What is it that we want? Here, my friend, let me ask you, what do you want? I recently asked the question and got the following answers.
• I want a canon m50 with a 55 mm prime, for now (meaning the wish can change later, wise!)
• A 12 pack Cuban cigar (alright, that's easy)
• I want 5 BTC (very well defined and, very finite, no problem!)
These are all perfectly fine wants, isn't it? So obviously you are going to ask me (and oh no! I won't side-step the question and I will be honest), what do I want? Right?
My answer is simple, I don't know what I want, but I am looking for it ….
Then the obvious follow-up question is; well, thank you for telling me what you want, but how are you going to get it? One my favorite US President once said (yeah, I know, sigh!!)…
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want… Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1832-1945.
Often time, I find this is an easier question to answer and helps with the former. I had a friend, he is no more, but as a kid, he wanted to be a fighter jet pilot. But this kid is 6 ft 5 inches, and at the time, if you are that tall, you can't be a fighter pilot. It was as simple as that. So, he found out soon enough that that 'want' of him ain't happening.
Please don't consider that is a heart-breaking story, because it is not. My friend quickly got over it, and soon went on and become a railway-ticket hustler.
Yeah, back in the day, it was sort of job, but I am told that it's not a job anymore. That's a different story for some other day.
I have another friend, much younger than me at University. All that he wanted to do is to try out as many drugs as he can and drink as much alcohol as he can. He was notorious for that, and I have picked him up from many god-forsaken places all around that City of mine. He is the only person I have seen who can solve double integration problems on math while being completely drunk! Today, he a works at Microsoft, and he was on the original team of programmers who developed Cortana (I always joke that his product is inferior than both Siri and Alexa; he sucks at his job:)
I hope I am communicating two things:
Often, we don't know what we want, and that's okay, as long as we keep trying to look for it
It hardly matters what you want today, it likely will change tomorrow; your wants do not dictate who you are,
Here while writing for Turni, I want to be honest. We hope to give people a voice. We hope that we are doing something positive for the community. We hope that we are elevating one person at a time. We hope we are building confidence in one mind at a time. I love to hope….
…as rebellions are built on hope…Rogue One
-editor
Featured
This here is our piece de resistance. So, to promote engagement and a little self-branding, we have come up with an initiative that we simply called Featured. And we are very excited about this portion of the magazine.
Every week, one talented author will have the opportunity to contribute an article/an original piece of theirs for the magazine, while showcasing one of their best posts from the week. The willing writers will have an opportunity to add to the magazine a few words about any topic that they choose and be a 25% beneficiary of the magazine.
How To Get Featured
In the first step, you decide whether you want to get featured. Once you've made up your mind, you have to apply by submitting one of your articles from last week. Choose the piece you deem to be your best work for the week, as this will play a significant role in you getting featured or not.
Application Window
There will be a two day period to submit your application. It must be submitted by dropping a link to your post in the #Featured-Magazine channel on the BDCommunity Discord Server.
Once the application window has closed, @linco,
@simplifylife, and
@zayedsakib will choose three authors from all the submissions. And
@azircon will choose one winner from those who will get featured in our weekly magazine.
The featured author for the week will be announced during the weekly voice meeting. They will then have four days to complete their piece for the magazine and submit to the officials.
The author who gets featured in the weekly magazine will be set as a 25% beneficiary, meaning 25% of the magazine's liquid payout will go to the featured author.
This Weeks Featured author - @zayedsakib