The Deadpost Initiative - Week 40 - Share your most undervalued work ($17 STEEM rewards last week)
What is the Deadpost Intitiative?
The Deadpost Initiative is an attempt to give love to some posts that were overlooked during their short 7 day life span, a chance to bring your old posts back to life and maybe make some friends in the process. The goal is not only to share some love with SBD but also by engagement to generate discussion.
Last week
The posts were great as usually but engagement fell short of recent weeks at the initiative. I hope this week will have much more engagement. Keep at it guys.
Last Week's Winners
@fjmb86 - $4 Steem prize
@fjmb86 does it again with a post about how to better communicate, using words to create positive relationships
Be part of the solution
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@apple96 - $4 Steem prize
Intro to a great Scotish post rock album. I saw Mogwai over 15 years ago, glad they are still around. Great review by @apple96.
"Young Team" by Mogwai - Post Rock from Scotland
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@getencored - $3 Steem prize
@getencored introduces us to a AIDS preventative medication. I haven't heard of it but was not surprised that the pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage.
GET PrEP!
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@paradigm42 - $3 Steem prize
@paradigm42 introduces us to some helpful steemit tools and initiatives, many of which I use myself. Great post!
Handy and Helpful Steemit Initiatives
@phoenixwren - $3 Steem prize
@phoenixwren teaches us how to be masters of using coupons to save money. I'm not in the states but maybe I can pass this on to some family members.
Couponing 101 For Normal People
Week 40
(From pexels)
Share your best Deadpost in the comments!
The best posts will be rewarded with the fluid payout from this post (split between winners) and will be featured in a future post.
Rules
•Please only submit 1 post.
•Posts must have a payout of less than $5.
•Posts must be at least one month old.
•I recommend you don't enter the same post twice in the same month if you didn't win the first time.
•Vote for 1-3 post by others. Please share WHY you liked their posts. If you don't vote for someone else's post by commenting you will not be eligible to win.
•Winners will be chosen based on how original, creative, informative and well written their posts are, as well as how well received they are in the comments. I will use the quality of comments as the main factor in judging who wins.
•There will be a slight bias towards smaller accounts but large accounts are welcome to join and compete or join just for fun and to share their old work.
•There may also be prizes for stellar comments and engagement.
•There will be 2 or more winners depending on how big the payout for this post is and depending on how many quality posts are entered into the contest.
Please upvote generously on your favorite post in the comments below, we'd like to generate a sense much support as possible for all participants and the prize pool is still growing.
Upvote and resteem to help us raise our reward pool! And remember to comment and upvote on comments in this post please to show support for deadposts! :-)
The prize pool will be the fluid rewards from the post plus any donation to the initiative.
Thanks to @krnel for his delegation and @tribesteemup for their trail support.
This is not merely a contest, this is an opportunity to have your material read and an opportunity for us to really discuss each other's posts.
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https://steemit.com/philosophy/@artisticscreech/sometimes-you-don-t-need-to-change-and-learning-to-embrace-yourself
I think I will enter again.
I wrote this post about avoiding things that offer to make our lives better by changing us and accepting the self a few months ago but It did not do very well. I think it is pretty good though and I hope that you all agree.
This was excellent! I love this. I’ve been thinking and writing about this same thing – and I think you expressed it better than I ever could.
With your permission I’d like to include this in an email periodical I produce for my readers (off-Steem). This is the kind of content that will bring readers to this platform!!!! 😊🙏🏽☯️
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Thank you.
Yeah that would be okay if you want to use it.
"If you donate money to me, you will be a 'good person', people really believe that? Learning to accept ourselves and our flaws definitely is what brings about growth. When we keep trying to change ourselves to be "perfect" just to experience growth or be successful it becomes counterproductive.And besides, life's imperfections is what makes it exciting.
Haha yeah there are more than you might think. I always think of those grifter preachers that get people to think their level of "goodness" is directly tied to how much money that they are willing to donate.
Heheheh! Its really sad that people do believe that...
