A little catch up time
I've read two pieces on the subject, but thought I'd throw in my own variation on the topic.
Topic? The dip in the market that is driving so many into a little writers depression and fear of sharing.
How about this being a time to catch up for those who are trying to climb the ladder. See it as a cheap round for learning, but also understand that like in anything, down time is the time when you must dig deep and put in more work than ever. Like farming, it's dry, but rain will come, so are you going to have seeds in the soil when it rains or are you going to see the water run away with nothing to show for it?
The crypto market is a fluttering thing, up the one moment, down the next and like with any market you shouldn't get scared when the level dips, this is the time to get in, both feet.
This is the time to support one another, to form that community and to shape your community for when the tides rise.
Go on, go plant your field, the rain will come.
Improvise Adapt & Overcome
This lot want to harvest crops with no seeds.
When it is more trouble than it is worth to snap a single photo and post it with no comment at all, and for readers to comment "nice photo" for their expected massive curation award, you can tell who is in Steemit for the money.
The good part is that there is far less garbage to sift through.
The other good part is that Steem is cheap. Buy more!
Hoora sir, well said. I do give some low end comments sometimes, but I am interacting with the community of people I've chosen to interact with and interact is what I aim to do regardless of what's at the end of the line. There really is a lot of crap and something else I have found are a few members that could reward graciously, but regardless the quality of one's comment they never bother. Just can't get the stronger together community idea in some people's heads. Hope you guys are well.
I haven't figured out a lot of the rules of proper curation but it does seem odd that those with the sliders seem to have them set on the dust-level minimum to record the upvote.
I don't worry about it since I can't fix it. It makes me feel unimportant when my 50-50 upvote is a paltry .02, but that's the market and no one is immune to that.
And thank you, yes, we are doing very well. We don't expect the economy to make it through the summer and have been trying to prepare for that as much as we can.Health-wise, all is good, and that's the important thing.
I myself am still figuring this system out, but I give all I am worth and will hopefully be in a position where my vote will be worth something soon enough.
Glad you guys are well man, that is very important as with ones health. What's up with the economy over there mate?
If you listen to the government, everything is going well. If you listen to those sources not obligated to govt, we have 20% unemployment and 10% inflation. I believe the latter. Prices are creeping up, package sizes get smaller with the price unchanged, and over 50 million people receiving monthly govt welfare payments. The US owes 20 trillion dollars and we still borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spend...and spend a billion dollars an hour! That is a debt that we cannot even theoretically repay!
It clearly cannot go on forever and cracks are appearing in the structure - long term bond prices turning down and foreign debt holders like Russia and China beginning to return our loan notes (Treasury Bills) to cash out before things fail.
It should be an interesting thing to watch from a distance!
Do you have family? Just me and my friend here.
It's scary as all hell that such a powerful country can be facing such enormous financial crises. What chance do the lesser ones have and how the hell are the politicians planning on dealing with it? I have two older sisters of which one I have no idea where she is. Few aunts and an uncle left, lots of cousins, nieces and a nephew with their kids, but my household is my wife and I only.
The consequences of the country spending so much money that can never be paid back is frightening to a lot of people. We owe twenty trillion dollars to other countries. There is another 40 trillion already obligated to be paid in Social Secuity, Medicare for the older generation, and health care for those who cannot afford it. That is sixty trillion dollars owed!
We only pay interest on the debt and never pay down the bill itself, so the amount we owe increases daily. There is NO money left to pay the debt, and we have to borrow 40 cents out of every new dollar we spend to keep the country running on a day-to-day basis, making the debt owed increase constantly.
It does not take a financial genius to see that the debt cannot be paid UNLESS the Dollar is allowed to hyperinflate so we can pay off the bills in valueless Dollars. That is the single biggest threat to our financial stability, and it as real and as threatening as a threat gets.
Frightening and sadly the people that work their arses off to contribute fit the bill for everyone else's bad decisions