This Is The Gut Check.
I am writing this today because many Steem Hodlers are powered up and couldn't get out of their positions now even if they wanted.
You go on, and you see tweets about Steem about to go belly up, how the "Ponzi" is coming unraveled, the herd of "I told you so's" are feverishly retweeting every FUD article out there.
It's times like this where communities break apart or cement together. I see nothing but like-minded people all willing to find a way. There isn't even an "if" on the table. The leaders see this as a growth opportunity, a method for Steem to truly separate itself from Steemit. The responsibility has grown to be too much for Steemit alone to handle. Right now, what matters the most is those who step up. Those who continue to fight and secure the chain. This isn't just an investment or an experiment; this is a movement. This platform stands up for our voice, and our voice has value damnit!
The more lightweight and durable we become the easiest it will be to ride out bear markets. Bull markets bring excessive rations. Bear markets make you thankful for those rations. Growing a big community isn't always going to be about good news. Blame can go around, but who is really to blame in a decentralized platform? Isn't that the point? Do people bitch at Satoshi for leaving bitcoin? So what is the difference with Steem? I am investing more and more into Steem, the platform and projects coming on the platform. Whales attract whales, and I plan on going sonar.
Pick a lane, stick to it. Steem isn't a short-term game, powering up proves that very fact. I have been in this position many times in my life. A place where my decision isn't immediately reinforced with certainty. A place where the footing may not seem so firm. A place where others can easily judge and point fun. The I told you so's are always temporary, for those that really know are too busy building and have no time to prove anything to anyone except themselves.
I leave you with perception:
You wake up; the year is 2025. You look at coinmarketcap, and the price of Steem is 100$. You go back to sleep, you wake up and the year is 2018. You look at coinmarketcap, and the price of Steem is .30 cents. The mindset you would have, a feeling of relief. The funny thing is, with this relief comes improved focus and positivity. Merely having this certainly makes you accumulate more Steem each day happily. It is all of course just a mindset. Certainty is a lie. What isn't a lie is the mindset. The mindset is now, what you do now effects 2025. Whatever the price of Steem is will be out of your control for the most part. Only through collective effort as a community can Steemians come together and make 2025 be the year everyone wakes up to 100$ Steem.
Well, I'm doing my best to stay on track. I'm slowly walking my way up to becoming a minnow and this whole crisis has created an opportunity for me to earn more.
I believe in this platform. Unfortunately, I do not have that much to invest, which I mentioned in a previous article is no longer an excuse.
There is a lot going on here but people seem to be so distracted by the price which can change any time.
This is not about being blindly optimistic, I see a lot of opportunities here. This is a hub for innovation and creativity. And most importantly this blockchain is community-based and has a personal touch to it. If you've been here long enough it is only natural that you fall in love with this, despite all our differences.
I earned something for the first time on my content here. It did not happen anywhere else. I have been on the different social platform but the steem blockchain is different. I will do everything within my means to see that this project continues. If I have to shill on Twitter, Facebook, etcetera, I will. And I hope every true steemian does the same.
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"You wake up; the year is 2025. You look at coinmarketcap, and the price of Steem is 100$. You go back to sleep, you wake up and the year is 2018. You look at coinmarketcap, and the price of Steem is .30 cents. The mindset you would have, a feeling of relief."
I think this is great way of looking at things. Granted, I am someone with very low SP who only invested a couple of $ into buying STEEM because I just don't have any money to invest. At the current price of STEEM I would do it without thinking that much about it.
What I am trying to say is that for someone like me it might be easier to be happy and optimistic slowly grinding my account SP even when I see the market going down like this.
But I do think this is a bit harder for people that relied on their income here or for people who invested a nice amount of money when STEEM was over 1$. This is why I love your positive thinking @thecallmedan.
One thing I learned in life is that good things come to those who wait and I trully believe that people who push through the bad times here and keep steeming will be really happy sooner or later.
I wish you and everyone reading the best of luck in the future.
Steem on!
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I agree with your sentiments steemit can only do so much and should focus on the blockchain and underlying tech while communities take the opportunity to build their projects on top of it creating value for the blockchain and STEEM overall.
I think the ideal of STEEM is way to closely affliated with Steemit and Steemit inc and thats fine for now, we're still figuring things out and eventually STEEM will take centre stage like ETH has done for ICO's and dApps, it will do so for community and content based projects/dApps.
It is certainly a long term play and I feel that everyone that is in steem now is an ambassador for the platform. I'm personlly growing my account and powering up so that I can use my account as a marketing tool for those id like to recruit to the platform ive already brought in 5 people to steemit and I can tell you it wasn't easy but if we all pay it forward and 1 brings in another we'll have a bigger stronger community that has personal relationships and will bring new ideas to the platform.
Its slow now but we can see growth by the ammount of accounts powering up and moving up the ranks, this will compound over time and i'm super bullish on STEEM as a project but I'll admit I am biased lol
@theycallmedan, Absolutely true words and this post is released in right phase of time because we know that the times of Downfall brings the situation of blaming and people who see adversity situation as failure then in my opinion they cannot buildup communities. So, whatever roles we are playing we have to up our game and and have to go with full force in these difficult times.
And why not see it as game because, we have an opportunity and we know that nothing is permanent, we are creators and only our choices make us, then why to step back, in my opinion the system like Steem Blockchain and Steem Platform is not an everyday idea so we have to grab this opportunity and have to make our shoulders more tight because if the team is becoming weaken then we have to use the double force until we meet the next cycle of leaders. And in my opinion i don't believe in everybody is an leader, in my opinion this universe have given an particular essence to everyone and they will play their role, some will play their role from the darkest rooms alone and some will play the roles by developing communities and many more we are more in Roles than Leaders. So let's play the role hard to make the Steem Land easy.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂
This is a beautiful motivation that I heard from you @theycallmedan .
I don't care about #Satoshi leaving #bitcoin, and I won't be upset if issues arise #Steem will leave #steemit though. What's in my mind is #Steem will not be destroyed.
Hi @theycallmedan , in the #steem price situation like this it is very clear that there are communities that have broken out, and also there are still communities that are struggling to keep #steem in number 1, then what do you plan for communities that are willing to struggle with their hands when crisis like this @theycallmedan ?
In my opinion, those who are still consistently active up to now are indeed real #steem fighters, and they have not disappeared when the #steem price is down as it is today.
Hi @theycallmedan , in my opinion you don't need to give a shadow about the 2025 dreams and the #steem price dream reaches $.100, because those who really work on #steemit won't easily go from #steemit even though it's as bad as any situation , and true masters really won't leave. Then what do you plan for the true master in a crisis like this?
Because 1 point of movement from a senior like it will greatly affect the spirit.
Dah, gitu aja..
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i start in steemit without knowing anything. All i do is because i love to write.Then after 3 month in steemit , i start to read more article and learn about crypto . and i see the opportunity ahead me on steemit .
I believe steemit will grow with time . As crypto also will getting stronger each day. Why ? because these data to build blockchain will never stop. Thats why , who can stand this lower value of crypto and survive will going big .
I agree what ned do to the company by reducing the worker of the company will reduce the production cost and help the company substance in this downturn even these will be a bad news for them who has been lay off which is much better than closing down company.
I trust in steemit , i even power up in this opportunity
steem on .
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