The Apology

Part of me feels like a broken record, and I apologize if you are sick of hearing so much about @oracle-d from me lately. Facts are facts though, and the fact is, Oracle-D has been a great boon for me lately.

If you don't believe me, just check out this post I made yesterday. I initially approached the tasks from Oracle-D as a way to fill the gap when I didn't have enough content for my personal blog posts. Little did I know that Oracle-D(OD) would become so much more to me than that. In fact, I have two personal stories that I am struggling to find a place to fit in due to the number of OD tasks I have to complete.

I could start posting more than once a day, but I am not sure that much of @bozz is a good thing for anyone! Just ask @mrsbozz!

In any event, the tasks from OD have become more and more a part of my blogs. The benefits are three-fold:

• I'm not going to lie, the rewards are great.
• It has improved my writing and helped me learn more about the many aspects of blockchain/cryptocurrency
• It has allowed me to introduce products/platforms to my followers that might be of benefit to them

The Idea

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As I mentioned yesterday, this post from @daan has been invaluable in helping me craft better posts for Oracle-D. Additionally, I kind of blew it off at first, but the Oracle D General Guidelines for content creators is really a must view, and I find myself referencing it quite frequently.

Like @daan, I find when I am approaching a task it helps to write down (that's right with a pen or pencil) the specific things that I need to include and touch upon for a task. In the past I just used a blank sheet of paper and had notes scribbled all over the place with no real organization. Yesterday I decided to take things one step further and I created this .pdf.

This document is meant to be printed off and hand written on to help task writers organize their thoughts. I also added references to key criteria from the linked video above. It is important for us to remember that these reviews are supposed to be of a highly professional quality. It isn't a race to see who can get finished first. Instead we should be taking our time and putting forth our very best in each post.

When a new task post comes out, I often see many people not adhering to the guidelines and simply submitting a comment or a post as quickly as they can. I encourage you to simply take a breath, slow down, and make sure you are following all of the rules and guidelines before you click that button.

Also please note, the current TradeIO Atom task has us posting our proof of work and tagging five users on a separate post. You will notice that at the bottom of my document I have a check box for "not tagging other steemians". While that applies to most other tasks on Oracle-D, it would not apply to this current task.

I am a long-time procrastinator, I always hated having to make an outline before writing a paper in school. I would much rather just let the thoughts flow freely and type them as spilled out of my brain. I also know that writing things down in pen or pencil isn't everyone's style. I have found in my older age it really helps me though.

The Free Stuff

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With that being said, I am offering a .pdf version of my outline/template free for anyone to use. If you choose to take advantage of it, I hope you find it to be a very useful tool.

Note: For some reason it seems to print better out of Firefox than Chrome (it's mostly just an overflow of lines in the notes/talking points box into the disclaimer area)

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