice, calling the book “unreadable, turgid, overwritten.” It’s the only time in history the prize was awarded and then withheld. Years later, Jean-Paul Sartre rejected his Nobel in 1964, and Bob Dylan, awarded in 2016, simply ghosted the ceremony for months. And honestly? I get it. Systems don’t know how to handle true creativity. They don’t understand what they can’t control.
These old, corrupted systems — temples built on slavery — must fall.
Because creativity isn’t born in cages. It’s born in freedom. And if we want a world that actually moves forward, we need to stop producing obedient robots and start trusting the raw, chaotic, intuitive power of human imagination.
Chaos and intuition aren’t enemies — they’re fuel. Don’t be afraid of not knowing; that’s exactly where the dancing stars are born. Listen to the whispers, even the tiniest ones — they might be the start of something huge.
Chaotic intuition is your inner GPS to unknown worlds. And there, you might just find something you never even dreamed of.
Creative chaos is sexy. But intuition is what turns it into art. Both — they turn you on..
love,
Laura
