Today is going to be a long post, so bare with me:)
Slug - like beginnings with crypto
Not that my assumptions were groundless - I watched dozens of videos with 'crypto-enthusiasts', 'crypto step by step', in desperation even 'crypto understandable even for idiots' and I still had loads of doubts.
One day, when I found article written by guy who translate crypto and various crypto projects using market exchange tools - it just clicked. I don't think I've mentioned it, but I worked for over a year after my graduation in an insurance company, and apart from losing at least quoter of my soul then - I learned how to read and use stock market quotation sites (I still look at stooqu very often, it's a Polish site of this kind)
And while I had a lot of doubts all the time, I just gradually started looking for news about new crypto projects etc.
And then - very convincingly, I might add – my boyfriend showed me hive. He had already been using the platform himself for a long time. It took me another year to decide to create an account (no, it is no joke).
What originally attracted me to the platform – the direct use of crypto on a daily basis - ceased to matter much in a very short time. I feel that my start on hive - was the end of my 'corpo' state of mind.
In addition to my lovely love affair with the insurance market, I worked for a large 'fast fashion' corporation for several years. And I'm not going to pretend that I didn't learn anything there - on the contrary, all too much. Not only was my head overloaded with information that is not transferable anywhere else, but it was infused with the corporative newspeak that litters every place of its kind like a cancer.
In Poland, such newspeak is simply polonised English words - with Polish endings added, and letters pronounced the way they are written in Polish. What an abomination.
Adjust or Good Bye!
The orwellian climate is not unfamiliar in every corner of the world. And even though I've moved to Northern Ireland, and worked (now only remotely) for a small design firm - corporate newspeak has appeared here too. When I first heard 'multitasking' from my manager - I started clenching my teeth and almost grind my teeth. I hate wasting time, which is exactly what multitasking is.
Multitasking actually reduces efficiency and productivity. While it may seem that we are more productive by multitasking at the same time, true is our brains simply switch between tasks rather than performing them simultaneously. This constant switching leads to a decrease in efficiency and productivity.
In addition, it simply takes time for our brains to return to the main task after being distracted, which further reduces productivity. Therefore, to maximise productivity, you should focus your attention on a single task.
Don't get me wrong - I really don't think that relentlessly 'boosting' productivity is the best idea - because cramming people into stupid frames and unrealistic quotas has brought more than one person to the edge of a nervous breakdown.
I'm talking about information overload, which means that every task is completed at an average level because our heads are so full of different tasks. This is where we never settle for outstanding results because our focus and concentration are never in the right place.
Time for a change?
I realised that this new attitude towards the employee as a 'number' in an excel sheet and the application of corpo-principles - even in small businesses - would only get worse. And I thought to myself 'cart or carriage'.
Slowly, little by little, I started to become independent of the company I was working for (still remotely). I set up my own business, and when (after more than 2 years) I stopped contributing my own savings to it all the time, I decided to leave my regular job. Now the business is still small but growing, and I have more and more clients. My former boos contacted me about six months after I left, and he wanted me to come back to work. And I admit that it was on my mind - because, as any new entrepreneur knows, money is always tight in the beginning.
I gave myself a week to think about it. I suggested to him that I could work remotely, in the afternoons. And not every day, in order to have time for my business.
My boss was sceptical at first, because he is a very controlling type, - but he agreed.
And so I worked my way up for a couple of months. And although I kept to my usual routine (getting up in the morning, regular meals, running, etc.) I started to miss an aspect of my life that I didn't know existed at all - socialising.
The people at work were fantastic, and as much as work was giving at times - we had a fantastic vibe at work. It's not that I participated too much in conversations, because I'm one of those rather closed-off people - but they always lifted my humour. I like having this kind of 'white noise' to work on:)
Way to Connect
And this is where hive comes in. I created an account to start putting my newly acquired crypto-knowledge into practice. And to my total surprise, it turned out that this place is something completely different.
The social aspect of the place amazed me. Privately, I've never really gotten used to the idea of facebook, instagram or even twitter. Watching my friends' private accounts and millions of selfies every day made me lose faith in human common sense and emotional intelligence. And respect, I started to lose respect for people seeing what they say and do on the internet.
You can find pretty much anything on hive - there are some accounts that are very much like instagram profiles. But they are in the minority. What is - in my opinion - the essence of this place is the sharing of real passions. How often do you find a novella or poem on Facebook?
Hive appreciates the longer form of expression(ok, my article is nevertheless even in my - author's opinion - too long) and appreciates real passions, not only photogenic ones:)
It's great to be part of that:)
As always - Yours,
Strega Azure
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Pictures made last night(artificial light), I like it better, because it gives sepia vibes nearly:)
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