Yes to all of this. Especially this part:

And then I thought about how I am working round the clock, night and day, cranking out this new Hive streaming platform, under my own volition, with the only deadline being those I impose on myself to meet my users requests ASAP, at my own frenetic pace which is far more intense than most (but not all, some were inane hours and deadlines) former software engineering jobs I've ever had required of me.

I'm generally the one who pushes myself the hardest. I guess the difference is when I do it to myself I don't feel the extra pressure of having promised someone something and being contractually obligated to fulfill it. I'm not saying the contract is a bad thing, obviously, but it's extra pressure when I'm already really good at putting that pressure on myself.

Contracts in any business can add stress and change the overall outcome from doing what you love to doing what you must. I like the parallel you drew with the music business there.

Then I thought about how my platform will enable media creatives to have another avenue to do it for themselves without a publisher overlord, without a contract to pay them to make media, how it enables even more people to have another place to try to do things on their own, for themselves and their audiences.

I really hope the streaming platform takes off! I've never done a live stream of anything, considering how many takes I need to get things right, but I'm guessing any video will work on your platform. I will have to take a look. Can I post there and YouTube/Rumble also I wonder?

I'm so glad you got me to pick up my guitar again. I needed that. I need people who believe in me when I struggle to believe in myself, and I can't tell you how much it means to have you in my corner, and @enginewitty, and @thekittygirl, and @snook, and @bigtom13, and so many others I've connected with through this blockchain who have fueled my creative joy.

Really truly. Thank you!