The podcast where I speak to those balancing a 9-5 with a creative side hustle.
The aim is twofolds:
1. To share the blueprints of those who started on their journey, and what's the lo-fi way that YOU can learn from them to get started on their creative domain
2. To get you to just start!! Starting out is important but how to maintain it is what you'll learn from this.
Here you can learn from those that are doing Content Creation, Music, Film, Podcasting, Magic, DJ, Standup Comedy and more!!
If you're interested on being a guest, do let me know :))
Episode 14 with Nadia Mikail: Employment Lawyer Balancing Being An Author
Today's episode dives into behind the scenes as an Author, the role of a publishing house, how your surroundings can influence your creativity and why discipline is important when things get rough. Nadia works as an Employment Lawyer and balances her time as an Author. In fact, her first novel won the Waterstones Children Book Prize in 2023!! We’ve met a few times over the years but really recently got to properly connect, and this episode has been so cool to dive into a...
31 Aug 2026
Episode 13 with Idris Din: One Year Anniversary Special (Unfiltered Learnings, Reflections and What's Next)
Today's episode is a SPECIAL one because it’s my One Year Anniversary where I looked back on the past year of growing and doing this podcast. This episode is hella unfiltered, pure brain dump of my reflections, learnings and what’s next. Big thing for me were my takeaways from podcasting for a year, and I think it’ll be helpful for anyone else to hear about them, regardless of whatever venture you want to get into. All I have to say is thank you so...
22 Aug 2026
Episode 12 with Jane Chin: Balancing Influencer Marketing and Personal Growth Content
Today's episode dives into Social Media marketing, the importance of knowing your why behind your side hustles and the value of leveraging analytics to test, learn and iterate on your content. Jane works as a Social Media + KOL (Influencer) Marketer by day and balances her time with Personal Growth content. We met at an event hosted by Malaysian Diaspora in May, and we've been hanging out with other people we met from the event ever since!! Also discovered that we both enjoy making ...
30 Jun 2026
LocKDin with Idris Din - Episode 11 with Kane: Balancing Sales and DJ
Today's episode is filled with some MUSIC, deep discussion on the Malaysian music scene, and Sales as a career. Kane and I met at a house party where he was performing and I was sooo excited that I literally just stood next to him most of the time to watch how he did his thing. Luckily he liked me LOL and we kicked it off ever since, and we realised we had mutual friends which was CRAZY!! Kane is living an interesting where he's balancing a Sales career at a FinTech while with DJ. &nb...
31 May 2026
LocKDin - Episode 10 with Vicente III: Balancing life as a Teacher and a Magician
Today's episode is filled with MAGIC, storytelling, and philosophy. I met Vicente very recently at a chess event, he showed my friend and I some fucking cool magic tricks, and after talking to him more I was like you gotta be on my pod. And I'm so thankful that Vicente joins me today, who's a full-time high school teacher, runs his own education tuition business ANDa also is a Magician too. IKR!? From his love of learning, seeking and understanding knowledge to how he started out getti...
30 Apr 2026
LocKDin - Episode 9 with Kyle Odefey: Balancing Video Production and a Filmmaker Life
Can’t ya’ll believe 2 more months and we’ll be halfway through 2026?? JHEEZE Anyway, Kyle Odefey is in the house with me today. Kyle’s an awesome dude, when he’s not producing/directing/leading all things video at Synthesia, he’ll be working on his short films as that’s been his passion for a long time. Kyle went to film school and has since been working full time in a role that marries both worlds. We talked about a lot! From the nitty gritty of what is really involved in film product...
31 Mar 2026
LocKDin - Episode 8 with David B Tran (Full Time Startup Founder and Part Time Youtuber about Food and Travel)
LocKDin dives into the journeys of those who balance a 9-5 while pursuing creative side hustles. We are ending March with a BANG brothers and sisters!! Joining me today is my fellow March baby David, who I've known since uni and he's always been an amazing person and friend. He started out in recruitment and most recently has launched his own startup, but along the journey has also launched his Youtube Career as well!! This episode has brought the vibes, the energy, the...
