Do the carpets match the drapes?

It has been a pretty chilled day today other than our daughter getting a bit of a fever that is likely going to keep us up. Although, I was up last night with her anyway although I am pretty happy about that. Last night was the first time that she woke us up because she needed to pee - its the small things that make parents happy.

Actually, she has been super good with her potty training that had a very, very slow and late start and she has gone from refusing to sit on the toilet to being able to do nearly the entire process by herself every time. No accidents so far, no mess and when we are out she hasn't had a nappy for about 6 months and lets us no (touch wood) in enough time that we can get to a bathroom.

I guess talking about this topic makes it a shitpost.

Well, we did drop into IKEA and buy two stools that are higher than the one we have to make it easier for her to climb onto the toilet and another for her to have in the bathroom so she can wash her hands herself after coming in from outside.

Oh, we also bought a large mat for our livingroom to replace the one we already have because, that is what hapens when you go to IKEA. They lure you in for a 5 dollar potty stool, make you walk through a maze of things that no one ever really needs and then presto! New carpet.

Does the carpet match the drapes?

No.

However, thinking about that expression, I often wonder how many bloggers public facade is similar to their private and whether the people who know them call them out on the gaps. I am pretty sure that when my friends or colleagues have read these posts they will not have to much to complain about or pick at in regards to their personal experience with me.

I think I have to make sure it is this way because I am working toward a point where Steem is mainstream and if it all goes according to plan, who knows what happens to the accounts that have some kind of following, relatively high stake and have put themselves out there. Imagine if in ten years from now Steem hit 100 dollars equivalent, my current account would be worth 6 million dollars and in all of that time, I would have been doing much of what I have been doing in the last 2 years, just in a more direct and focused stream as I wouldn't have to work for a living and instead, I could work for a life.

Of course, 10 years from now is a long way off but conservatively I would be looking to more than triple my account since in that time and the more value it holds, the more I will be able to spend my time upon it. At the moment, I have many, many bills to pay and concessions to make in order to make it through to a future of no worries, but for the first time in a long time I did feel comfortable enough to spend on a mat for the living room. That is a win.

Small things.

Living in financial scarcity is never the position that one wants to be in, but whilst in there it is actually a position that can be empowering in terms of exploring potential and taking a few risks. I think that over the last almost 3 years since joining Steem, my position IRL has helped drive me to improve my content, look differently at the world, learn more about finance, economics, ownership and potential as well as delve relatively deep into the conceptual sides of blockchain, decentralization and the potential for it to improve the lives of many.

If I didn't have that driving force of need behind me, I do not think that I would have gone as far as I have and so far outside of where my past thoughts were. Necessity is the driver of innovation because necessity makes us look at what we need and see if we can use what we have to satisfy demands.

Its not the size, its how you use it.

This is true when it comes to resource utilization because while one person or group can turn very little into something valuable, another side can squander what they hold until they hold nothing at all, yet still have needs. What I have found is that most people who live a life of hedonism and instant gratification, eventually run out of the resources they require and increasingly become reliant on others. I do not think there is a great deal of pleasure to be found in having to manipulate and rely on others to get what one wants.

It is like an adult needing Mummy and Daddy to pay for groceries.

Perhaps there are times where having that support is necessary and welcomed, but a position of reliance on others charity for my own needs is something I do not consider enjoyable. I think this is also why I have worked hard to gather Steem so that if it does pan out and higher prices eventuate, I will be able to support myself and others without having to be reliant. I owe a lot of this position to the support and help from others here as well, and hopefully the content I put out and the impact it has made on various people and groups has been adequate for a trade.

This s something that many people don't recognize when it comes to the value of content, because no matter how "quality" a post may be, if no one is reading it there is not a great deal of value in it. Even more so, if no one is acting upon it there is not a great deal of value in it. It doesn't really matter what is said, if it doesn't change something, all it does is keep things the same.

Of course, no one (very few) are ever going to get traction from their first post, no matter how good their content is, so the offering has to be there consistently in order for consistent support to build. This has something to do with the hierarchies of voice I was talking about yesterday, where people need to build trust in order for information to really be considered well. Of course the caveat here is that people will trust what is said from anyone, as long as what is said supports how they already think.

I think I will finish this up here because as I have told before, don't drink and blockchain, and I have had a couple gin and tonics with a decent 50 proof.

what I will do however is leave you with a lovely quote that I heard today from @mattclarke:

Don't take criticism from somebody you wouldn't go to for advice.

When it comes to online interaction and advice, I am pretty sure that there are many "bottle blondes" out there, where the carpets definitely don't match the drapes.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]