Should it be easier to Steem?

in #steem6 years ago

I post a lot and most of what I post is from my experience and journey through life. It is personal, yet I think that a lot of it has value for others. Shared experiences, learning from mistakes, hearing different perspectives and questioning a little deeper.

When I post, I feel unsure as to whether I should put myself out there, why would anyone care? Why does that even matter? I am not a shy person but definitely not part of the selfie generation where every moment is curated and positioned at the perfect angle. Where 'personal branding' takes precedence over 'personal living'.

There is very little performance in me. I am not a spotlight grabber or attention seeker. Over the years I have even further reduced my need for acceptance from others and as a result, do not present myself with the polish many do, or the brazen confidence many do. At times, I wish I could.

Sometimes, I feel that I have been born at the wrong stage of history past or future. Like I don't completely fit in. The questions I ask are uncomfortable for many, my approach off-putting. I praise hard work often, not the successful avoidance of it. And a lot of the time, I feel like that is what is happening. People want to work less, while I am trying to work more.

People on Instagram sharing in the hope some company will ask them to promote their wares, Facebook where they post their life highlights to brag and lowlights to garner sympathy. Twitter chained rants proving to the world that their voice is worthy of a retweet. Very few are honest in their approach to presenting their life. Everyone is in it for something, even if that something is notoriety.

This makes me uncomfortable as I too am part of this system in many ways. I am not above it and by many people's standards I am well below it as if one is not trying to maximize their wealth to effort ratio, they are wasting their time. When content quality and value to the community are mentioned, it is to feed back into the wealth creation algorithms. Give them what they want, because what they want is valuable and therefore important.

But this can spiral out of control. Feeding desires leads to high demand and high returns but will also skew what is of value. If it is only a financial gain or saving, what happens to all of the value in other content, other activities? What happens to us when we spend so much time trying to give others what they desire we step away from what is important to us?

Soon, no one is interested in an ugly reality, even though it may be pure, untainted by Photoshop, uncleansed, untrimmed, dirty and raw. Honest. True.

So I will take this role from time to time personally. I will search my ugly and face what I come across. Investigate both sides of the distribution. I will post as honestly as I can with all the integrity I have. And even though many may look past, discard or disagree, I will continue as what I see of value in the future is things that develop us to be stronger, faster, self-reliant, independent and unique.

I cannot give anyone a skill, convince anyone to join along for the ride or stop them from criticizing the approach. All I can do is provide my view, discuss it with those interested and the rest is up to them.

Steem presents several opportunities to me of personal value:

  • I can learn how to put myself out there
  • I can develop my thoughts through my content
  • I can practice communication skills, a lifelong process
  • I can get a temperature of what is going on in the world minus media input
  • I can collaborate with others and learn from highly varied sources
  • I can build a deeper understanding of myself
  • I can provide support to someone in need in various ways
  • I can be part of developing a platform I see valuable for the future in many ways
  • I can reduce my social media footprint while increasing my quality output
  • I can practice many skills that have become rusty
  • I can get direct feedback and gauge my own
  • I can possibly make a little money on the side
  • I can invest, something I have never felt I had the chance to do earlier
  • I can see beauty from other perspectives
  • I can see a lot of ugliness too

There are many I am missing but overall, what I mean is for me, Steem is a chance to develop myself and help others reach their goals too. Maybe even, make the world a little brighter.

It is not easy to put myself out there and none of this comes naturally. Although what I write flows out of me and the ideas come fast and furiously, I have to invest heavily to get it coherent and onto the page in an attempt to express it well and clearly. I fail quite often at this I am sure.

In no way is this easy, but very little of true value is.

Taraz
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I enjoy this place with or without tweaking as it has given me so much back. I have taken more way from Steem than it has given me as it is more than the rewards. I just wish others would see it in a similar light and maybe they will improve in areas where they are weak in real life.

I haven't thought about getting a temperature of the world on Steem but it is true. People here are from all corners if the world, from all walks of life. I even found an active Steemian living in my city... @onealfa.

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Have you done a meetup yet? I think it would be good to have more real-world interaction with Steemians. I have met a couple of the Finns here and then of course, at SteemFest3.

Not yet but I think we will soon. It would be great to talk with him about Steem and crypto face to face.

It looks like there is a man dressed in white menacingly holding scissors and walking towards you reflected in that eye!

That is my daughter reflected. Living here is kind of like real life Chucky.

My son is slightly similar but he prefers hammers

My youngest has done an “axe” that he cheerfully chased his siblings around with (it was a hatchet but he was 2-3 at the time 😵) and a cleaver (which I heard being extricated from its drawer with a delightful shing which prompted me to investigate).

I don’t know whether or not I should be glad about hearing other people’s kids do/have done similar things 🤣

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with a delightful shing

There is something "satisfying" about that sound :D

I at least have the chance of it hitting a major artery and ending me fast.

Never have seen a failure from you so don't even go that route! In fact, I think your approach and its degrees of variation inspires others (myself included) to continue this pursuit of community and building here! I know I would rather do this than many other things I need to do to go about life as I have setup it up for myself.

I find it a strange conflict because so many people complain about the place but those who actually put effort into being part of it like it a lot, even with the issues.

Im having lots of problems engaging with people on Internet, dont know why... On real life i have friends and people are atracted to my words, i want to think that im good at speak.

But on social networks i dont have the same success as i have on face to face encounters...

Maybe is my ugly english xD

Good post btw

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I think there is a difference in style. I find I am seen as happier and funnier in real life :)

I don't think English is the issue though. Just have fun with people and get to know them the best you can. I think when you know some, it is easier to get to know more.

I have many problems talking about politics! People just want to hear what fits in his previous thoughts, no one wants to doubt about the information they have. People often confuse arrogance with security!

I must talk about unicorns and rainbows, maybe...

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Politics I tend to avoid because I don't care so much about them. I don't watch or read the news either unless someone directs me to a particular story I am interested in =)

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