⭐Being An Entrepreneur On The Steemit Blockchain + I Got A Steem Assistant!⭐
Once again, I am asking myself BIG life questions.
Things like :
What am I doing with my life? If my life stays the same, will I still be content in five years time? What do I want my body to look like in twenty years time? Am I bringing value to the world? Am I made for a standard life?
And all the weird ifs and buts that come with having these thoughts.
Yay to being a deep thinker and constantly analyzing myself and checking in with my priorities.
Also fuck damn, it is sometimes so effing tiring to be such a pensive brain-person who has to think of these things.
Certainly because I feel like a walking contradiction.
And also,
An alien in the midst of all these so-called normal people.
Like the idea of living in the same house for the next 20 years, staying in the same job and doing the whole society-wanted steps of ‘get married, have kids, work on your pension’ shit just makes me want to curl into a ball, cry my eyes out and just depresses the fuck out of me.
I literally cannot fathom the idea of having a ‘normal’ city life.
It just does not compute in my brain.
And then the question pops up : why wouldn’t I be able to do that? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have this special gene that would never be satisfied with anything in life?
The fear creeps into my brain and throat and makes me feel suffocated and weird and as if I don’t belong in this world.
And it just hits me.
It’s because I don’t.
I don’t belong in this world.
Or rather, the world isn’t made for me.
And that is ACTUALLY a good thing.
Sure, I can play the game for a little while. Maybe a couple of years.
It’s not easy. Cos I can’t get comfortable in it.
I can sort of lie to myself to enjoy it but when I look deep into my lioness heart, I see that this is not going to cut it.
Nope. Nein. Nee. A big fat NO!
And then everything HAS to change.
But I’ve finally come to the realization (Hello becoming older and wiser!) that I am not going to play the game anymore.
Actually, I CANNOT play the game anymore.
And I need to stop effing trying to make myself try to fit a mold that just wasn’t made for me.
By the lovely @alexandravart who'll be getting SBD from this post cos Yay to artists, the gifteconomy and sharing is caring!
So what do I do?
Well, I’ve got to align myself into creating my life the way I want to have it.
Now I don’t know details but what I do know is this :
I need freedom
I need love
I need to be international
I need to enjoy myself
I need fairness, decency and truth.
I need to make a sum of money that I can live a good life
Nothing majorly crazy, just sweet easy living
I need to create
I need to help other people
I need to be my own boss
So here is where my entrepreneurial spirit kicks in.
Cos I am actually a pioneer and an entrepreneur at heart, I just haven’t had the right tools to do it yet.
UNTIL NOW.
Of course, Steem is my gateway to creating a life where my entrepreneurship can really thrive and move at the space that feels aligned with how I am and the things I stand for.
This place is evolving, moving and fluid.
Not static and rigid like the system that currently has it’s hold over our society.
Now, this is not some announcement on my newest business Steem venture.
Cos there isn’t one in the making atm.
Or maybe there is? But I just don’t know about it.
This is a soft launch.
A setting-of-an-intention.
A clearing-of-one’s-mind-to-start-the-creation-of-something.
A dipping-a-toe-in-the-steem-entrepreneurship.
Because the first step has already been taken!
Since last week, I have a Steem assistant! (YAY!)
His account is @tpkidkai and he is EFFING wonderful.
I have all these jobs related to my own blog and @humansofsteemit that I am just not getting round to doing.
And by delegating it to Tp, I am freeing myself up of more time to focus on the things I want to focus on and I am helping someone feed themselves.
He is Steeming fulltime so each SBD is damn precious.
As a boss (oh gosh, that feels weird to write down) I believe in honesty, truth and fairness.
Therefore I discuss the price of each task that he does for me, we communicate openly and when I thrive, he will thrive (and anyone else I end up hiring).
I have ALWAYS had this idea that I want my business ventures to super fair to everyone involved so I’ve always wanted to work with percentages except pay per hour or task.
Which isn’t what we are doing right now, but is something I will slowly be working towards.
And I know that this totally can work on the Steem blockchain!
For example, let’s say I start a Steem venture and I have 3 people working on that for and with me.
Their pay will not be determind by how much they earn per hour or task.
Their pay will be determind by how much SBD and Steem is coming into the business.
They will all get a percentage of the income coming in.
So yes this can change every day/week/month yet this (to me) is the fairest way of working together.
