Left turns are hard. In fact, there is a whole school of thought dedicated to avoiding them. Have you ever heard of a jug handle? People in New Jersey know what I am talking about. Just ask 
When there is a light or a signal, it isn't such a big deal, but when you are in a business and you have to turn left across a busy five lane road, it can get pretty intimidating. Sometimes you get lucky and that middle fifth lane is a turn lane you can illegally ride for a bit until it is safe to get over, but that isn't always the case.
Life is full of left turns as well. I've been getting hit with a ton of them lately. It's not like huge things, but all these little inconveniences that keep building up and throwing life for a loop. These left turns often make us feel like our life and our time are not our own, and that in my opinion is one of the worst feelings there is.
There's an old saying that goes something like "man plans, God laughs" and my guess is the laughter is most likely because a left turn got thrown in there somewhere. The markets have been giving us a lot of left turns as well. The big bull market we hoped was "right" around the corner never showed up because we ended up taking a left. I'll be the first to admit that my faith in altcoins is finally starting to wane. Many people saw this from the get go, but I kept holding out hope it wouldn't necessarily be true.
I have some monthly buys on Coinbase that I have been making for a couple years now. I finally shut down a lot of them and shifted those buys to ETH, BTC, and either SOL or BNB. I can't quite remember now. It just feels like the smarter play at this point.
Even HIVE is feeling a bit like a massive left turn now. I have a full post in the works that I am saving for a later date, but it's hard not to take note of all the projects that are shutting down on our beloved blockchain. Rising Star, Precious, Bee Swap... It almost feels like the dominoes are starting to fall. What will be left when everything is done toppling. I've been asked a couple times about joining the HIVE Thrive interview thing and I really don't know how to answer right now because I'm just not as positive as I used to be.
As I said in my post last week, even my hope and joy in Splinterlands is starting to fall to the wayside.
I'm still excited about GoMining though. That feels like a project with a lot of potential even though it has been around for quite a while now. They just launched 12 Watt miners, and my GMT stake along with my 15 Watt miner is earning me a small amount of money each week.
With the price of BTC turning a little to the upside, I'm actually seeing the value of my GoMining account go up instead of down which most of my other accounts seem to be doing lately. The real test will come when I am ready to exit and I need to sell my miner. If I can get someone to buy it for close to what I paid for it, then it will be worth it.
That's a long way down the road though.
Unfortunately, the problem with left turns is even after you navigate one of them safely, there is always another one right down the road. Does your life feel like it has been full of left turns lately?
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