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RE: Building Your Presence on Steemit is Like Growing a Garden! Details inside...
hey thanks for the mention! :)
i totally agree with this:
Yesterday, I spent a good bit of time working in our back yard, and it occurred to me that "growing" your presence on Steemit — and truly getting the most you can from the experience — is very much like growing a garden.
of course love the garden analogy... with intention and care we can have a clear focus of manifesting our dreaming here. also, as far as growing our garden here and metaphorically "creating better soil" for ourselves and others, there's the thought that the token (like a seed) will theoretically only grow in value and the garden will truly only give "better fruit" each year as we allow it to mature! truly a great analogy :)
And in a sense, it's almost like a community garden in that we're not only tending our own gardens; but in tending the "common areas" and helping our neighbors, we also — ultimately — end up creating a benefit to ourselves.
That's one of my favorite things about Steemit... there's a sort of "self-serving altruism" subtext here. When I do good for others, it does me good. And it's not just "a wish;" it's a reality written into the base code.
i really like the way you think! relating it to a community garden is so spot on! and love the fact that "self-serving altruism" is written into the base code. this is such a radically hopeful model, makes me very happy to be a part of this larger ecosystem with so much potential to change lives and transform culture and economics! here for the long haul :)