Hitting the Brakes

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The other day I got what seems to be another transfer of .001 Steem to promote something that I would normally not be interested in. We have all gotten these and no typically not to pay attention to the message attached. However, this time around I found an interesting tool that has made me realize something important about my engagement on the echo system. This has been of particular interest to me as I have been struggling to remain as active as I want to be by engaging on a timely basis with my feed every day.

The name of the website is Steem Detective and it basically downloads all of the data on the blockchain related to your account. That includes all transfers votes both incoming and outgoing. In total, I have more than 65,000 transactions in a little over 13 months on the ecosystem. While most of it has come through votes I have almost half as much comments made on the blockchain as well. However, what has interested me the most is how active I have become since October of last year. This was purposeful as it correlated with the latest down trend of the price of Steem where I wanted to be more intense about accumulating as much steam as I can during this period.

Screenshot from Steem Detective Website

I am averaging over 300 transactions per day. This is more than double than what I was doing during summer of last year which is where I would say I started to get more engaged with the platform. At that time I dedicated myself to make at least one post per day in order to remain consistent with the community. While I have been able to continue to do so, it has become more difficult for me to prepare for these post on a daily basis. Until now I have preferred to focus on comments instead of my post. However, I feel that I am rewarded more for my comments than the content I create. I don’t have an issue with that fact as it only encourages me to improve on my content but during the phases when I am busy, I feel more pressured and anxious to get my post out.

Another source of data that I have been tracking is my screentime on my phone which is now my primary source of engaging with the community thanks to @partiko. While I have been making strides to reduce the amount of time spent, I think I still need to do some more. While over the last couple of days this has improved, it has been more due to my workload at the office rather than my willingness to not be on the phone. That is proven by the amount of time I am spending on the phone after hours. I don’t think this is sustainable for me in the future so I want to start setting expectations mostly for myself when it comes to engagement.

Therefore, I am writing this post to let the community know that while I will continue to make the effort to post on a daily basis, my activity will certainly go down against what has been the last couple of weeks. However, given the utility of the application that I am using, I will get to all of the relevant post that I follow but with a larger lag. For example, I typically respond or comment about an hour or two after the original post. Now, that may be a couple of hours in between. I have noticed during these last couple days that that delay in engagement has not impacted my ability to interact with others as they have been very diligent in responding to my comments on a timely basis. I really appreciate that and I think it demonstrates how relationships are created throughout the community as we all understand the dynamic situations of our every day lives.

These subtle changes will allow me to focus on areas of my life that will ultimately help me be even better in the ecosystem. I will ensure that I spend time with my family which inspires me to have new experience that I will be able to share here. It would also allow me to continue earning enough to continue my investment in steam which I intend to become my largest invested assets. I am hoping that these changes do not impact the trend of growth I have been able to see for my account over the last couple of months. I continue to be encouraged by the potential of what this could become for my future endeavors. please take this as more of an informational post to understand that while you may see me less often, it is not because of lack of motivation or encouragement on the platform. I continue to look forward to engaging with all of you and all of the exciting things that we have in store for the community over the coming months.

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