Believe in Yourself and Continue to Work Hard - Shilpi Ghosh

I started with making youtube videos for crafts, For then since the last two years, I have started posting my content on Instagram where I got a lot of love and positive responses.

1. Tell us about your background and journey.

From my childhood, I incline arts and painting but never thought that one day I will be able to live my dream and pursue a career in this field. 

After my high school, I studied medicine and upon completing m-Pharm I Started my career with the pharmaceutical industry where I was working as DRA.

Worked for 5 years before getting married and post Marriage I went to Dubai as my husband is working over there.

After landing in Dubai I have got a lot of free time and got the much-needed break from the 9 to 5 corporate life, and it was that time when I started to think of making a career shift and following my passion which gives me immense happiness at my very core. 

Since then I started working full time in the Arts n Crafts field. 
The journey was not easy and its never going to be easy but then it gives me a lot of inner peace which is the aim of my life in the first place.


2. When did you first decide that you wanted to create content and how did you start?

As mentioned earlier I had this hobby with my since my childhood, probably that's the reason my parents gave me the name "Shilpi", but yea with the advancement of technology and platforms like Social Media it becomes easy for us to share the content to the masses. 

I started with making youtube videos for crafts, For then since the last two years, I have started posting my content on Instagram where I got a lot of love and positive responses.

Hope to continue my work and continue to spread positivity happiness through my Art.

3. Is vlogging and Instagram content creation a financially sustainable career?

Well, I believe anything can be a sustainable career if you work hard. We just have to be patient and give our 100%, the universe works in mysterious ways, so I don't think much on the other aspects, instead, just try to work hard and enjoy the moment. 

As far as finances are concerned, yes it has got good potential, we all have seen the example of famous bloggers and content creators,  but the key remains the same - Hard work and Patience.

4. Who is your favourite creator and why?

In fact, I am inspired by everyone around me, every day learning so many things from everyone but if u asked me to pen down my favourite content creator then it is @rittika_ariyonainterior...I always love her designs and style of decor...

5. How and where do you find inspiration to churn out content?

My genre is Arts n crafts, So I usually get my ideas from day to day stuff, waste materials, plants. 

I believe in re-usability, so whatever waste materials that we have in our home, I take all of those and built beautiful arts out of them. 
Decor idea comes out of our imagination, it's a kind of arts where u will just give a physical shame to ur own thoughts n imagination.

6. What does your typical day look like?

Usually, my day starts with me building the to-do list for that day, then the real work begins which involves working with my clients and projects, then I do some online workshops, building some crafts, ideating my next Post for that day, and then working on it.

End of the day it gives me immense pleasure to  tick off all the items from my list ️

7. Which is your favourite book and why? 

Well frankly speaking I haven't read a lot of books, tried many times but end up doing sometimes related to the crafts. 

As they say, you will always get attracted to those where our heart truly lies.
But among the very few books that I have read, I liked the book on "Mumbai's Dabbawala"

First, bcoz of the obvious reason for the amazing story of those Folks, the way they work is just magical and unimaginable. 

Discipline and hard work are the learning from those folks.
Secondly, I love that book coz it's based in Mumbai, the city which I love the most.

I believe every person should stay in Mumbai for some time, it teaches us a lot of things in life.

8. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring creators?

The only piece of advice is to Believe in yourself and continue to work hard. 
Because It's the taking part that always counts.

Interview by - Soumya Jain