Starting Over in a New Familiar World

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In 2018, I created content on a daily basis for 7 months.

I wanted to.

I had to.

Believe it or not it was actually how I paid the bills.

That was back when STEEM and SBD were worth 5USD and 10USD respectively.

Those were the days.

Rehabilitation

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In late 2017, I was going through a really rough time in my life and career and to say that I was lost would be an understatement. I was a sad shell of the person I used to be. Just plain broken.

And my recovery was only fully achieved somewhere in the middle of 2019.

I was employed and back in the 3D film industry and no longer creating content on STEEMIT.

And although content creation was no longer a part of my life during the final stages of my recovery, it was most certainly responsible for setting me down the path of rehabilitation.

It played such a big positive role in my life during a time when I was at the lowest of lows.

Creating content on STEEMIT meant more time away from wallowing in self-pity and more time spent on creativity and self reflection.

It was exciting. It was new. It was possibility.

And for a good 6-7 months, it was actually my life.

And it was a good one.

I had acceptance(#teammalaysia), I had income(STEEM), and I had identity(my podcast) .

Sure. It wasn't always rainbows and sunshine. There were days where living off STEEM was a whole different level of stress(Crypto Market. Nuff said)

But it was exactly WHAT I needed WHEN I needed it.

In fact, I actually look back at those times with great fondness in my heart as I draw from those memories to write this blog.

I only remember the great times. Well. Most of the time :)

If I could do it all over again I would.

And it's for that reason that I will always be grateful for my time on STEEMIT, my friend/mentor @zord189 for helping me every step of the way even up until now, and to my wife @siren87 for not only allowing me to live off STEEM but for also supporting me emotionally and financially.

Making a Comeback

It's been over a year since my last post and truth be told, I actually really struggled trying to write this one and I'm barely even 400 words into it!

But despite the long hiatus, that's all it ever was.

A hiatus.

Even though I stopped creating content when I started my full time job, I have always thought about getting back to it in some way, shape or form.

My wife and I even created a few YouTube videos during the Movement Control Order just for the fun of it.

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Starting over can be intimidating and in my case I can confirm that it is very much so.

Having said that, I feel I'm ready to get back to creating content.

Whether it's podcasting, vlogging, blogging, streaming. Whether it's on YouTube, STEEMIT, or Hive.

I'm ready to get back to it.

Because creation is life.