Has to be my charming personality @glenalbrethsen 😉.
Btw, nice running into you outside the writing contest by freedomexist. I remember both you and jorlauski from there. He is thinking of starting a similar contest himself. The good’ol days when writing was fun.
You know, I haven't even gone back to see how that writing contest was doing. I think I liked it better when freedomexists was leading out with the first part rather than letting someone else 'tell their story' first. First one in is always in the unenviable position of either coming up with a good idea or taking the first crack at his good idea, so either way, it's not always the best spot to be in.
Is that still going?
Are you saying the good ol' days of just a couple of months ago? :) Does that mean you're not having fun now?
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding. I know I've seen you all over the place, either leading davemccoy around or vice versa (it's been hard to tell sometimes), so I hope it's not burnout you're experiencing. That's never fun. Wouldn't blame you if it was, though.
You're still welcome to hang around, though. :)
I stopped when freedomexist starting having others tell their story. Not sure if it is still going. I have noticed he started powering down months back, so who knows. It was challenging enough trying to find time to be 'creative' so adding that curveball just made it more time-consuming for me.
Lol, yes, just a couple months ago. I remember having the 'free time' to explore my interests in the earlier days. It was boring without the interaction and friends, but it was definitely less time-consuming. I could stroll around steemit without having a gazillion messages in gina to get back to. After a days work in the real world, sometimes I only have the energy to respond to a couple people, and my night is over. I don't have much time to stroll around like I used to anymore. Finding balance on here is important, just like in the real world.
As for Dave, lol, he likes poking fun at all of us. The friendship on here is definitely my reason for staying.
Aside from a fairly big streak of independence (or loner mentality, take your pick), I've not joined in with communities (Asher's league the exception), in part because of the time commitment. When things that are supposed to be fun and rewarding feel like work, then in my case, it's time to dial back. So, there definitely is a time management issue for me, since I would much prefer spending my time posting, commenting and curating. Which is why the leagues are perfect.
I have Discord open for GINAbot, basically. People can talk to me there if they want, but I've really only used it to make conversations that really don't need to be on the blockchain private. Freedomexists was actually someone I talked to on Discord, along with steemchiller of steemworld fame, and arcange. That's pretty much it.
I meant to go back, to see if freedomexists was back to starting the story, but I haven't. It's fun, and I like to have the creativity flowing as much as possible. Maybe after I figure out how to streamline my time here and still be productive I'll try it again.
I guess in the end we all do what we must, and when it's too much, we find the way to get back into balance. There's plenty of more meaningful things to find off Steemit, so I wish you only the best in that regard.
Good ol' Dave. He gives so much, including the ribbing, I like to give back to him. Just the ribbing. :)