I have just been amazed at the increasing interest in and value of cryptocurrencies. It has been just unreal lately yet very difficult to tell where things are headed. I’m just feeling very fortunate to be involved with things at what feels like the right place and the right time.

It seems like a very large shift is happening in many ways and it is opening up a chance for lots more people to live comfortably. Bitcoins market dominance is lowering and many of the alt coins are gaining in value. I’m personally having a great time.

In case you don’t know what a nest egg is, it is the concept of making a good safe long term investment that pays you enough every month to make your life more comfortable. As long as you don’t spend the principle of this investment, the interest or other dividends can keep giving you a steady income. It also gives you some security so if anything does happen in your life unexpected expenses can be paid.

Steemit and other crypto’s are turning into my nest egg. My hope is that everyone can build such an egg for themselves. Small investments in time or money can really grow in a short period of time.

I am so thankful for all the support that I have had from so many people here. (I’m sorry if I did not answer all of your comments but I read and value them all.) If feels like a major milestone has been reached for me in the way that I can now post articles and expect to earn some return.

More and more very good content is being posted here and this is improving the system as a whole for all of us. I hope this continues to gain momentum in the future.

It is pretty exciting to be able to do all the variety of different things that I enjoy doing and feel like in some way my efforts are making a contribution.

Rainy day

It has been raining a lot lately. As I was walking along I spotted a bright red leaf. Dog-oh was cold and wet and kind of booking along back towards the house so I went right past it, getting pulled along by him.

I thought to myself that it looked so pretty reflecting the sky that I wanted to take a picture of it and use it for a texture in a 3D scene or at least post it on Steemit. So I turned around and went out of my way to get the picture. Steemit is certainly changing my life and making me more interested in doing things that others might enjoy.

Egg Animation

Here’s an animation that I made in Softimage a while back. It’s meant to show the passing of time and the egg slowly changing.

It reminds me of building a nest egg. As with anything you want to achieve, patience and time can be on your side.

These animations take me a long time to do. I may try to do something else with the leaf picture above to make another animation but I’m not sure.

I feel very fortunate in my life to be able to pick and choose what I want to do with my time. I’ve heard someone say that if you make your work into play you never have to work a day in your life. I hope everyone can build a nest egg for themselves. At a time of increasing automation and insecure employment opportunities I believe this is important.

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Thanks for reading! The picture was taken by me with my Galaxy S7.