I know I've been away for a while. I haven't been writing like I used to. So coming back here I feel like I'm lost. Is it me or it does feel empty here? Has everyone moved on and stopped posting completely? Or maybe the continuous downfall of cryptocurrency is taking its toll. Is it because we are not earning that much from our posts now? I know It can be hard to find motivation, remembering the good old days of earning $10 per sbd. Or $100 on a post on a good day. Are people still buying upvotes? Do bid votes still exist? I see there are ads everywhere now. I understand that the Steemit community has to live. Whatever's happening, it doesn't matter. I just want to know if everyone is still here with me.
Where is everyone?
I'm referring to those I'm following. Prolific writers, artists, regular beings trying to find a place in the crypto space. I admit I kinda miss everyone even the trolls. I check my feed and see some people are still sharing their lives. I scroll down and I see posts some days ago. I used to see a lot of posts on my feed for the current day. I just hope that everyone's just busy living their lives. We have our own lives to live anyway. While some, yes, still thriving here I see that. We have high hopes that soon... everything will be back to normal. But what's normal now?
I'm not updated with what's going on around here apart from the Steemfest that will be held in Bangkok. I read that everywhere. Not that I'm interested in it or attending big crowd gatherings. Not that I'm not interested to meet a real-life Steemian. I just feel like Steemit is just meant to be, you know, a digital community. To keep our relationship, we're meant to stay this way. Forever unknown, mysterious and ungraspable. It's nice to have a home to come back to when everything else fails in real life. With all the familiar people in it. People you haven't met yet or probably will never meet. But that's okay.
Where is everyone?
I've been asking the same in real life. I feel like I've been busy trying to make it. That much-needed meaningful human connection is still missing. I have a dream that things are going to change. I'm not trying to force anything. I just want to go with the flow of my emotions as always. Right now, it feels utterly peaceful yet empty. This is the price I pay in choosing freedom. And I'm imprisoned by it.
But am I really free without the others? Without belonging, without being attached to something. I'm just forever changing and adapting to the changing times.
So how's everyone by the way? I hope everyone's still living, trying to make it, trying to make sense of everything. As for me, I'm still here.
