Variety Isn’t Inconsistency—It’s Intentional Range

From The Khanquest, to The Year I Became

Apr 05, 2025

You’re not being messy. You’re being multidimensional.

That’s the truth I’ve come to embrace—and if you’re anything like me, if your life and career are layered, nonlinear, and fueled by curiosity, you need to hear this too.

Great creative leaders don’t stick to one note. They design dynamic bodies of work.

If your content reflects your curiosity, that’s not a flaw—it’s a signature.

Inconsistency is when there’s no thought behind it. Variety is strategy in motion.

To the uninitiated, my life might look like a scattered path—unorganized, inconsistent, maybe even erratic. And that would be a fair surface-level judgment. But what they’re missing is the blueprint. What I’m living now—and what’s coming next—is the result of a master plan I drafted over 12 years ago. Not on a vision board. Not in some workshop. But in a tiny shared studio in Miami, living with a drug dealer and a drug addict—unbeknownst to me first moving in. My first real leap into independence, hundreds of miles away from family and everything I knew in New York City.

That year was brutal, but transformative.

For the first time, I experienced the quiet clarity of self-sufficiency. And it was in that stillness that I crafted what I called The Khanquest—a 40-year plan mapping out the many industries and creative arenas I wanted to explore, master, and contribute to. (Yes, the name was inspired by Genghis Khan—minus the conquest-by-blood part.)

That year alone:

I wrote my first full poetry and creative writing manuscript.
I composed and produced two albums’ worth of original music.
I leveled up my photography from novice to intermediate, landing my first paying gigs.
I expanded my range—moving from street photography into portraits.
Most importantly, I built the endurance and mental strength to weather isolation, setbacks, and self-doubt.

From 2014 to 2024, I’ve made every career decision through that Khanquest lens. Each job accepted, each skill sharpened—whether in creative roles or leadership positions—was a building block. That decade included becoming a father, surviving a pandemic, learning new crafts like tailoring and filmmaking, and moving fluidly between worlds most people don’t think belong together.

Now, what you’re seeing is the execution stage. The entrepreneurial era. The documentation era. The public-facing phase of a private plan that’s been a long time in the making.

I don’t know how every outcome will land—but what you’re reading, hearing, and watching wasn’t random. It was—and still is—by design.