One mojito, two mojito, three mojito, more!

I stopped at three as I have to get up in the morning and do stuff before my flight, however, you get the idea. I decided that for the last night in Duesseldorf I would find a place where I liked the music and could perhaps even steal a dance or two, and that happened to be just around the corner from the hotel I am staying at in Altstadt (old town).

My wife and I used to always find a place to dance at least a song or two when we traveled, but we haven't had the opportunity to go abroad for almost 4 years and have only managed to dance a few songs together in Finland in that time. It makes me a bit sad, because we used to dance so often together and it was part of our thing as a couple. Everything changes though, and having our daughter changed it all a lot.

I have always said, don't drink and blockchain yet I seem to break that rule just about every time I have a drink- I think it really started at SteemFest3 in Poland, where the days were long, but the nights were much , much longer and to make sure I didn't miss a day posting, I would write after getting back to the AirBnB at 5 am.

I don't drink often because I see it as a social endeavor best spent with friends and partners, not "Kalsari Kännissä" (underwear drunk) like many Finns tend to get, drinking alone at home in their underwear. Tonight though I wasn't alone, I found some people that I could watch dance while I drank and then ended up dancing myself, Merengue ... I don't really dance Merengue.

But, I also danced a bit of Salsa and toward the end of my time there before heading back to the hotel, I requested some Bachata, something I can dance relatively well. It was nice and I think other than half a song dance in the summer, I haven't actually danced since sometime in Autumn 2018. It makes me want to dance more as it is addictive, but to do so I will ahve to find a babysitter who is willing and able to put @smallsteps to bed.

You'd think it would be relatively easy, but it is not so simple.

Well, I have checked in for my flight tomorrow and now I have to make sure that I am packed and organized in case I have a headache in the morning since I barely drink, but I thought I would post something less serious for a change. It'll likely get flagged down to near zero soon anyway, but I still won't resort to shit posting. It kind of annoys me when people say things like;

"why would I bother putting in effort when the value is so low."

It is their choice of course, but I take the stance that regardless of post reward, quality matters to me as creator. If I put out shit because I won't earn much on it, I feel that it would mean that I don't actually care about my own content, and if that is the case, why the fuck am I creating it? On top of that, if I don't give a shit about what I contribute to the community, why the fuck would anyone else give a shit? You know, if you don't respect your own content or if you aren't willing to invest into yourself, don't expect others to.

Of course, one also has to consider whether what one creates is consumable as there are plenty of creators here who think they deserve rewards, but Of course, no one is forced to produce quality, no one is forced to write in a topic genre, or in a certain style, or in a form that is acceptable or even interesting to the audience. No one is forced to do anything at all on Steem, other than what the Steem blockchain makes capable. However, no one is forced to vote on anyone else either, no one is forced to downvote, no one is forced to comment, read or give a crap about what is being produced at all.

This is an attention economy, trying to force the audience to curate is a losing game. But, compelling them to curate because the content contributed is good, interesting, useful or valuable to consume is up to the creator. Getting eyes on attention is too. It isn't easy of course, especially for a new account, but if one considers that there is value in earning and holding Steem for the future, one has to put in the work required. For some and perhaps many, that means compromising preference for necessity.

You may want to do this, but if you need that, you will have to adjust your actions to suit.

Well, I have had too many drinks in my opinion to go on much further and instead, I will get my packing organized and perhaps have a quick shower. But, I hope that even drunk-ish, this post is better than most of the crap that is written to this blockchain daily. I don't suspect it is going to be the best post of the day, but it is important for me to get my thoughts out, and I hope they help you occasionally too. :)

I like Mojitos.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]