Day in The Life of a Creative Director in Los Angeles
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What's it like working at a startup company in Los Angeles? How do you take a slow and steady approach to a busy lifestyle? How do you get more stuff done in a day?
Hello, 👋 I'm Matthew Encina. I work as a creative professional in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
In a previous life, I was a designer, animator, and a creative director working on TV commercials. Now I teach and create content at The Futur, an education startup, where I help creative professionals sharpen their skills and earn money, doing what they love. This is a typical day in my life.
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0:00 - Who am I?
0:20 - LA drone footage provided by Mark Contreras
👨💻 0:25 - What do I do for a living?
I was a Creative Director at blind.com/
Now I make content and teach at / thefuturishere
⏰ 0:52 - I try to wake up between 6-7am every day to make the most of the morning.
☕️ 1:06 - I LOVE coffee. Below are my favorite coffee tools.
Fellow Stagg EKG Electric Kettle: geni.us/StaggEKG
AeroPress Coffee Maker: geni.us/aero
Hario Cold Brew: geni.us/HarioColdBrew
📱1:28 - I start my day with a dose of GOOD social media @matthewencina.
Tip: If you don't like your feed, curate it. Unfollow accounts and hide content that doesn't enrich your life.
💪🏽 1:40 - I climb, box, dance, and lift weights to stay in shape.
My workout headphones are the Power Beats Pro: geni.us/PowerBeats
📝 2:15 - Writing is my brain workout.
I write articles on Medium: / matthewencina
Take a tour of my home office: • DIY Home Office and De...
🗣 2:30 - I give talks around the world.
Here's one from TED x CSULB: • Start Before You’re Re...
🤼♀️ 3:00 - To keep my team productive and organized we use these tools:
Practical Project Management: thefutur.com/course/practical...
The App we used to run a virtual post-it note session: mural.co
Project management in Notion: bit.ly/3FMdM1g
Sprint by Jake Knapp: geni.us/DesignSprint
I also recommend AJ & Smart to learn about Design Sprints: / ajsmart
🖥 3:35 - Personal planning, inside my office
Notion, my favorite organization tool: bit.ly/2MUXPMy
Here's an interview I did on how I use Notion: • How We Use Notion | T...
My appointment app: calendly.com
My email app: sparkmailapp.com
Like my office? Take a tour: • Perfect Productive Wor...
🌮 4:25 - LA, hands down, has the best food in the world. I eat healthy (most of the time), and I'm slowly getting on board with this vegan thing 😛.
☕️ 4:48 - Coffee part 2. Revenge of the 3pm energy slump.
At work I use a Chemex to make coffee: geni.us/chemex
🤔 5:24 - Focus Sprints help you get so much done.
I explain Focus Sprints, and how to reclaim your productivity in this video: • 3 Ways to Reclaim your...
The clock is the Amazon Echo Spot (Update 12/19: they've discontinued, and replaced with the Echo Show): geni.us/BsC1UW
🎮 5:40 - Taking breaks is as important as working hard.
We love to play Smash Brothers in Nintendo Switch: geni.us/NinSwitch
👨💻 6:04 - Learn all about our creative community
thefutur.com/
🕹 7:02 - Decompression
I spend most evenings playing Xbox after dinner: geni.us/onex
👩🎨 7:14 - My wife is an artist
You can check out her work: / belindarodriguezzz
Take a tour of her mini art studio here: kit.com/MatthewEncina/art-wor...
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Hello. I'm Matthew Encina. I'm the Chief Content Officer at The Futur and a Creative Director at Blind. I’m a Filipino-American. Born and raised in LA.
You can find me on many platforms:
Instagram (Workspace Aesthetics): / mod.musings
Instagram (Creative Projects & Thoughts): / matthewencina
Facebook: / matthewencina.design
Twitter: / matthewencina
Kit: kit.co/MatthewEncina
The Futur: / thefuturishere
Medium: / matthewencina
Linkedin: / matthewencina
#DayInTheLife #Productivity #Startup #TheFutur #MatthewEncina
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Finally I found a perfect "A day in the life of developer or designer" this is the best video I've ever seen. Please keep posting 👍🏻
Man when people ask me what I want my life to look like in 10 years, I’ll send them a link to this video! Love how intentional you are with everything you practice! Please keep posting on your channel!
@timebendpictures
4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina Warms my heart! thank you Matt! keep up the amazing work!
@AjCanda
4 жыл бұрын
So fine. I might do the same thing.
@EmilySweet
9 ай бұрын
How's it going now?
@timebendpictures
9 ай бұрын
@@EmilySweet Making slow but steady progress! Working as a freelance videographer now and slowly making my way into cooler and cooler projects. Now I'm keeping an eye out for cool production companies that I can work for in my area. Chipping away at the dream one step at a time.
Your calm voice, your way of speaking, it just makes it seem everything is in a perfect order. A very nice video. I loved it and I can't wait for your next video. Keep it up! 😀😀👍
@Helenamexcali
4 жыл бұрын
Not his voice 😁 some paid voice
@Helenamexcali
4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina CZ this voice almost every KZread video 😁.
