I was just browsing through my blog and my previous posts just to walk down memory lane a bit.
I have to admit I have done my fair share of shit posts also.
With the sudden rise of SBD I felt like I have to publish a post everyday otherwise I would miss out too much.
I remember a while back there was a post which did really well $ wise and I kind of was thinking "that is too much".
Dont get me wrong I like money as much as the next person, maybe even more but it felt weird to earn this much for a picture I just took with my phone.
My most successful post made around 100$ (this was when Steem was around 1$ so it was a bigger deal back then) and was one of my Wim Hof diary posts.
I enjoyed writing the diary and I always used pictures of Wim Hof himself and some Whale gave me a generous upvote for one of these posts.
I like to think it was my persistent but it could also be possible he thought I did the picture or just dumb luck.
I know there are new Steemians who want to achieve what I have achieved here so far but I am also looking up and wish I had the success of xx or yy.
Lets assume Steem will hit 100$ at one point, the reward pool will be huge in $ terms and the most successful ones will be making thousands of dollars per post would you be happy with a couple of hundreds?
It would also be interesting to see what kind of life we would life then, would we be a bunch of champagne zipping do-nothing-people sitting in our bathtubs full of caviar or would we thrive more and change the world for the better?
Maybe even both at the same time?
It is very important question I must say and worth giving it a thought because down the line somewhere in life you have to determine your limits and you feel like stopping now and taking some rest but what would be that point? I don't think anyone would be able to completely right answer to this question at the moment as we haven't reached there but yeah that is for sure somewhere in your mind you will have to make a plan do more than just sitting in front of your desk and earing thousand bucks out of one post.
It is really scary scanerio. I don't know how I would make myself productive and beneficial for society.
What would you do?
I joined steemit just five days ago and now I am really impressed by you so just followed you to not miss out the interesting content coming from your side in future.
@suf1an
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I am planning to support some local charity work for now. I would really like to build a school at some point in my life but I have learn a bit more about how one can be doing this and it is not a top priority atm more a someday project.
I honestly cant say what I would do I hope I would do more good than bad as I can be really lazy but I think I would get bored at some point ( I hope so for my sake :-)
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SBD price will stabilize soon, as more SBD are now rewarded. But with Steem price going up, still its encouraging to write. However, I don't think, happiness depends on how much you earn :)
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I think so, too nor should it. Well, to a dgree it probably does as your happiness will suffer if you would not earn enough to pay for your basic needs (food shelter etc)
Yeah SBD seems to fall back which was expected but I still loved the high SBD prices :-)
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Satisfaction is like the sky limit
the more you go higher to touch it, the more it goes further
but, ultimatley u will have progressed alot and acheived a height from the ground
Being satisfied lead you to no more progress
dont be satisfied, keep moving the target higher
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I think that is a good way to look at it.
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this is actually what I have learnt in my real life, when I compared people who are ambitious and who are satisfied, the ambitious are always risk taking, but they gain alot in life
Life is not only about being in safe side, it about acheiving
Cheers
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well said
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I think it's always hard to feel satisfied- I guess we are programmed so we will never feel satisfied for longer than just a while. However, I think through practice we can still learn to feel happy with what we got by comparing with those that have less and not more and still be thankful for that which we do have.
Concerning the matter if Steem goes to 100 i think i Will reverse it and bath in champagne and eat Caviar
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that is something what I have learned from meditation to be thankful what you have and not always focus what you dont have. that of course doesnt mean we should not have dreams or ambitons.
Comparing in general is a good way to destroy ones happiness.
