Still actively thinking about what my niche might be here on Hive and the motivation to continue contributing content, @cmplxty, this stood out:
"I can show my son all of the things I wrote here as long as the blockchain is still alive, and then he can get a much better glimpse into me as a person."
As long as there is a blockchain, it is a nice thought those near and dear would be able to read what we were thinking about, on whatever inspired us to write it down at the time.
"What about you, did you find an experience where you couldn't do something lately that ended up teaching you a good lesson or two?"
Well, losing access to the Internet and associated digital toys sounds like it might be a blessing for awhile. Hahaha ...
Seriously, losing a good vehicle for trips into rugged terrain in the mountains comes to mind. Unlike your experience posted here, this was a permanent setback. It is worked around by renting the vehicle, if necessary. In some ways a blessing, since it used to sit for long periods of time, waiting to be taken out for another adventure.
I think we can usually find a silver lining in most of our difficulties and challenges, if we put our mind to it.
Oh yeah for sure! Life teaches us lessons all the time if we are prepared to see them!
I know what you mean with the off-road vehicle. I had a nice 4x4 truck that I took to some places off the beaten path and it was great. I sold the truck and got a chance to try something but I couldn't because all I had was a car, it was lame haha.
You know there's plenty of niches here and you just have to find your own or even create it. I created the rant community years ago and it's a thriving group of awesome people now. I created it on a whim and it's a really fun place to be now, so you can try to find yours or just create it and maintain it with consistency!
Thank you kindly for providing this additional insight into how you resolved the challenge of finding your niche, @cmplxty. Building your own is certainly a great answer! 🫡🤝
I seriously doubt I could find the time and motivation to even attempt it. So, hats off to you for what you have done. I think your post here references an important part of what I need to be more clearly settled on, in my case.
Simply that the investment of time in expressing ourselves has some benefits. While I had some idea of that starting out, my own thoughts were combined with that effort leading to interaction with others. An obvious thought I did NOT have at the time was whether or not it would ever even be read.
I am still working through what this realistically means for my own choices in what steps I can make sense of and then justify taking.