Zen writing and investing

I thought of writing something. When I thought about what, I couldn't come up with what exactly. I could ramble about work – probably will – but the thought of just telling what happened during the day just seems a bit empty to me. So instead I'll embrace the unknown and rather say what the saliva in the mouth brings (this is a Finnish idiom, don't know if it sounds reasonable at all translated – you tell me). Work is already methodical enough. Also, the thing is, methodical approach to writing doesn't seem to work for me. Trying to structure things too much takes the spirit away from what writing is supposed to be for me. I like to keep this realm more about exploration rather than trying to put up a whole entirety about things from the beginning.

I find that a more authentic result for myself is achieved anyway when "neglecting" the reader by not having a predictable structure, but the great thing is that one who does not like the lack of structure, is free to not read. Of course, things get complicated if one wishes to gain visibility and thinks this is achieved by making informative posts about things that are popular, because trying to appeal to as many as possible can paradoxically have the exact opposite effect: not appealing to anyone.

I find it similar to the idea of zen (as far as I understand any of it): you try not to think the reactions of others, because that creates the most authentic result, but when you actively try not to think the opinions of others, you are in the classical puzzle as the monk who so badly wants to stop desiring.

The pragmatic solution to this is to just try, try and try. Like trying to hone a skill; at some point you realize whatever the act you are performing is happening at ease. The act becomes one, with no single individual subpart needing intense conscious attention – this is what flow is.

My flow at work is actually improving, because today I managed to do all of my sorting pre-work of mail without any additional help, even though it was Monday with bunch of ads to be delivered. Though I must admit that one sector was cut from my delivery route. Not because I was so bad – the change was due in any case, because it makes the routing more efficient when I don't have to get stuck at traffic lights just for one sector.

It was still 12 hour day, but didn't even feel all that heavy after 13-hour days.

I did some calculations about my salary, and found out that the pay from a 13-hour day is 197 euros. That is about 497 STEEM with the current exchanges rate. Not a bad amount from a single day of work, especially at an entry-level job. Obviously, I'm not just throwing all of it at STEEM, though I'm definitely buying in some.

I have little expenses without having to pay rent living with my dad, so most of the money will be saved and I'm thinking of creating some type of plan for investing part of the money, like maybe 10-20% of the salary and salaries I'm going to get, depending how aggressive I want to go with it. Not just into crypto (ie. STEEM mostly, probably), but perhaps in some stocks as well, of which I got interested after reading @malloryblythe's post about investing.

With crypto, my main hold will probably always be STEEM, because that is the one that I'm actually also using, meanwhile with many others the only thing is exactly what they say: hold.

Though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to diversify a little to reduce some of the risks that are associated with anything uncertain.

The main reason for having a plan, I would say, is to negate the emotions from the equation, which is especially important with the volatile markets of crypto with fear and FOMO inducing swings.

Talking of which, adequate sleep is essential for maintaining emotional control, so that's what I'm going to do, even though it's an off day for me tomorrow (Monday's ain't so bad at all when the following day is off). I'd still rather keep a consistent rhythm, which is useful when the wake ups on working days are at 5 am.