But do you know what I found myself doing?Sitting on the couch and flipping through TV channels and watching things I did not care about at all.
All this time I had thought Steemit was taking time away from other things. But that is not the case at all. Steemit has merely forced me to prioritize my time and has encouraged me to only use it on important things like my family, my friends, my job, myself and the Steemit community.
I can relate to this. I don't think my spending time on Steem is taking away from productive things. I no longer use Facebook. I watch television much less. Steem rewards have motivated me to learn photography because nearly all blog posts here have photos in them. At one point, I wanted to start using my own photos. I find a lot of what I have on Flickr to be good enough to add value to my blog posts these days. I'm going to buy a real camera at some point.
That is a great point! I bet many people have learned new skills due to their experience here on the platform.
You can bet on that. There are so many things you can do the community may reward you for. The barrier to entry is practically non-existent. It's very easy to try out new things until something comes up you and your audience both like.