We’re looking forward to introducing you to Jordaun. Check out our conversation below.
Good morning Jordaun, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? Are you walking a path—or wandering?
This is a great question! I remember when I was fifteen years old, somebody asked me “are you living or are you existing”? In that moment, I realized I was wandering…and for years I was doing just that. In today’s time I’m truly walking a path and I have a clear idea on where I’m headed. I even stop in my path at times and take in the scenery. That’s because when I look back, I start to realize how far I’ve came. After that, I keep on walking…STRUTTING if you will.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hey ya’ll, my name is Jordaun. I am a photographer/videographer who runs a business called Creative Hands Productions. The most interesting thing about me is that I came from a life of deep-rooted trauma and generations worth of struggles. As I always say, I don’t mention these things because I’m on the search for sympathy and I want people to pity me. I speak about it because that’s MY truth, but my truth will not stop me from being successful. Ya’ll are reading about a woman who will soon become everything statistics says that I can’t be. I’m going to jump over barriers and hurdles that were meant to stop me. Most importantly, I am going to INSPIRE, especially those who come from where I come from. A major task I’ve been working on is building my social media presents on TikTok. In addition to the many of capes I wear, I am a mother of two as well. I dedicate my content to my mamas out there who feel like they CAN’T. I hope to touch a mom who has lost herself in motherhood get her spark back and find the inspiration through me not to forget about herself. Most importantly, I hope that the mother watching accomplishes all of the goals she has set out for herself. The quote is “if I can, you can”.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before the world told me who I had to be, I was someone who led with their heart with no discernment. I never knew that when you show up with love, people had the ability to misuse, abuse, and take advantage of you. However, these kinds of qualities appeared the most from my childhood. So much so that my mind normalized these traits in people. After so much hurt, I figured locking my love away and becoming cold hearted was the way to go. Ya’ll know the saying though “hurt people, hurt people”. Boy did I have my share of hurting the people who genuinely loved and cared for me. All of that pain bleeding out on them like they were deserving of it. I think that craziest realization was how the tables turned. I started to misuse, abuse, and take advantage…creating the person I became after experiencing such pain. The world created someone who believed cold-heartedness was better than a pure one. That was not the case. I started to lead with love again, yet now I understand to cut off those who choose not to take care of the love that I have to give.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering taught me survival and the ability to adapt. I believe that if success was just handed to me without the suffering, I wouldn’t know what to do when I had moments in success that failed. I think we all know that life is not smooth sailing. One day everything might be going well and the next it may go the complete opposite. You have to put your survival skills in full effect and adapt to the failures so that you can reach success again. I noticed that people tend to stress themselves into quitting before they even had the chance to make it right. Success teaches you success, suffering teaches you skills and elements you may need to have when your success is at risk.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. Is the public version of you the real you?
The public version of me is not real. Let me explain why. The public eye perceives me as a someone who has it all figured out. The smile on my face keeps people from noticing the internal battles that I deal with throughout my day to day. The confidence in my talk and the strut of my walk is enough to make someone think everything is okay. For the most part everything is. I was just taught that no matter what you’re going through SHOW UP and you don’t have to look like what you’re going through. When I’m sitting with myself, I am extremely hard on myself at times. My mind becomes jumbled with thoughts of if I did enough or if I am doing enough. I stress, I cry, and I worry then I go out into the world with no fear. I walk in my strength not my worries.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: What light inside you have you been dimming?
The light inside that I have been dimming was always myself. Everysince I was a child; I always undermined myself, wary of what people might think of me if I showed myself whole. A great example of this would be when I made a Youtube channel when I was in elementary school. I would post videos of myself singing, dancing, and just having fun. I shared my channel with a couple of my friends, but one day I woke up to people from my school commenting on my videos that I did not share the video with. I deleted my channel after that. Listen here, the Jordaun I know today would tell little Jordaun to keep going! No one even commented anything bad, the feedback was good, but I wasn’t ready to be vulnerable to the world just yet. I was shy and timid or maybe I just lacked the self-confidence, but these days I show my light, and I share it. I refuse to continue to gate keep myself anymore….in fact, if you see me on your timeline heeeey!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creativehandsproductions?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@lifeofthedaunn2?si=MZZnAxAVbRtr1zfI
- Other: TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@lifeofthedaunn?_t=ZP-90KMhipHDrj&_r=1
