Hello Steemit!
My name is Brendan Valentine. I am happy to be here!
Rather than dilute this post with too much about me, I would prefer to focus on what I am planning on bringing to the platform.
My own life experience allows me to potentially contribute from a few different subject matter topics. I'm going to briefly run through these:
Markets, Trading and Investing: I am a student of the markets, trader and investor. I am active in cryptocurrency, physical commodities / precious metals, stocks / equities, options and futures. I am always analyzing for new causative relationships and interesting insights into the financial workings of the world. I believe that economics and politics are inseparable from how we live as human beings and organize social systems, so am therefore always exploring the relationship between humans and the systems we create. All that I share from this avenue would be restricted to original, personal insights that arise from day to day learning - my personal experience rather than what I have spent my time learning.
Music, poetry and writing: I am a lifelong multi-instrumentalist musician and writer. My main focus is on musical instrumentation and poetry. I used to teach guitar when I was younger and played with dedication for over 13 years. I played in a local band for about 5 years and also play bass, drums, keyboards, vocals, electronic production, and some other wind instruments. The inconvenience of adult life has detracted from my musical pursuits but I have reached a point in my life where I intend to pursue the creation of music again. Likewise, poetry has always been a large part of my artistic expression. Where it can be joined with music I think is ideal. My focus in writing tends to be on short, streamlined logic-oriented quatrains that run up into larger compositions. I really like to embed axioms and paradox into my poetry; I think this is related to the substantial inspiration I have been able to draw from Buddhist works.
Debate, logic and rhetoric: Drawing on my love for the works of Nagarjuna I can't help but have a soft spot in my heart for logic, thinking and problem solving. I love to engage in the exercise of using our thinking and the crazy axioms derived to try and make any sense of our individual experiences. I doubt this will ever get boring for me and I am always happy to have a light-hearted brainstorming session about what is really going on here with our peculiar existence.
Medical Cannabis and Entheogens: Medical cannabis and entheogens have played a pivotal role in my own life which I would be remiss to overlook. I use medical cannabis for a complex spectrum of health issues and the past effects of entheogens have shaped a foundation of personal growth. I enjoy theorizing about the inexplicable experiences and effects that these biochemical wonders produce. I also invest in cannabis and am always fascinated by learning and sharing cutting-edge research and testimonials.
Gardening: I love plants. Simply. I always want to get more into horticulture and urban farming, as well as learn everything I can about plants, mycology, and botany. What little I know I am always happy to share. Where I think I can contribute here is in my pseudo-engineering vision of complex self-sustaining systems. Permaculture also gets my heart pumping.
Programming, Computers, and Next Generation Technology: I am a big techno-enthusiast. I invest in high-tech and I am fascinated by it. I have loved computers since I was a kid and started playing Chip's Challenge on Windows 95 - I almost miss the days of Telnet and dial-up modems...almost. Blockchain is just about the most exciting thing around for me right now and I would love to learn more about the programming mechanics of blockchain networks. High tech trends, emergent technology, suppressed patents, overlooked theories, etc. Let's talk about it all!
Mental health, personal growth, trauma recovery: Without diving into details I have had a decent amount of sickness, injury and trauma in my life. I find that this is maybe the core driver of everything that I am really interested in - how to overcome the challenges faced in life. The human condition is perpetually interesting so there should never be an opportunity to get bored.
I look forward to expanding these topics by learning from everybody here! Where I can share I am always happy to contribute. This is a great platform, great blockchain and by the looks of it a really great community.
All the best!!
Brendan
Welcome to Steemit!
Thanks! 😃
Hey @bvale809 thanks for verifying your identity on steemit! You should update your tags to include verification for more relevant views! Good luck and I wish you well. Followed!
Thanks! How do I go about doing that? I will see if I can find a tutorial post on here.
On your post you’ll see the edit button hit that go to your five tags, take out a less relevant one, put in verification along with adding to the bottom of your post @originalworks and @minnowbooster
Much thanks! I added tags, cant seem to add verification from eSteem. Will have to do from laptop. I appreciate your help! 👍
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Thanks for the welcome and tips. The help is appreciated!