@meuentretenimento7904
4 жыл бұрын
Like an asmr lol, but yah it's still good
Man, after watching this i'm motivated to be organized and structured as you!
@TaylorBrookspro
4 жыл бұрын
Mark Go me too
To be honest, with the path that I'm following, this content is one of the most powerful resource i have had since your last video about productivity.
This video was just so smooth. The footage, your voice and the story-telling is spectacular.
Love how organized your description is for the video including how well laid out your time stamp and emojis are. 👍🏾
you’ve been such an inspiration in design, productivity anf work life balance! thank you so much for showing us a glimpse of your life- it kept me motivated to make myself better!
I love how organized your life is! You have a great system, especially for someone who seems like they have a lot going on all the time. The email template was a great tip! Thanks for this piece of content! always killen it man
it's always nice to hear a notification from your channel!! Thanks for Sharing this Matthew!
Matthew is one of the most delicate, effortless, mountain-high confidence, well dress, best groom, simple yet rich KZread persona
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
🙏
Lovely
Impressive! You just made me refocus my life. 👍🏻
thank you. enjoy seeing how others manage their days.
From the desk setup to day in your life.. Congratulations, now I am so getting into your videos.
Saw a notification from the channel. Made my day. ❤️😂😅
Perfect! Simply perfect! Thank you for being my virtual mentor! 🤗
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers
Thank you for sharing this Matthew!
This is helpful stuff, man! You’re so respectful of your craft and seem like such a lovely person. Bless.
This video is extremely inspiring. I would love to know more about the sprints and what you do to stay on track. thanks for the video!
I like how at your work, music suddenly starts playing when it's break time lol
@linasjokubaitis8621
3 жыл бұрын
How would this be possible?
Love the insight on how you schedule meetings. Thank you so much for this.
You're an inspiration Matt! Thank you!
Notion is my second brain. Literally went from Cs to straight As
@crusader3400
4 жыл бұрын
Cool I need to try it out... last year I had straight As but this year have More Bs than anything 😬
I had to say, I've been watching this almost everyday :)
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
😁
@DeynielleMauricio
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina Like man, you have a calm voice and just the music I've been wanting to hear. 👍👍👍
This is the motivation I need during times of quarantine. Thanks!
Really appreciate the way you could represent your organised life and it’s motivating too!
Hello Mathew! I just love the way you plan your day, the way in which you organise your work and make your day completely productive. I have also watched your desk setup videos and I was left spellbound. I'm a big fan of your workspace and your mindset to look forward to your daily tasks. I would love to watch much more videos of such quality.
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ArslanKhan-tm5rv
2 жыл бұрын
sir i am so motivated from you love from pakistan
Live your life people and stop comparing yourself to "achievers" like this dude unless you wanna end up depressed and frustrated. KZread and all the social medias for that matter are full of super successful, super creative, super social, super healthy and beautiful people but in fact, this could be a just one side of their life or even a complete hoax. They try to make believe that they are here to motivate you but what they really do is make you envious and deep down make you feel bad about your own life. The life that you live is no worse or no better than this dude's, just make sure you enjoy simple things in it and stop trying to live up to the standards that so many people on the internet are trying to set.
@ginnerzapata5909
4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina Great answer.
@d-tox8546
4 жыл бұрын
Perfect description for the "Generation Social-Media"
@jaybones643
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your comment because it makes me think about how I digest content. Mindset is key here - we all have the option to either feel down or feel motivated. The path you choose says a lot about where your mind is. Once I can acknowledge my thoughts and figure out what makes me sad or motivated, I can make decisions to improve myself. In this situation, I learned about focus sprints and will definitely start implementing them.
@titusp9488
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t know about people who don’t want to be inspired to be more than what you are. If you are blessed with yourself...great but to downgrade others ...that just prove your point about yourself. Don’t judge unless u want to be judged.
WOW, Thanks Matthew!!! The way you speak, explain and organize inspire me how I should do for my work life too. Much appreciated !!!
Living my dream creative life! Loved this video Matthew, excited to see what you post next!
Hey, after that i would like my life to look like this in future :D Please keep this up, and teach us how to make this.
Would love to see a video on how you're using Notion
@gerardo1533
4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina me too. I have used it for 4 months and i still don't get it
@juanpcadile
4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewEncina Same here!
@yeletskiy
4 жыл бұрын
+1
@MegaJoohyun
4 жыл бұрын
Notion it's so confusing, I had to stay with Evernote
@beatriceleung463
4 жыл бұрын
+1
when i grow up, I totally love how you've planned out your day... no wonder the content you guys produce is so on point 👍🏿🥰🤓
This sparked some ideas for how I can structure my day as a creative professional. Thanks for sharing your day Matthew!
This video is so calming Matthew. Perfect way to end my day. So inspiring to see someone I look up to actually have a work-life balance. Would definitely love to hear more. Keep up the amazing work man!
Damn...I need to step my shit up! This makes me want to put more purpose into everything I do. Keep it up!
Thanks for sharing Matt! Always appreciate your videos :)
I always look forward to your videos!