Wow... there is so much I could say about this. Thank you so much for opening this door. I agree completely that the first step is to accept yourself, but after that, you can change if you want to. I mean, just because we are born a certain way does not mean we have to stay that way. I often ask myself "who I want to be", then look for tools to transform the parts of myself that are blocking the path. Over the years, I have used many, many tools, and the truth is, I am more ME now than I have ever been. Thanks to those tools, I have created a growth path that had to pass through acceptance in order to reach a new level. Not sure if that makes any sense. :)
I actually just read an article earlier this week about how all this focus on "self help" and "self optimization" can make us less happy: https://www.gq.com/story/why-self-help-makes-you-less-happy
Your post goes along with that. If we're never satisfied with ourselves, and always striving, how can we ever be content? Yes, as you say, if you really want to improve an area of your life and make a goal and stuff, great! But the norm in society pretty much is "never be content with yourself or your life," and we wonder why we are so unsatisfied.
good stuff and so very true really liked this part
Well written post about ourselves. We are ourselves is treasure but we are trying to find ourselves in else's treasure. Teachers, books and society is taking the advantage on ourselves by giving what we do not need. If we are able to see what we have, then all problems will be solved. The adoption of acceptance has almost ended with modern education. Now we do not question anymore but accept answers without doubt and experience.
I forgot to come by and do the needful last week, sort of got carried away... But I will be sure to check back later on this week! Congrats to you guys!... Here is my entry for this week; https://steemit.com/life/@audreybits/for-when-you-feel-defeated-83dca429faf8dest
I like this point: "Failing doesn't define you as a failure." I think a lot of people have trouble seeing that sometimes. It it hurts but it is not a lasting feeling.
Yeah, that truth can be quite hard to see with all of those overwhelming feelings but realizing that will definitely motivate us to rise from that defeat and move on!
I liked this. Good old fashioned common sense!
I’m glad I read this, as today I had moments of feeling a bit blurrgh, considering some of my recent stuff-ups, worried that I’m not good enough...
But there is a difference between failing, and being a failure. My ‘failings’ are lessons, ones that I’ve learned from.
Thanks for some amazing insight!
😊🙏🏽☯️
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I am so glad you found my post helpful.. That feeling of "not being enough" can do a whole lot of harm to us. And yeah, failings are there for us to learn from..
My pleasure!
Great points! I would also add, "learn from what you can, let go of the rest." All failures provide lessons, but if we don't learn them, we will keep repeating them over and over. And at the same time, some failures are not due to any mistakes, they are just incompatibilities. It is no use going through all the what ifs around the incompatibilities, the best you can do is learn how to recognize them in advance so that next time you don't get into the same situation!
Learning definitely can't be taken out of it! Once we let ourselves learn from these situations, we begin to truly experience growth and as you said, its gonna help us recognize such situations next time...
Aho!!
I forgot to come by last week as well, enjoyed your post. I think we all feel this ebb and flow of life, and perhaps I felt last week a lil bit of that defeat that you wrote about.
but now am back out of my shell and ready to laugh under the sun and dancing in the moonlight.
I am glad you are finally out and ready to finally dance and laugh through life!!
=D
In the Hindi scriptures, it is written that "Victory and defeat is part of life". I mean if we accept our defeat in mind, then we lose. And we do not need any competitor to lose, but our disappointment is enough. The man's nature has been invasive since the beginning, under which he has to win and when he loses, he does not acknowledge that defeat and falls into the deep well of despair. By the way you have written a good post.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Its all about mindset, really. When we start accepting the defeat, then, we start losing for real...
Agree with your point. And nowdays this mindset is totally missing.
Another week and another entry for me:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@acesontop/the-upside-down-perspective-of-steemit
Although this week my post didn't get to the prize list I hope this one will. Congrats for your initiative and the ones supporting it and to all that are participating and of course winning your contests. Definitely a great initiative.
Absolutely! Most of the newbies are getting these misconceptions. You explained so well about it. We can follow these instructions that you provided in your blog.
If you found my view useful feel free to put it to the test.