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It definitely is. The even have something called the Facebook Syndrome which is caused by people thinking everyone's else life is so glamourus only to later find out it was all a fasad and in reality your life was even better than theirs
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I have heard about this, too. It especially comes up with people wit a lot of "friends"
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Hahah touché
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wow du stellst hier wieder interessante fragen auf. eigentlich muss ich sagen bin ich ganz zufrieden wie mein steemit kanal läuft. davon leben könnte ich ewig noch nicht, aber es macht spaß und das was ich damit verdiene investier ich in andere kryptos oder steem. ich denke um so ein richtig großer whale zu werden fehlt es mir an so einigem, wäre aber schön damit irgendwann etwas mehr zu verdienen.
ich denke du kannst ganz glücklich sein mit dem wie du da steht momentan.
hey immer wenns dir wieder schlecht geht damit, schau auf mein wallet!! vielleicht hilft´s! 😂
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Ich muss sagen mich würde es irgendwo schon reizen von Steemit zu leben aber ich weiss auch nciht ob ich steem und crypto dafür genug vertraue, falls das Sinn macht.
Mit den momentanen Preisen würde das auch gehen aber mal sehen was die Zukunft bringt.
Ein richtig grosser Wal...puh ka bringt halt auch Verantwortung mit sich.
Versteh mich nicht falsch ich bin ziemlich froh wie sich das alles für mich entwickelt hat, das meiste Steem ist allerdings gekauft nicht verdient, aber das Gefühl da geht noch mehr ist halt noch da. Als ich im durchschnitt 10$ am Tag gemacht habe, habe ich davon geträumt wie es wäre 50$ am Tag zu verdiene jetzt halt 100$.
Gierig oder ehrgeizig?
Mal sehen...mir fehlt auch noch etwas die Fähigkeit etwas besser zu editieren und zu schreiben aber das kann man sich ja auch aneignen. Es muss einem halt wichtig genug sein.
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ja klar ist der reiz groß und machbar ist es ja auch, zumindest mit den momentanen Preisen. ja zu 100% vertrauen kann ich Krypto natürlich noch nicht, aber zumindest in mein portfolio wächst mein vertrauen täglich und ich denke auch das Krypto nicht mehr weg zu denken ist und definitiv die Zukunft beeinflussen wird.
natürlich seh ich auch die Kanäle von euch anderen und wünsch mir ich würde genau so viel machen, aber ich weiß das alle dafür hart was getan haben weswegen ich auf keinen fall Neid empfinde. es ist schon witzig mit anzuschauen, man fängt mit paar cent an, irgendwann ist es 1 dollar pro post, dann hört man auf das verdiente in bots zu stecken und plötzlich sind es 5-10 dollar pro post.
denke du wirst keine Probleme haben bald zwischen 50-100 zu machen.
nennen wir es Ehrgeiz!! wir haben uns aus dem system mehr oder weniger verabschiedet und müssen jetzt natürlich selbst schauen wie wir es schaukeln.
das einzige was mich manchmal wirklich ärgert sind Leute die ihre hohe reputation hier ausnutzen und mit 50 mal das selbe Bild posten hier hunderte dollar machen, da könnte ich 🤮
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Ja ich kann mich noch erinnern als ich mich gefreut habe 50 cent für einen Post gemacht zu haben. (hatte damals noch nciht so viel investiert)
Ich hoffe auch, dass Steemit irgendwann solche Leute Schranken vorweisen wird.
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und das ist bestimmt noch gar nicht so lange her oder? also ich glaub an steemit, mal davon abgesehen langweilt mich facebook und irgendwo muss man ja freunde haben, im echten Leben hab ich keine mehr! spaß 😉
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Ne, Juni, Juli würde ich schätzen.
Jaja das echte Leben ;-)
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Realmente pienso igual. Todos los días público algo buscando generar ingresos y pienso en que sino lleva tanto trabajo no generará ingresos suficientes. No se si sea cuestión de suerte jaja pero bueno toca seguir descubriendo como hacerlo bien. Keep going the good work...
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Ah man, that's a toughie.
I read once somewhere that a person who makes 65k dollars a year as a single person (in an affordable place) has hit the point where he can cover bills and still have some extras, and that earning more than that doesn't necessarily make someone more happy.