I'm a freelance graphic designer in not so small city in Indonesia and your channel, particularly this video inspires me to do more with my daily routine. I wish I could be as productive as you! Please keep posting, Matt! I hope we can work together one day!
Hey Matthew, thank for sharing all this with us ! I'm pretty interesting to see a Notion tutorial from you and your way to use it as task manager and on your everyday workflow ! Have a great day ! Thank by advance 😁
Man your videos are top-notch. I would watch them all day.
Love that you are sharing this Matthew and the build throughout the day. As you say not all days are the same but this is a great example from a creative's viewpoint of how day can be structured. Much to be learned from this.
Cool video. Lets link up when I'm in L.A!
Seem like his day has 48 hours :)
Great video Matthew! Love how organized your day is and the built in times to get away from your work. Seems that the structure of the day and the breaks would allow the creativity to flourish when it needs to.
Inspiring! Thank you for this video, and it sure makes me feel less guilty having those late night gaming breaks. Respect from the east coast.
wow, after wathcing this i realize how broke my life was
the best video ever I seen your calm voice can control anybody's mind, by the way, love you sir
Matthew - great videos. Love your voice and the peaceful demeanor in which you talk about our hectic lives. Keep putting out the great content and keep up the good work.
i loved the way you presented your thoughts
I think the best thing is to find the work-life balance and not forget to stop and enjoy the moments. Travelling also resets for new challenges. Thanks for this awesome video.
Another great video matthew ! Keep them coming!
This video made me go back to work. Thanks!
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
💪🏽
Finally I found a perfect .A day in the life of or designer this is the best video I've ever seen. Please keep posting.
Just saw your videos for the first time, really touched my heart brother! Thank you for your awesome quality work, it gives me inspiration. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing it in such a detailed way 🙏🏻
I stumbled on your page trying to get ideas for an updated studio/office and saw your video, glad I subscribed cause your content is so well produced and it's so intentional. Keep it up!
Thank you for all the links in the description box^^
I’ve never been so excited to subscribe to someone’s KZread channel! Wish you the best 🤝
Love this video. From LA here too.
Most satisfying video series i have seen so far.Great Job maththew.
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
welcome back bro, you give me so much inspiration. thanks Matthew :D thanks for the great content ^_^
This is the first time i came to your and watched ur two videos together. Quality content and super near. I like the way you explain and definitely ur a role model to do things in minimal perfection way....
Love seeing your videos Matthew!! Can't wait for the next one.
I've been recently watching all of your videos and I can't really understand something... How all of your content is so mesmerizing in every single way bro? (Of course, it's because you're a professional content creator, but still) I just, I don't know I'm speechless... Man, you inspire me to be a better human being in creative ways.
@MatthewEncina
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
Its been a while but still perfect video to watch in the morning... thank you for sparing some time to inspire us
Its interesting getting an insight on your life, thanks for sharing!
5:42 is a great idea, this should happen in other offices
Loving these videos so much.
watching this video before I start working is a great way to be inspired!
Bro. Your voice. You need to make more videos. Its so chill i would listent to you all day.
Your videos is always an inspiration!
A favorite speaker from the Futur. Really enjoy your calm and well spoken manner. Keep on Killin it man!
Great video Matthew! I really appericate your content.
Dude, your videos inspires me so much, you have no clue.
This video was very refreshing to watch. Your content in this video made me realize that with simple preparation and organization you can accomplish a great amount and still find time to do the things that you like.
well done, great video Matt!!
Your videos are satisfying to watch. Keep up the great work brotha.👍🏻
I WAS WAITING THIS VIDEO!! Thank you bro for inspire us in each video!
Bro, I really like your videos. So relax and makes me feel motivated
So inspiring. Awesome content as always!
Your stuff is super inspiring Matthew
Thanks for sharing. Your videos give me refreshing ideas for productivity.
His voice dude. 🤩🤩🤩
Soooo relaxing to watch... and yes to the video with your creative process! 100%
@twinklej5459
4 жыл бұрын
The tools you use to seperate work and home life would be very interesting to know...also how do you shift your mindset when you are doing various tasks-i always feel like some thoughts linger long after the tasks have been finished. Thank you so much for this!
Thanks for sharing Matthew! Love the insight, helps me think of the layout of my day! 🙏
i love these videos. They are very high quality and they have it all, good pace, excellent images, awesome production although they seem simple. Congrats!
Really great video Matthew! 🙏
This is the perfect video for a monday morning!
This video should be up there with millions of views brotha. You've been blessed; keep hustling.
Man, this was inspirational. Thanks for this great video Matthew!
you are the best content creator and deliver the content explanation perfectly and I love the way of make the videos. and I've ever seen any channel has this much subscriber withe less videos. Very well. Keep posting video on life style and how to utilise the time perfectly. Thank you :)
Informative as always.
Always the best content 👑
I think this video going to become the best one
Thanks!, you made me back on track after watching your videos. Keep up the good work mate.
Sweet life there Matt. Nice story telling
this video is really inspiring! i absolutely love your whole aesthetic and flow for this video
Great video, you crazy waking up at 6:30!