About a month ago, along with some family members, I was invited to a birthday party, by some people I've never met. We were a group of four people, they all knew each other and I happened to be the new one to most of hosts, except one. I'm not a huge fan of these situations, plus I had work to do, but could not refuse the invitation, so I put my polite face on and went along, as the birthday girl was a relative of mine.
You know how it usually happens in these situations. You introduce yourself upon arrival, the usual pleasantries, name and pleasure to meet you, then the conversation starts with those knowing each other, but after that, you need to give some attention to the newcomer as well as the etiquette asks for it, plus you need to make them feel welcomed. At least that's what a good host does.
Through my relatives, I knew a thing or two about the hosts, but I don't know how much they knew about me, in terms of work, as not even my relatives know exactly what I do. This is not new, it happens all the time and to be on the safe side, I usually don't reveal the true nature of my work, I prefer to say I have some investments and managing my portfolio. Then we'll see how it goes and if I learn they are into finance or into crypto, then maybe I'll say more, but so far, this has not happened yet. This secrecy is kind of necessary, if you don't want to expose yourself to unnecessary unpleasant situations and life teaches you to do that.
In this case the chances for someone in the group to be in the same boat as me, were slim to none and I was 99.99% convinced it's best not to say anything specific and I was right.
Lucky me, the conversation started with the usual pleasantries, then shifted to the festive dishes we were having, then they started sharing stories and at some point we found some common topics, places have visited, time flew by and no one bothered to ask about my work. It was a relief honestly as I didn't want to sound evasive, neither look so full of myself.
I bet I am not the only one in this situation. Most of you don't actively trade, which is the hardest part to explain to non crypto/finance people, but all of you are on Hive and have crypto investment. Having a Hive wallet already qualifies you for that.
On our way home from the party I was thinking, how much time has to pass for people to have an open mind, to try to look further than these stupid social media platforms that are ruling their free time and lives as well and star thinking freely, start educating themselves and be open to learn about what is coming.
Not a day goes by without $BTC being mentioned and crypto in general in the news. Yes, most of us don't watch the news as we get our info from different sources, but they do. They need to be in line with the latest gossips about celebrities, about other people's personal lives, so they have something to talk about.
Personal development should be just as important as health, family, and so on, but it requires making an effort, so going with the flow is easier.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming them, it's their life, their choice, they are free to live it as they please. However, good life is not delivered to your doorstep and none of the governments are particularly concerned about handing you a better life on a silver plate. Working for others has its advantages to some degree, but we all know what it means.
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.
About four years ago, one nice sunny day my dad came to me and asked what is Bitcoin? I knew this day is going to come as unless you're living under the rock, you can't escape hearing about it. I also knew it's going to be my toughest job explaining to him what it is and what it means, and I would come out on the losing end, but I took a deep breath and started explaining. After 10 minutes he left saying it's a ponzi.
Since then, I've taken him to the grocery store, showed them how you can pay with crypto using your card, what you can do with it and now he knows more than the majority of his generation. He know El Salvador is leading as far as adoption is regarded, he knows about mining and so on. I have a lot of work invested in making him understand what, how and why, but regret nothing.
What about you? How do you handle these situations? How much are you sharing and with whom? Are you telling everyone what you do? How many unpleasant situations you had been in because of crypto?
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