The Climb: What Will I Do with My Hard-Earned Steem Power?

I will use it to upvote good quality content and not the authors. I don't have a lot of steem power yet but I believe being a whale is a state of mind. I will sound like a whale here, and be what a whale should be. I'm not only here to make money off curation, for a few cents? I will reward those who really work hard for their content, not because I want to have a slice of the pie, and not because I'm friends with the author. I will reward those who truly create. I will not reward based on how much the author cares about the community or those who only power up. Some people live off writing by the way, it is just the economic situations of some countries are really bad, people are overworked and underpaid. So let people withdraw their earnings if they need to put something on the table, and try not to judge them for that. At least they are not powering down. I hope their time enough would prove they care about the community and the money you use to fuel the platform.

It turned out, it will never be enough, also known as greed. This is what puts me off big time, it is not the money but the emotion with regard to money is what makes him/her ugly in my eyes. It taints the person, the art, and other beautiful things in this world. It is what makes people go around being proud of what they have, and what they might lose. And when they lose, they wish they have shared it. Only then they will realize that nothing really belongs to anyone. I don't wish for anyone to lose, I just wish for some people to wake up to reality before they go crying like babies in regret. Anyway, this is not a perfect world, but we can be the change.

It will be a difficult climb and it is not always crowded up there, in fact, you might even find yourself alone. Would it be better to go back down where everyone is having fun, or share the happiness and climb with few others? Wouldn't it be better to appreciate beautiful things when shared?

I can only give all of my love - all or nothing. That is why every day, I browse my feed to reward those who put their time and effort to a post. Believe me, if you know how it feels, then you will know how to reward. There can only be 10 a day, unfortunately. I really read and choose. I don't have all the time in the world to divide my upvote. Please be reminded by reading my description above. It might be my own cheap way to label myself but it also sets your expectations with regard to what I write about. I might bruise your ego from time to time, that can make you go straight to the comment section to yell without even reading. I can shower people with kisses but I don't write to please people. I am your sweet little Alice in Wonderland here, who also knows when to say that you're nothing but a pack of cards!

Recently, I posted something about the key for the writers and artists to stay in the community, which is to not care about the money, to avoid total disappointment due to the unfair curation, slippery system and some fellowship out there. I got interesting comments in defense of our beloved votebots. But there's another surefire way to stay in the community too - care about the money. Quite a paradox but it has greater benefits.

Yes, I didn't put my own money here but think of what my time is worth. In the end, I also put my money. We don't know what goes behind the scene and what the author is going through. We don't really know if the result is effortless, hard work or just pure dumb luck. Turn off this comparison mode, it is poison, we should love what we do. If we are hurt and come in defense of our egos, it means we are questioning our own ways.

Why would you even care about what I think? Everything is just my dumb opinion anyway, apply whatever works for you.

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