Why Am I Still Here?

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(Edited)

Ulises Flores
03/03/2020

Greetings reader

Regarding the motivating challenge currently launched by @theycallmedan, who together with @mindtrap and @acidyo, is committed to catapulting the social network steemit with excellent strategies and activities that ignite the passion, interest and love of authors for the creation of more and better content that positively impact this ecosystem, guiding the north of this blockchain; I considered it appropriate to communicate my thoughts and experiences on Why am I still here? explaining at the outset, the natural purpose of bees in honey flowers . Why don't the bees leave the flowers?

The bee is a marvelous insect that evolved during millions of years, its primitive ancestors were entomophagous; with the advance of geological time and the environmental transformations that took place, they changed their diet, they stopped feeding on the insects that inhabited the flowers to become nectivorous species. In this way, the conditions that allowed a genetic improvement that we know as the Apis mellifera were given. A noble animal that has an enormous importance in the environmental balance, particularly with regard to food production. This insect, which can be underestimated due to its size and other physical characteristics, guarantees ecological balance by generating the highest proportion of plant biomass through its pollination process.

It can be said that the aromatic smell, striking violet color and sweet nectar of this lavender plant (Lavandula angustifolia), as well as other species of melliferous flowers, created an exciting and loving bond between the insect and the flower, which sealed an unbreakable pact that keeps them together; whose ecological contract guarantees the balance and sustainability of the environmental ecosystem. Thus, it is the connection that keeps many of us here at steemit. Where there is an organizational structure and diverse actors with their roles.

What is the nectar that keeps me here

There are many reasons that anchor me to this blockchain ecosystem, from January 6, 2018 to the present, I have experienced great moments. At first it was a little difficult to understand the whole issue of the topics to be developed and what would be the trend that would generate better income; my excitement increased when I was surfing the net and looking at posts with juicy rewards, it took a couple of months to know that it was not easy to have my blog with well rewarded publications.
That gave me more incentive to research and build relationships with people who gave me valuable guidance and support. In this way, I took my time as a novice as a learning and strengthening process that led me to take the path of my purpose in steemit. In a short time, I focused on creating posts with academic and scientific content as a result of my pedagogical experience.

It was then that I began to taste the satisfaction of obtaining fair rewards for sharing content that conveyed valuable knowledge for the community and readers in general. However, some articles were undervalued or received rewards that I considered unfair for the hours of work I had invested. So, I said to myself: I will write whatever I want, whenever I want and without worrying about the blessed rewards because I am uncomfortable with the fact that there is no fair valuation.

Abandoning the belief system that in steemit I would solve life and end up solving a large part of my economic needs, was to receive light to commit to improving and raising the quality of content. This made me remove the lens of the rewards, at least, change the vision of publishing just to achieve a generous reward. Of course, as time went by and I gained more experience, the contents were accepted, read and supported by more users.

This encouraged me a lot and I wanted to start publishing some experimental studies. I remember that in a fortunate field work where I was preparing to make a physical and natural characterization of the thermal water ecosystem of Pilar, Venezuela, I ended up with second degree burns when I slipped and fell into the hot waters that exceeded 95 °C on the surface. This was a very painful experience that I took advantage of during the seven months that I spent resting until my foot healed and I could walk again normally.

Images of the wounds 30 days after the accident, where there was considerable damage to the dermis and epidermis. ( (Own source)

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Pigmentation and skin tone serve as indicators to demonstrate the rehabilitation and healing of wounds. (Own source)

I never blamed steemit for my accident; on the contrary, my quality as an environmental researcher aroused my interest in going to the field and observing recent samples to share up-to-date knowledge; worthy of my appreciated readers and followers. In fact, during the time I was out, I set out to create original content in drafts, and as my health returned, I began to disseminate it and was happy to share it.

Entrepreneurship with income from steemit

I may have stopped pursuing the dreamed-of goal of seeing my publications with great rewards; but, that didn't stop me from committing myself to improving my economic income. So thanks to a good part of the profits from steemit I started a composting project which left me with modest earnings for a year. How not to appreciate and thank my ecological link with this social network that makes any number of profitable projects.

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Humus collection stage. In this project I put into practice the theoretical and methodological knowledge learned at the university; however, the most interesting thing was to feel the satisfaction of buying part of the materials and supplies with money from steemit and to share my experience in the community.

Motivated by the economic, social and political storm that Venezuela is going through, this project was abandoned. Now, I close a project cycle and new opportunities open up; this I have learned in this blockchain ecosystem, so after several months I was able to consolidate a project to make chocolate in a traditional way, without artificial additives and partially maintaining steemit's economic capital.

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Pressing of the cocoa liquor with handmade equipment to extract the vegetable shortening, essential for the production of chocolate. The black iron electrodes and pipes were paid for with resources from steemit. Living and feeling the materialization of these processes is a source of inspiration and gratitude to continue creating original content.

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Conclusions

All these reasons and experiences have allowed me to grow as an author of original and relevant content, to establish friendship and business relationships, to exchange, produce and share knowledge; to see growth opportunities where others look into an abyss, to get up every time I have a learning opportunity that I find difficult to learn quickly, among many other things.

Sincere recognition to the organizer, collaborators and communities that support this challenge. It is you who are leading the organization of this great ecosystem, because with moderate resources you have proposed the recruitment and reintegration of new authors, active or who have left because they feel adrift in this complex, but charming ocean.

  • All images are our own and have been modified or used in previous publications.



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