This is not my scheduled post.But since I had been writing for quite awhile now, I just want everyone to know how my experience with HF21 felt to me these past few weeks.

Starting point

If you guys are not aware yet, I did not invest anything in this community apart from what I earned which is automatically converted to SP. Call me skeptical but at the time that I was starting up, I made a challenge to myself to grow my steemit account without externally investing aka converting my fiat money into steem. I believed then though most people will look at me this way

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Yes. My faith in our community may somewhat seem illogical. First and foremost, cryptocurrency until the first bitcoin Bull run of 2017 was relegated as a "scam." In fact, even today, when I say I am writing in a cryptocurrency based community, the first thing that gets out of their mouths and minds is this

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But my stand on this is: most people are resistive to change because it makes them uncomfortable. No one had done this before. Why not try?

I confess that my earlier journey had not been easy mainly because I am a non existent entity then. I still am but compared then, I've got friends now. My resource credit allows me to only post every 3-4 days then. Even when I wanted to engage with my early readers, I need to wait for awhile to do that.

It may really sound that I did not get over those few months but, I wanted everyone especially those who are starting in our community that you guys are not alone. I personally experienced and, I think a lot of people experienced being at the lowest part of the food chain and it sucks. But, as you write/ create, people will get to know you and eventually, you'd earn. I started earning by having SP delegated to me and persevering in creating content.

Hard Fork

As you all know, whenever there are major changes in our community, everyone gets to have a say. Some would extremely be against it and some, would be swinging on the other side. I tried to sit on the fence because I believe that being an extremist is a bad thing. Besides, though its hard to say that I refused to accept the changes, I too have to admit that we need to change and improve in some ways.

I do not know if its just me getting a higher SP but, I feel so encouraged to curate these days. I feel motivated because, I am not just heard from the comments I make but also, I get a higher share on the rewards pool.

Another "fear" that I had a few months ago was that, as a content creator, the upvoters will have a 50/50 cut on everything and, I find that very discouraging. Mainly because when I put my mind into it, I do research everything that I write. In fact, I put a lot of work especially when I am posting some of my craft creations. Figurines this big would take me between 10- 20 minutes (minus the baking time for this guy)

to create. I need to "condition" the clay, conceptualize what I wanted to make, sometimes, I need to mix in 2 or more clay colors (especially when I am working with polymer clay) to arrive at a desired shade. Did I mention that I need to make armtures (aka "wires" that acts as "bones" inside each of them?) And from my experience, its harder for me to make tiny ones than bigger pieces.

Its harder to make this guy though. Since its an "airdry" clay, its pliable period, aka the time I need to decide what I wanted to do with it is usually limited since it starts "curing" the moment its exposed to air. Call it bitching but, I am trying to let everyone know what it takes to make these.

I intentionally chose figurines which has little to no detail just to make a point that its not easy making content. I know that I am not alone out there. I have seen folks post videos, jewelry, needle works, food- being made and anything else in between.

As of now, I cannot find anything wrong with the HF21. I have not heard from the folks who are against the HF21 and, either I am just too slow to grasp up their grievances or, they finally accepted that there are more pros than cons. I don't know really. I get to speculate that they are "re charging" their batteries for next year's hard fork?

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I have been reading a lot of proposals lately and, I have tried a few applications on the side. They are all good actually and, the people behind it are very accommodating enough to answer my trivial questions.

All I could say right now is

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FULL STEEM AHEAD!