So why am I here on Steemit?

Like many people I am attracted to the idea of earning a living from creating content. Currently I get paid to make sourdough bread, it's fairly stimulating - but I don't feel I have been born on this planet to be a baker. I've actually done many things for money, and none of them have really satisfied me for more than a short while. More obligations than conscious decisions. I can see that in my heart, there is a yearning for something more.

Something in me has a great desire to share some information and energy, and help people to transform their lives and their perceptions. Because at some point things changed inside me, difficult and painful changes, but changes that made my life infinitely better and shifted my whole perception. I remember me when I was suffering, and that person didn't even believe in the possibility of coming this far. Yet I came this far and now I want to go further. So what the hell is happening then?

Something has happened, some kind of radical change. I want to understand this process of change and share the understanding with whoever needs or wants to know.

And with the insight of going through these changes, it's really obvious that the difficult part was optional. I think it can go a lot smoother if we have some awareness of what is going on. And in truth the 'climate' of the earth is different now - we are better equipped to support each other and not go through unnecessary suffering.

So it's a natural progression, personal transformation creates this urge to share. and from what I have observed there is ALOT of people with similar sentiments. If all the people that we assist to transform then also want to share - then hey in a few generations a great deal of people will have transformed. Better yet we will have created a culture which supports and understands the human need to transform and transcend. This current culture of avoidance will just crumble away.

It's about money as well though isn't it? We feel like we have a lot to give, and a lot to explore and learn. Yet there's always this burden of being tied to a job, limiting our time and freedom. The whole economic thing doesn't really hold up very well under close scrutiny, it's not really benefiting anyone!

So there must be some solution to this, and intuitively I can feel it is already there - it just needs to be worked on and allowed to come forth. Maybe I can fulfil the role that intuitively I know I have come for, and also liberate my time and resources to travel, meet people, and build connections with other people on this path. If humanity is like a huge organism, then all of the pieces and parts need to be freely flowing to do their job. If I am constrained I can't fulfil my purpose. That's not good for me, and that's not good for my purpose within the larger organism.

So there's a desire, for freedom and fulfillment. And the silent knowledge that this life is meant to be magnificent, not wasted in restriction. Not wasted in an artificial life, with meaningless interactions. Life is happening now!

Could this platform be a solution to creating this life? It's definitely one of my primary motivators. Prior to coming to Steemit I created a web page, and began the process of creating content and finding my voice. It's scary and exciting, and I was coming up with all kinds of plans to turn it into the money that could keep me free enough to keep doing what I came here to do.

My plan was complex, to use youtube and other platforms to build a following, write a book, then sell that book through my website. Along with running events such as meditation retreats, also sold through my website.

And then along comes Steemit, and the process seems much simpler here. All we have to do is build a community with great content, have a little integrity, and maybe a little luck. So it seems doable, it's not a fantasy. And I have read posts from people that make their living this way.

So if I agree to work hard, and set my sights for say ... 2019, then let's see what can happen. How will my content creating skills develop? How can I continue to define what my goal is? And how much can I build my Steemit account?

And will all of this add up to a kind of financial freedom that allows me to stop selling my time for money and keep doing what is important?

These are really good questions, and I am grateful to be here now asking them with you people. I don't know what will happen, but I like the feel of where this is going even if it is nothing that I ever expected.

Namaste
PhillyC