There's something about Steem that makes it so that we, Steemians, approach it like 'work' or something we shouldn't skip for a day,
Yep, although when it is your only income source... :)
the time to mine STEEM is now, the time to shitpost and just have fun comes later.
I'm not sure I 100% agree with this. The time to mine STEEM is now, but with the low prices and like of faces I think it's also a good a time as any to not be spending a week on a post (like I have done in the past). Everyone has their own standard, but I think the overall quality has dropped a little in line with price/lack of engagement.
Anyway, enjoy your break and recharge those Steemy batteries :)
I know, but even in 'real jobs' I have 5 weeks a year where I'm 'off' :') Hahaha. And yes, a job pays for those weeks off, but I've activated vote selling on whitelisted users on SmartSteem for the coming weeks - does that count as continued payment?
Not sure how I feel about it but it's all part of the 'break'. No pressure and also no little voice inside my head that says I'm wasting my VP by letting it sit at 100%.
Yes, you're absolutely right. The quality has dropped. I'm more thinking at that moment where communities will be 'live' and we will mostly have fun and not feel like every post hast to be more than a few paragraphs of text. By then there will be blogging communities sharing life stories and such, I'm sure of it, but 90% of the users are not bloggers/writers.
All speculation - I know nothing, like Jon Snow.
Cheers! Keep the place sane for me, will ya?