Hey, @bryan-imhoff.

I'm happy to remembered for anything at this point. :)

I haven't done a whole lot creatively lately because of all of the STEEM mess, and now things on HIVE have intensified a little, too. I'm not sure what it is other than the potential to increase the value of our holdings, or being stir crazy under global uncertainty—perhaps both—but it has a tendency to sap the creative juices, which I didn't think was possible.

I've also been wondering a lot lately whether HIVE, certainly as currently constituted, is a sustainable place for any serious creative enterprise. Blogging is one thing. Trying to sell creative wares here is another. I suppose HIVE could just be the announcement hub, rather than the delivery system, but I was kind of hoping to finally find a place where I didn't need yet another step to get my stories in front of eyes.

And, since we're all still primarily living in the world of fiat, we're basically beholden to, or enslaved by, this whole idea of HIVE price, and eventually going to the moon with it. There are already forces at work here, popping up here and there, who want to change the fundamental structure of what HIVE is, or maybe better put, take it to where it is to what I would say is probably level five or six and more like 5-10 years down the road, but do it now.

So, I don't feel like I want to just go putting up my best work. Which means, I build in a level of mediocrity to a degree, and I'm afraid that consumers tend to pick up on things like that.