I’m no dolphin. I’m sure as hell not a whale. I’m a fairly small minnow. Sometimes it can be hard to see the value in what I do when the Steemit community deems my content to be worth only 17 cents. But whether my posts are given a depressing low value or an exciting high value, Steemit has caused this huge shift in my mentality where I consider everything I do through the lens of economics.
Like a lot of people, my economic thought didn’t extend far beyond job -> paycheck -> bills …and what little I know about economic theory.
Now I think about everything economically.
For every idea I have and everything I do my brain processes it against this question: “can this be used to create value for myself and others?”
The process has almost become subconscious.
This new way of thinking has supercharged my creativity. In the past it seemed like I would only stumble onto a great idea once in a blue moon. But now that I have real incentive, I’m constantly thinking of ideas for new art, animation, articles and films. And for the first time in a very long time I have some hope that I can actually make it as an artist.
This is what Steemit means to me.
~Seth
