The day I decided to take a break from SteemIt.
Once last winter I decided to take a break from SteemIt. As I was letting SteemIt interrupt my sleep. I decided I needed to take a break, and then re-engage when I was able to shake my frustration. I took a really long break and wanted to share what that time was like for me.
Here is my diary entry from that day in January...
Diary Entries:
6:30 - Wake up and get my coffee going, short work-out prior to turning on computer. Remind myself why I am taking a break from SteemIt. How much free time I will have, how much more energy I can put into my own business and not worry about SteemIt. Feel happy about the future.
7:00 - Make a breakfast smoothy and think about yesterday's post on SteemIt. Out of habit, I begin to think about what I might post on SteemIt today. Remind myself again, I am taking a break. Feeling Optimistic.
7:30 am - Just a little peek to see what's new, a quick view of the home, new, hot, trending, promoted, and active tabs. Oh, I saw a couple of posts I had to vote on and one which required a comment. I will just check in on chat and listen to SteemSpeak for a few minutes, just to hear if anything exciting is going on.
8:00 am - Close my SteemIt, browser, open some real work and get busy.
8:30 am - Fight off my urge to look at SteemIt, but I checked the price. No major changes, so, get back to work.
9:00 am - Attend a boring conference call for a work project and when the topic goes outside of my knowledge area. I end up looking at SteemIt.
10:00 am - Had a long conversation with a friend and end up bringing up SteemIt, and then I show him the platform quickly, with a warning of the beta, bots, politics, etc. End up walking him through some of my posts, and some of my favorite posts, and help him sign up.
10:30 am - Okay re-commit to staying off SteemIt for the rest of the day.
12:00 pm - Okay, lunch time, make a sandwich, take the dogs for a walk, admire the beautiful snow. Shoot, I only have a cell-phone camera, but I snatch a quick picture of the snow blowing across the field, and consider posting it on SteemIt. Oops, yeah, I am taking a break.
12:30 pm - Fix the chicken water heater, and haul water and food out to the various animals and pens. Consider several stories for SteemIt, once we have more diversity. Remind myself I am taking a break.
1 pm - Sit back down at desk, just a quick glance.
2 pm - Oh, time to get off SteemIt and get back to work on this billable project I am fiddling with.
5 pm - My husband gets home, so I launch into a conversation about why I am taking some time off of SteemIt. We discuss it briefly, ... for 2 hours.
7 pm - Eat dinner while considering why I never do any food posts on SteemIt.
8 pm - Clean kitchen and re-evaluate my SteemIt vacation.
9 pm - Check in on SteemIt, and "listen in" to SteemSpeak.
10 pm - Decide, I don't need a break from SteemIt.
11 pm - Officially break my hiatus from SteemIt. Feeling Optimistic.
My name is @whatsup and I am addicted.
*parts of this post first appeared on SteemIt. Jan 2017
I experience genuine guilt and FOMO when I see that I have had 100% voting power that has been wasting away, even if only for a few hours.
I get sick to my stomach when I think about how many upvotes I wasted during the 6+ months I was sitting at 100% voting power and wasn't participating.
Is this addiction? (yeah...I know it is.....)
LOL, me too. I was busy today.. I didn't get all my votes in.
Too much is always too much, doesn't matter if it is alcohol, smoking, video games, facebook or steemit. Thanks for sharing your experience @whatsup! There is so more in life than social media (im working with social media 8hours a day and 5 days a week.) so once a while, rain or shine, just log off and get out.
lol, what is "out"?
I am newly committed to getting on steemit as much as possible, Thank you for sharing this. I am going to look at steemit as an investment and as a job. I look forward to learning more each day, getting to know great people here and see my slow but sure consistent success.
Nice. A mentor of mine used to say "Don't get rich quick, get rich steady".
Consistent work always pays off in the end.
Even though im pretty new to Steem, i can definitely relate to not wanting to sit at 100% voting power too long. Its kinda like buying a pack of M&M's and only eating one
1 lays potato chip... 1 M&M, 1 SteemIt post. Is it enough?
hahahahahahahaha... you are a Steemit addict, i went through that my first two months, you here longer and still a struggle, I have thrown in the towel and then realized I am only fooling myself, dammnn thing to sweet to walk away from
My name is whatsup and I am an addict.
hahahahaha...good that you confess, check out my latest blog, the last paragraph is for you, your enthusiasm would be richly rewarded
Compliment interested discretion estimating on stimulated apartments oh.
ehh, what is this sleep you speak of?
Glad you re-posted this, I missed it the first time around =)
@whatsup,
My wife asked me "WTH you are doing in-front the computer and commenting on non-senses (Her viewpoint)"
Then I decided to introduced her STEEMIT!
Now, she is addicted and we are rarely cooking at our kitchen :/
Shall I say we are addicted?
Nice post my dear friend! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
(My voting power is still regenerating, therefore please allow me three more days to provide 100% upvotes for your posts)
Cheers~
Stop telling me your power is regenerating it is okay for you to use your voting power on other posts. Thanks for the comments
@whatsup,
Okay, next time I will not copy paste it! I was keep posting it, coz some people get misunderstand about it!
Definitely you will get my upvote! I know it's not much, but I will give it, coz your posts are worth deserve it!
Thanks for the comment!
Cheers~
At least Steemit is worth it, unlike those other places 😂
I'm fulltime on Steemit, being a witness and blogging. I take long day breaks when my little nephews visit on weekends.
lol, I have to try hard to come up with different things to talk about when I am at family gatherings. Yes, I recently voted for your witness. :)
Thanks :)
I can't stop... Won't stop...
:::Diddy voice:::
I could hardly tell your voice from his.