On January 1st I decided that I was going to try to write every single day of the year. I hadn't heard of Steemit yet so I started out on a well known blogging website called Medium.
When I started writing I was really enjoying myself. I had been so focused on other areas of my life and I was at a point where I could begin to put some mental energy toward a hobby. It wasn't necessarily that I didn't have enough time before, but I didn't have the time management skills (or the ability to focus on more than one thing) to incorporate it into my day.
When I discovered Steemit via an Instagram post from Neil Strauss I was blown away by what I found. I didn't have much idea of what the 'Blockchain' was or much knowledge of cryptocurrency as a whole, but a platform where you get paid to write? That sounded pretty damn good to me.
For the first 2 days I went all in. I spent all my time on Steemit reading, posting, commenting, and upvoting. This was the best! Inevitably, there was a crash from this high. I had become completely distracted by why I had started writing in the first place: For my own enjoyment.
Now, I was primarily concerned with upvoting an article at the right time, commenting on posts, and wondering what topics to write on based on how much money I thought it would make.
I hated it
I started to feel obligated to post, rather than posting because I wanted to. After seeing other people who started around the same time as me doing better I became dissatisfied with how much each of my posts were making. I didn't wake up with the same enthusiasm to write my post for the day that I did when I was writing on Medium.
I debated whether I could continue writing on Steemit and not be distracted by these things. After all, I did want to do the best I could. I considered making the switch back to Medium or even creating my own website where I would be able to write relatively distraction free.
After thinking it over, I came to the conclusion (After some serious convincing by Laura) that there is no point in avoiding this platform especially when it is on the rise. Why take this opportunity away from myself when I will be writing every day anyway? The problem then shifted from being a problem with Steemit, back to a problem with myself.
With a shift in mindset and a deliberate complete disregard of how much money each posts make, I have begun writing on Steemit again but for the enjoyment. After I realised the problem was with me, I was able to quickly correct my problem and focus on why I was doing it without the distraction. I believe I will produce better content with this mindset anyway!
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