I felt it was about time for a little free flow post, once again. One of the best ways to get back into the habit of blogging, after a one week break ( more on that pause here )
Although I didn't take the entire week off from crypto, Hive and discord, I took a weekend off and spent half of the week with my twin sister, nephew, niece and ( a little less time with my always busy ) brother-in-law. I also talked with more people and felt like I was living life a little more consciously.
Here's some things I learnt:
Not checking the news for a week.
This made a huge difference.
When I finally checked the headlines again, yesterday night, I immediately felt anxiety, frustration, sadness, anger and similar difficult emotions. It's still all about deaths, infection rates, restrictions ( of freedom ) and so on. Nothing new, in fact, it feels worse than the more distant drama of pre The Thing
Not checking the news is great for your mental health. I highly recommend it to each and everyone. And no, it's not like you're sleeping under a rock when you don't. As long as you talk with people on an ( almost ) daily basis you will stay informed. There's also a big difference between being informed and being indoctrinated / brainwashed / filled with fear.
No ( more ) Twitter?
I didn't miss Twitter at all and am seriously considering if I want to keep using it. I recently returned to the platform ( after many years ) to promote my NFT dino art but it just feels forced. It still feels like a big void ( of mainly unimportant info ) as well as a place where everybody is screaming for attention. I don't want to be one of those people.
Crypto markets still stress me out.
I should not check those daily. It doesn't help that my transactions of yesterday and the day before haven't gone through yet ( LEO to ETH and BTC from Tribaldex to my Ledger wallet ) and I'm not talking about small amounts here. I trust those funds to arrive or be returned but still... it's stressful.
It was nice though to receive a message from @riverflows as well as from @pavanjr - after a couple of days away from Hive - that the Hive price had started rocketing. They joked that I should perhaps take more breaks, as it happened soon after I took some time off.
The same goes for the price of CUB. I am really happy with the decent amount of passive income, that I finally seem to be generating with crypto and CUB farming plays a huge part in that.
Hive is an important part of my life
I have so many friends on here. I can't stay away for too long. Especially @riverflows - who sent me a little voice message, photo or video via Whatsapp on an almost daily basis - touched my heart, as well as a bunch of others, who might feel left out if I don't add this sentence ( hahaha ).
It's nice to be missed :<) ( I agree with my Ego here )
I can't help but feel that my humor increased in the last 7 days.
I could go on and on but let's say that I'm happy that I'm back. Things are moving forward, with or without me but, if I can help it, I prefer to play an active part in this.
One thing I need to be careful of though is that I don't burn myself out ( over and over ) again. It's clear to me that it's all about balance - story of my life - and that too ( much or too little time spent on here ) is never a good thing.
Big hug,
Vincent aka your favorite dino
The drawing above this post shows you SuperZENsitivosaurus. I like to think that I leveled up in the last week, something I feel life is all about.