I think it's important to talk about these misconceptions. Because we all had them when we first started, but there are not enough people that are putting up an effort to tell us we're wrong. It's important to get those false ideas out of the way as soon as possible, so people won't get disappointed and leave before they even got started.
I am rid off this types of false ideas and conceptions for months. One should post whatever likes and feels like. That's why when you enter your blog you actually enter the "my blog" section and that's your world. Everybody is unique and has something to offer so why follow others recipes fro success.
I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, there is a lot of peer pressure here on SteemIt...
All the so called “rule” people this around here get annoying. They are helpful guidelines, but more people should focus on just having fun.
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Exactly. And be themselves. That's the best recipe for success in my opinion. Who can be you better than yourself.
I love this initiative! There are so many great posts that get overlooked. Excited to see what people have proposed this week. Here is my submission! https://steempeak.com/music/@yvesoler/secret-to-my-success
The key is definitely to follow your passions and staying in that environment even if what you need to do there is really small. It would seem like the lowest point of one's life but that's how one can grow to the top- appreciating those little beginnings.
Agreed! While it may have seemed like I was at the bottom, I learned so much and had so much fun doing those little jobs in the environment. It was also very humbling to see all the work that goes into putting something big together. I am so happy that I did it, as it gave me an appreciation for the people that has stayed with me.
I liked your post. In this age of instant gratification many people forget about the good old fashioned value of working your way up from the bottom.
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So true!!
Great post that has a lot of truth in it. If you do something you're passionate about, you are motivated. And motivation is the key to success
Thank you! I completely agree!
Making these posts are a lot of work and 4 months ago they were usually rewarded enough to justify all the work. Now? Hmmmm....no, not really. But I keep on posting, just less often now. So here is another Armadilloman "How I Did That" photo blog.
https://steemit.com/art/@armadilloman/exotic-eye-patches-by-armadilloman-a-how-i-did-that-photo-blog-celebrating-the-creation-of-eyepatch-no-150
These are really cool eye patches. I am glad that these are available to those in need.
Okay, here is my entry for this week. Thanks for this awesome contest!! :)
https://steemit.com/sexism/@phoenixwren/sexism-hurts-everybody
I live in a somewhat conservative state where gender roles are still clinched unto, although many are becoming more woke. Being a product of such a society I still have my bias, might not be the extreme form of sexism but the very subtle part of it that may go unnoticed. I still won't let my little sisters do certain things I consider manly; I still stereotype some behaviors.
I think we cannot totally eradicate such behaviors in a short while but it is an ongoing cleansing of old norms which will take time but I'm glad this types of conversations are ongoing and reshaping our ideologies.
Nice post
Thanks. It's good that you can see it and recognize it when it happens! That's the first step, really.
Congrats to all the winners! :) This is a great initiative and I look forward to participating again. Here is my entry for this week.
https://steemit.com/macrophotography/@paradigm42/a-smattering-of-macrophotography-part-iii-tiny-flowers
Nice. Stuff starts to look pretty trippy when you get close enough to it lol.
I am nominating this post by @gearup
https://steemit.com/positivechallenge/@gearup/positive-vibes-daily-challenge-love-saturday-loving-yourself
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I second this nomination! :) Sometimes we all need a reminder to love ourselves.
Here's a piece on the Father of Bangladeshi Surfing. I really enjoyed sharing Jafar Alam's journey, especially his work introducing surfing to at-risk local youth.
https://steemit.com/travelfeed/@eoj/cox-s-bazar-surf-report-and-the-father-of-bangladeshi-surfing
That was a pretty inspiring story
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what a great idea! here is my entry, from my camping trip to western australia with my husband @eoj and our toddler <3
https://steemit.com/travelfeed/@suitcasemama/western-australia-adventure-part-ii
This was one of my favorite trips! :)
mine too!! <3 <3 <3
It is definitely the most undervalued post of this great trilogy!
You had an amazing trip there and your pictures are really good :)
It would be nice to be there some day but it is soooo far away from Greece!
thanks so much @fotostef and youre right, it seems so far away from everywhere!! <3