If I thrive, you thrive.
Simple as that!
I am mega excited about this journey I am embarking on.
I am super happy with my lovely assistant.
If any of you have been thinking of taking on an assistant to help out with your blogs/Steem ventures, DO IT!
You’ll be wondering why you didn’t do it earlier!
Let’s really start using this blockchain for good shit and making real positive change to people’s lives.
Here’s to entrepreneurship 2.0 (The Steem Way)
BIG love,
Ashley
My LoveProject is @humansofsteemit! Featuring the humans behind the Steemit usernames!
Oh, these thoughts could be mine, lol. I must say they comes back several times during life and every time they do they helps me grow. It takes a lot off effort, time and I often don't feel very good during the process. But I think I need it from time to time do help me so that I doesn't stagnate :D
Your idea is amazing and I think you will do fine! Where I live it's so hard to get the crypto currencies to fiat, and it costs a lot of taxes. I can't live on it... But maybe one day. Keep up the good work, you are great :-)
I think the best practice for crypto currency is to reach the point where we do not need to transform it into fiat, long read ahead but at least digital goods can be transacted only in fiat , when there would be entire markets on crypto there will be no need for fiat , so we have to star selling as much in crypto
YES!
:)
Well we will just have to figure out another way to do it for you right? :)
I am glad that our path crossed! Your posts are always really inspiring and give so much energy! Thank you for your sharing. I can't wait to cooperate further with you all! =)
I am so glad to see you get in contact with all the cool people :) because of slothicorn and all this crazy sharing and gifting movement a lot of synergy occurs and a lot of aligned minds get together to see this movements progress :P
<3 :P
YE!
ooo so much to write to you after reading this :D
first about the life mold that we do not fit in ... is an illusion, we make the mold (of course we are afraid to fail and at 30 there are still people we do not want to disappoint so getting outside the norms looks risky) I was very lucky to find a partner with very similar life goals : remote work place with very flexible program and tasks = freedom; not buying a house for the same reason, not depending on a state etc
The illusion is that society is our super ego creating our ideals to follow, molding us in something that we don't want to be, but we always have the last decision we can chose to be whatever we want and steemit is such a great solution.
about entrepreneurship witch I don't know about but I think I also have some unpracticed gene :P I am trying to put up a team for creative commons and for different projects and I would love if you could join, I do not know for now how it will work but I might have to learn from you some of it :P
hiring an assistant is the first think I would love to know more about how your collaboration works, what kind of things he helps you with and how you establish his rewards (I am trying to do a payed collaboration with artists that share with creative commons- that share art and I use it in my work and pay them for it )- but is not organised yet and I want this to become more official and a practice for other steemians just like you do :P :)
Let's talk soon about we can figure out a way to make you delegate stuff deary :)
Voice chat it is! ;)
:D see ya in discord
You and I have similar trains of thought. I don't think I was cut out for a "normal" life. I much prefer being an entrepreneur and creating life on my own terms. Am I completely satisfied? Not yet...but I do have goals I am working towards. Like you, I need to be my own boss and to make a reasonable amount of money so I can live comfortably!
I do think Steem will be a game changer for my life and my goals. I haven't considered an assistant for this platform yet, but it is something to think about for the long-term!
Oh tell me, what do you do? :)
I'm so excited for you and this really is a good idea to take Steemit and use it as a platform to help others as well as growing your own place and plans within the community. I'm excited to see how it works out.
Glad to come along this post. I know tge feeling of just not being able to do the whole work and follow everyone else, sane old same old. Its nice to see I’m not the only one who just cannot do it at all.
Literally I am really touched when I saw this message. I do thank you for being a part of your team and I am truly truly honored to be your assistant. You are one of the most lovely person that I do know here and doing the task that you are giving makes my energies really pumping I.
Your personal A.I. from HumansofSteemit is really grateful.
:)
My assistant is sweet and amazing!! haha
I love your energy and the way you write, lady! :-) Identifying what you need is key. Great idea and keep up the good work!
YES. I love this post so darn much. I wish all managers of people thought about leadership in this way. It makes so much sense to give everyone a stake in the game and an incentive to help the whole team thrive! <3
You inspired a lot of people with this writing ... myself included. You also impressed me with this writing. Hope you're gonna get were you want to be and share your story here on the blockchain. I'll be following you on this.