28 Feb 2026
LocKDin - Episode 7 with Ved Luhana (Full Time Product Manager and Part Time Podcaster about DeepTech)
LocKDin dives into the journeys of those who work a 9-5 while pursuing creative side hustles. YO YO!! We’ve COOKED up another LocKDin episode and it’s with Ved Luhana! My man Ved’s a freaking smart and cool guy - he works as a Product Manager and hosts his own podcast focusing on the deeptech space. I was INTERNALLY geeking out for this episode as I love staying close to the AI development and tech space, especially as I worked in a tech startup for 3 years, so this was...
31 Jan 2026
LocKDin - Episode 6 with Sheena Lee (Full Time Chiropractor and Part Time Content Creator)
Welcome back to Episode 6 of LocKDin! Sheena Lee is in the house yo!! Not only is she an awesome chiropractor who's recently launched her own practice in under a year (I can vouch for how good she CRACKS me up - get it? XD) , she also creates really engaging content relating to her work, her life, and her family business. We talked about a lot of things. From diving in to the importance of authenticity and storytelling, to shedding light on how her content blew up, to breaking down the key ...
27 Dec 2025
LocKDin - Episode 5 with Lewis Matthew (Full Time Media Operations and Part Time Musician)
We are back with Episode 5 of LocKDin! We’re joined by Lewis Matthew who balances a full time Media career with a music side hustle. What does it mean to express yourself creatively in life? That underpins the core theme of this episode along with some takeaways of how that can apply to life. 🎧 This episode is for you if you’re interested in music/or are a musician and want to hear from other musicians on what creativity means to them!! 🔥 Enjoy the episode, hope this inspir...
30 Nov 2025
LocKDin - Episode 4 with theasianfilmmaker (Full Time Marketing Lead and Part Time Cinematographic Videographer)
BOOM!! Episode four of LocKDin! Joining me in this episode is theasianfilmmaker / Ian who balances a full-time marketing career a with a videography side hustle. We talked through his journey, his abundance mindset, what he's done to get better at his craft and how he got to where he is today. 🎧 This episode is for you if you’re interested in videography and what mentality it takes to get better at your craft!! 🔥 Enjoy the episode, hope this inspires you to just start, and do let...
31 Oct 2025
LocKDin - Episode 3 with Qiwiie (Former Full-Time Teacher and Part-time Creator, NOW Full-Time Influencer and Content Creator)
GANG - We are SO back with episode three of LocKDin! This time, we’re joined by Shi Qi — also known as Qiwiie 🥳 From balancing a full-time teaching career to building a fast-growing content creation brand on the side, Shi Qi shares how she managed both worlds before finally making the leap into full-time content creation. 🎧 This episode is for you if you’ve ever dreamed of going full-time with your creative work — For me, this gave me a great understanding of how top creators stay at t...
28 Sept 2025
LocKDin - Episode 2 with Manav Hartono (Full Time PR Manager and Part Time Podcaster about Career Journeys)
In the second episode of LocKDin, we learned about Manav and how he's life has gone since starting out his podcast whilst balancing his Travel PR career. We went through transferable learnings, the importance of knowing when to take a break and the importance of committing to just starting!! Manav links: InstagramTikTokYoutubeSpotifyLinkedInEpisodes links with Me!! (Youtube / Spotify) My links: Idris Creative InstagramIdris PersonalYoutubeTikTok Interested in being a ...
31 Aug 2025
LocKDin - Episode 1 with Sobin ST (Full Time Sustainability Analyst and Part Time Standup Comedian)
In the first episode of LocKDin, Sobin shares his unique journey on life as sustainability analyst and a stand-up comedian. We talked about the challenges and joys of balancing a full-time job with his passion for comedy, the importance of consistency, and the lessons learned throughout and transferable learnings as well. Sobin links: InstagramTikTokYoutubeLinkedIn My links: Idris Creative InstagramIdris PersonalYoutubeTikTok Interested in being a guest? Hit me ...
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