Hi Nathan. I tried sending you this message on discord but it wouldn't let me lol
There is no need to explain yourself... I am taking a long term break from hive right now for what sounds like very similar reasons to why you had to take a step away from steem. To be honest m8, you got out at a good time, 6 months before Ned and Justin Sun screwed everyone over.
I've thought long and hard about this, and the ninja mined stake that Ned and Dan (steemit.inc) held was always a very shady dynamic with steem and now that airdropped stake has been assigned to a developer fund on hive it means we actually have a real decentralized community blockchain... steem was never that with the ninja mined stake in the equation.
Anyway, I have given far too much to steem and then hive with creating The Ink Well creative writers community and my health, financial life and health have all suffered due to me giving too freely of my time and skills rather than focusing on accomplishing my own goals which are focused on mainstream publishing. This community is fantastic, but if you're a giving person, it can suck you in and demand so much of you that that everything else just starts to fade away. Take care to keep that perspective that you speak about in this post m8... real life and family first.
All the best. I hope you're well.
I'll probably be back to regular blogging/writing on hive Q4 2020 or Q1 2021.
Just accepted your friend request on Discord and send you a message.
Thank you for understanding me and giving me valuable advice Rowan.
I'm a true giver and hustler. I'll make the most of this god given gifts with HIVE.
Come back whenever you're ready m8 and in my experience when taking a break assume that you'll never come back and let HIVE pull you.