Bees knees and emotional pleas

Everyone is ill again at home with a various mix and levels of complaint, life goes on regardless. We have become accustomed to continuing despite not feeling great or being tired and although not ideal, it also isn't the worst it could be. The current circumstances my family face are not common at the local level but at the global, probably much more so.

Personally, I have taken the position that no matter how I feel, if something needs to be done I do it. I often get the sense that many people have to feel liked doing something in order to get it done. I think this is a poor position because what we need to do to get to where we want to be required change and often the change required feels uncomfortable which means, people don't feel like doing it.

Acting on feelings alone is nonsense as feelings are very easily gamed and hacked by both internal and external sources without triggering a 'validity check' on whether the feelings are actually justified by evidence. But, many feel that the feeling itself is proof enough for justification of behaviour.

I see this a lot on Steem in various ways where actions are driven by feelings rather than evidence. Simple things like the drop of payout values makes people feel it is not worth posting at the time without realising that the Steem earned could be more. This is fine if you believe in Steem and figure you will buy in instead as it might be better ROI on your time invested but, of you believe in Steem and aren't going to buy in, posting and comments are what you likely need to do to be increase your potential.

I also see the quality of posts go down when price is low and again, of buying in that is fine but if looking long and not delivering quality, that is a poor position. Short timeframe sellers need not concern themselves too much though because, they are going to sell as soon as it hits their wallet anyway.

People don't feel like putting effort into their work unless they get paid for it. I find it incredible some of them compare themselves to artists but then, they might feel like artists without actually having the feedback to test their theory. In my opinion, an artist practices their craft the best they can regardless of feedback, especially monetary reward - But that is me. The starving artist stereotype is a stereotype for a reason.

For me, I understand enough about the platform to know how payouts actually work and since I am here to earn Steem not dollars, it doesn't really matter what the payout figure says as long as there is Steem paid in the background.

Because I am looking long on Steem with no clear plans for what that future will bring, earning Steem is a way to guage my progress and what I deliver. My goal is to earn through providing various types of content of value and while not every piece is valuable for every member, the overarching direction is to be valuable to the community as a whole. Through consistent of behaviour, that is achievable.

If I let my feelings (especially my health) direct my actions by only performing when I feel good enough to, I will never act. I rarely feel good physically or even mentally but, waiting for better feelings is not the solution as those may never come, especially if I feel this way because of a lack of various resources.

To me, feelings easily set up catch-22 situations where one feels poor because of a reason that requires uncomfortable changes to be made but, those changes won't be made because one feels poor. A merry-go-round of misery.

Suck it up and do what needs to be done. My mantra.

Taraz
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