I think it is human nature to want to always do better. I think it is built into our DNA. That is how we survive as a species. We get smarter, we think better, we make things easier so that our bodies have to do less and that our brains can grow bigger. It is all a natural part of evolution.
I think where we go wrong is associating this success purely with money. I'm not sure if 65k is the proper cut-off or a million dollars is, but I do believe that after a certain amount, money is no longer what most people strive for. (Though there are exceptions of rich people that just have to keep on earning because they are literally addicted to money, but I think they are the exception, not the norm.)
I suppose if people aren't used to earning a lot, and then they all of a sudden earned a lot (like lotto winners) they wouldn't quite know what to do with it, and instead of acting reasonable with their money and making it last, they would blow it all and rise up to a higher standard of living, at which point what they now made wouldn't be enough, so they would need more. I think that is the true reality.
As I said though, I think even money has its limits. Once you have everything you have ever wanted, then you start to desire things you can't really buy (even if money helps you get what you want.)
For me personally, I am just as guilty. All I ever wanted ever was a husband. Then I wanted a car. Then I wanted a house. Then I wanted kids. Now I want a mini van, and a bigger house, and a retirement and vacations, and the list goes on and on. I am ashamed to admit that I don't know when I would ever be satisfied. (But I have always adamently saved even though we don't earn much, so there may be a point where my craving could be satiated, but I doubt I will ever know because I will probably always be poor haha.) On the off chance that I ever make anything from Steemit, I will come back and let you know how I fared after the exposure to any kind of real money.
Sorry this was so long winded, it's just such an interesting topic. It really tickled my fancy!
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I have read this also and it makes sense as you pointed out one can take care off everthing and has enough money for leisure.
I also think we are way to focused about money as it is often the missing factor to fullfillng our dreams ( which might not be even true) once we obtained what we got we get bored with it rather quickly and looking at something new as the grass seems greener over there.
That doesnt mean we are not greatful but probably not greatful enough.
For one it might be the new car for the next one it needs to be a privat jet but we will always have monetary dreams.
No need to aplogize I enjoyed your comment a lot
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Hey flip Mann! Schön, dass du hier noch aktiv bist 🙂 hast deine Linie geändert wie ich sehe. Wim Hoff Challenge ist vorbei? Wo treibst du dich gerade herum? Hoffe das Leben meint es gut mit dir! Herzensgruß
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He!!
Ja immer noch relativ aktiv hier, mal mehr mal weniger.
Ja ich schreibe atm etwas ohne Plan was mir so in den Kopf kommt, will aber auch wieder ein Tagebuch einführen denke ich.
Ich bin immer noch in Thailand mir gefällt es hier einfach zu gut um weiter zuziehen.
Das Leben meint es im Moment ganz gut mit mir.
Hoffe bei dir ist auch alles gut?
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you made a excellent post. Same I feel. I am posting 2-3 times a day. but than I had enough. Even wehen ist runs good, I am saying to myself: Hey thats enough for today. I have my income for today, this it. More I dint need. But some out there, they didnt think like that. ich muss leider eine Zwangspause beim voten einlegen, daher die nächsten Tage werde ich mit 1% voten, damit ich wenigstens etwas gebe, aber mit meinen 13% SP Kraft helfe ich niemanden wirklich. Danach gehts wieder weiter, mit Vollgas ;-)
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Kenn ich nur zu gut :-)
I dont know your personal aim for your day or your personal finacial situation but especially if you depend a bit on the money earned here I would aim for a bit more to get a buffer when the prices are low or you loose support or something.
But actually I am not sure myself :-) I have days I like to post up to 3 times and then I dont post for a couple of days neither visiting Steemit.com.
One probably has to find the own balance.
When are you heading for India btw?
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Idk, I feel like I would be happy to make $10 a post no matter how big the reward pool!
I always try and imagine how Steemit is able to greatly impact the lives of those in less developed counties and I get the feels!
I think when Steem hits $100 it will be less about how much we are making, and more about how we early adopters can use our platform to make a positive impact :)
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