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Hey! Welcome to steemit. Awesome intro post--really well written and with this variety of interests and skills I think you’re going to do great here. Followed you because I’m interested in what you’ll write! Here are some tips that helped me getting started. See you around! @lilyraabe
Hey thanks for the positive feedback! I appreciate the tips and look forward to building this network where possible. Lots to learn!
Hi Brendan, I just signed up too. We have a lot in common, check out my intro I posted today. Also, I just found https://steemfollower.com/?r=12904 that allows you to get more upvotes by upvoting 5 people in the network every day.
Hey Ashish nice to virtually meet you! I will look forward to reading your posts and maybe having some discussion. Thanks for that tip, I love the system they have set up here. Looking forward to outpacing Facebook 😎. I also am very interested in hearing your thoughts on blockchain evolution.
Welcome to steemit
Awesome post you have the right vibes
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Hey thanks for the positive feedback and invite, I'm very excited about steem. It has energy and momentum that is tangible. I will look forward to chatting!
Welcome to steemit Brendan! Although I don't do day-trading myself I'm curious to learn. Also your writing style makes me want to read more, followed :)
Hey @unfixable thanks for the welcome! I am just getting more into the short time frame day trades now days. I mainly traded on few day to week timelines but the rapid fire action of futures trading is too attractive to pass on 😀 I like trading crypto on binance too. I look forward to generating some discussion on here!
Great, I'm also using binance! Looking forward to more content :D
Welcome to Steemit @bvale809 I hope you have a great time and have a lot of success in this incredible platform, Greetings !!
Hey @naideth! Thanks for the welcome and good wishes! This is a great platform and it seems most people, like yourself, are friendly and very interesting too! My best regards!
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Greetings and Welcome to the Steemit Community @bvale809!
Please reply to this comment, and I will share your introduction with the @OCD Curators!
Hey thanks for your positive feedback and consideration! I would happily accept and look forward to making some quality contributions to this great platform. Best attention economy / social media ever 😀 I also really appreciate the thoughtful and original content that characterizes the culture.
Hey Brendan! Welcome to Steemit!
I can totally identify with your sections about music and programming. Can’t wait to see some posts from you!
Hey @donroberts! Thanks for the welcome! I too will look forward to seeing more of your posts! I intend to submit musical content somewhere along the way here too 😃 Hurray Steem!
Great! Sounds good. What type of music do you like to create? Fellow ex-guitar teacher here as well! haha
Right on! Would be nice to get back into teaching eventually. I was previously trying to fuse electronic sounds with heavier guitar-driven music. I used to play in a metal band, hair to the waist and all lol. Nowdays i am just going with the flow so to speak, and really trying to keep my eyes open for outside the box potentials to innovate. How about yourself?
Yeah, I’m thinking I may get back into teaching as well. I taught guitar for 10 years and got bored with it last year, but I’m starting to get that itch again haha.
I was also in a rock band(not metal, more like Coldplay/ My chemical romance if I had to categorize it with mainstream) back in 2004-2007. We did some small tours, sold some stuff, broke even on our budget in the end 👍🏻haha.
As far as personal writing goes, I have always enjoyed film scoring and game composition. Never really done anything major with it though. I do enjoy creating rock and folk type guitar music too.
Welcome Brendan @bvale809 to Steemit. I also love to Debate and utilize logic etc..
And sounds like you have a lot to offer.
Look forward to seeing great Content from you.
Cheers,
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Hey @robertandrew thanks for the warm welcome! If i can produce content a fraction as good as your own i will be happy. Just checked out your last post re: Facebook. I don't use FB or have children to keep me looped in and i still see it the same way. I totally agree it's falling behind and it will likely take on a more enterprise, potentially media-centric business model. I will still buy puts on them in the coming bear market 😁
Welcome to the club! Thanks for a quality introduction and post.
Hey thanks for the welcome. I am very happy to be here and can't wait to see what the future holds 😄
Great introduction from you @bvale809
Would love to read more from you. I have to agree, all steemians that I knew are great and they are very helpful too. You can ask thousands of questions and they gladly to answer it. Have fun steeming and welcome to Steemit!
Thanks for the positive feedback! I am looking forward to getting more involved 😄
HELLO BRENDAN.... WELCOME....I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS PLATFORM AS I DO....
Hey @tili182007 thanks for the welcome. I look forward to seeing more of your posts!
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Hey beautiful photos of Caracas! I look forward to seeing more. Best regards!