This little one had a "dance recital" today, and I put that in quotation marks, because I am not sure if the choreography they did can be considered dancing. She loved it though! And, you should have seen her face when I handed her the bunch of roses and she realized they really were for her.
Sweetest face ever.
It makes for a pretty good weekend!
Though tomorrow is a technical workday, as I will be heading down to Helsinki by train to have meetings and prepare for the upcoming Sales Event held from Monday to Wednesday. It will be a lot of work, but I am also looking forward to meeting a lot of people face to face, even though we have been collaborating for possibly years together already.
There are two Hive related problems though. Firstly, it is going to be the normal challenge I have during these kinds of travels which is, finding time to create a post. In this regard, I am hopeful I will have a few hours to myself in the evenings or perhaps if feeling sporty, even in the mornings to write something. It really is an effective way to clear the head and develop ideas and I use it as a reflective process, much like meditation.
The second "problem" is this...
I haven't even started playing yet!!!
There are less than 10 days left in the current season and all of my cards are rented, so I can't even get started on the progress up the ladder. Luckily I scraped into Champion 2 last season, so I will be starting from Diamond 2 when I start, but it is going to be cutting it very close, as when I get back on Wednesday evening, there will only be around five days to progress through. I am confident of getting into Champion 3, but I am unsure if I will be able to make it into C2 this season.
Luckily, Thursday is a weird mid-week public holiday in Finland, so I might be able to play a bit longer Wednesday night and I might not be expected to get in too early on Friday either.
Work gets in the way of life too often
Oh, this isn't really life, is it?
Well, that depends on how you look at it.
Yeah, this is a game, but it is also holds a significant amount of investment for me, so I hope it does well. While me playing doesn't have much affect on my investment amount or value directly, it does better "attach" me to the game, especially since I am still relatively new to it, compared to the old timers.
It hasn't even been a year yet.
And this is the other thing with writing for Hive too, as while there are many reasons to do it, one of the main ones is staying connected to the community, the blockchain and the changing ecosystem. This is important to me in an "invest into what you know" kind of scenario. In my opinion, Hive is a unique ecosystem in so many respects, because while it has the ability for investment opportunity, the way it enables it is through practical and direct interaction. On Hive, investors are users, users investors.
As unlikely as some people might think it, if Hive happens to get significant market attention for usage, it is going to shift the entire ecosystem incredibly. And, it doesn't take much. There are billions being pushed around some chains with very low usage and if even fractions of that start to trickle in, everything changes. And, it doesn't just change the reward values as price increases, it amplifies the development initiatives and brings in more infrastructure growth, with ultimately drives further usage and interaction.
This is also a challenge for Hive, because without a lot of users, there are far too many possibilities and any new opportunity, will find it hard to garner enough support for viability. There is a reason that most social platforms focus their attention on particular usecases and communities and then integrate the usecases of others, rather than doing them all themselves. However, the world of information platforms are changing too and Hive might find itself well positioned to capture users as it changes, making everyone here who holds, relatively well off from where they might be today.
That is what I am hoping for.
Sure, I want that financial "payday" at some point that makes the effort worth it, but I also want it to come through activity that will support a better world for my daughter, and all those little kids on the stage today. The way things are currently going, the opportunities for their lives are decreasing and becoming controlled, limited - they are having a ceiling placed on them as to what they are allowed to do, say and earn.
I believe we can set a better stage for them.
This all might be a game for many, but that doesn't mean there aren't high stakes in play and large costs for failure.
A bunch of roses gets a sweet smile, but cut flowers don't last long. We need to grow a garden and teach the responsibility of attending to it. It is hard, when we as adults, can't even organize ourselves to function together and fight over the ground, rather than plant seeds.
Well... those thoughts can continue on another day.
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
Hi Taraz
I agree with your sentiments. My investment into Hive has been tiny in comparison to many others, but I do feel strongly and passionately about it and I also want it to succeed.
As for Splinterlands, well I don't know how you will do the rest of the season in such a short time. I have never been able to work out the first thing about it and don't really know where people find the time.
This is so accurate, it's difficult to get cohesion in such a chaos filled world.
I hope you all have a nice weekend though and your work session goes well, is your colleague still sick?
I think that a real community is made of people who feel strongly and passionate, regardless of their "wealth" at any point in time. There are many ways to contribute here and time and effort in is a massive part of it!
My colleague is quite good and can make it - as long as her husband doesn't get sicker (he has Covid now) as they have a young kid and no babysitter under these conditions. Fingers are crossed though :)
That's true, I guess everyone started as a small fish in a big pond at one point, thank you for the reminder.
I'm glad that she will (hopefully) be there and you will be able to divi up the work. I'll hold thumbs for you (that's the South African version of fingers crossed).
Very sweet that small steps loved getting her very own bunch of flowers, sounds like she was proud of her performance 😊
"hold thumbs" :D
I have never heard that before!
Times were a bit different when I joined in some ways, but in others - it is quite the same here - hard work tends to pay off, but it takes time and patience too.
In that aspect it is appropriate for every user to utilize every opportunity given because it is definitely not easy to come and across and maintain such to trend to remain to focus
Focus is hard for many, if not all of us. There are so many things clawing for our attention every minute of the day.
Aww sweetie, glad she had fun at her dance recital, and glad she enjoyed the flowers XD
Fighting over the ground rather than planting seeds, well that makes sense when people want to "win" at any and all cost and are incapable of recognising that most of them are pyrrhic victories.
A question for you - is it normal for some kids to not listen to instruction at all and just wander around the stage?
It seems the "at any cost" mentality runs rampant through society at the moment. It is like we are all dictators.
If the recital is too much for whatever developmental stage they're at, yes. The last couple of dance recitals I saw with preschoolers in it, they had the most basic routines and their dance teachers on stage with them so they could follow along because expecting some of them to remember everything at that age is a bit much.
Yep -_-
As far as I can see, HIVE has been a part of daily life for many people here including me. We think of HIVE; we would like to be active on there to contribute to the blockchain even if we are busy in the day or in the week. That's what HIVE has taught me, time is money.
How lucky we are to have such a plaform!
We are lucky!
And yeah, I wonder what a day without Hive might be like - it seems that it was a very long time ago that happened :)
Like a part of us would be missed :)
I think so - two days and I might start getting withdrawals ;D
I find it more challenging to write as well when I travel, but for other reasons. For one I usually have very limited internet meaning the use of the library internet. And then I get preoccupied with those family and friends I am around.
Ah yeah - the internet connection can be spotty in some places. Finland is fine for this though and most of Europe - I can even use my own phone connection through EU and several other European countries at the same rate as in Finland, since there are agreements in place for it. This means that I have a decent connection most places I go - Even on the train, which is where I might write from today :)
This picture alone made this worth the read. So cute and awesome that you gave her roses!
Little things like some flowers do make a difference I think :)
Indeed. All little steps ( pun intended ) make a difference.
I think you are do good and find balance between rest and work. Thank you for this good post
Hi @tarazkp, beautiful photo of the little girl with her bouquet of flowers, have a happy trip. I agree with your views of Hive, I have a few months, I am getting to know the platform, learning about cryptocurrencies and many more things.Enjoyed reading your lines,,, thanks for sharing