Faith in magic internet money
I haven't spoken much about my wife, Faith, here on steem; She maintains a no-social-media policy which I think is cool. She's a private person really, one who doesn't like drawing attention to herself, so she gets somewhat annoyed when I use a picture of her here. Still, I live life on the edge sometimes, and am so proud of her that I continue to do it...Shh, don't tell her.
She's also disinterested in crypto currency.
I talk about steem prices being up, bitcoin heading down and it doesn't mean anything to her. Magic internet money doesn't seem real to her. She's right of course...To some extent. I think it's something that many people feel...People tend to fear or scorn what they don't understand. It's human natures and somewhat understandable.
I don't have mountains of crypto; A tiny bit is probably the best way to describe my holdings.
I build it through content-creation on steem and occasionally, when finances permit, I buy a little (a very little) here and there along with the metals I stack. I have hope that these small amounts will reward me us in the future.
My wife won't see it as real money until it pays off our house mortgage or allows us to leave work and travel the world using it. She needs to see it transform into something tangible.
Don't make the mistake of thinking she's unimaginative though, she's not. She's just pragmatic. She has run our business for 28 years and has to deal with absolutes. Real life isn't a Harry Potter movie and until crypto starts to show something real in return it doesn't get her very excited. Still, she allows me to babble on about it, and she loves me enthusiasm.
I made a few trades on Bittrex recently and whilst the numbers are laughingly small they were positive. I may look back and grin knowingly about them as I spend the funds at some stage.
Faith and I were talking about it and for the first time I saw a spark in her eyes. Not at the figures or my positive trades per se, but about the fact that this whole thing could make a difference in life. She's still well and truely grounded about it, but by the conversation I could tell she's a little more open to the scenario of magic internet money turning into something real for us.
She often asks me, "when will you sell some?" I get it, that's the pragmatist in her saying, it's not real until its real. I guess I can't answer that though, other than to say I'll sell some when I can turn it into a real benefit in the real world. I don't want to be bitcoin-pizza-guy afterall.
I am not going to lie; I'm here for crypto currency, but that's only part of the story. I have no other social media outlet so love the writing and engagement and content-creating on steem has benefits from that angle, over and above the steem I earn. If it all turns to a pile of steaming poo the fun or enjoyment factor will at least have had some benefit.
The day I switched my focus on steem to finding greater reward from the writing, engaging, learning, teaching and simple pleasure of interacting with people like you was the day the pressure valve released and it became much more enjoyable. I'm lucky to have made that paradigm-shift early on. Sure, the crypto-aspect is there, but it's less important at the moment.
How about you? Do you find benefit here over and above the crypto/financial reward? Feel free to comment.
I hope to repay Faith for all of those hours I'm off on my computer writing posts for steem; I hope crypto currency does that for me. Will I be disappointed if it doesn't work out favourably? Sure I will, but I will have the non-crypto-reward I find here to fall back on and that's not at all bad.
Here's the thing...I rarely say I told you so. However I'm making this promise right now...I will say it to Faith, if and when, we are overseas in a beautiful location, enjoying a beverage and nice food whilst looking at an amazing view...Paid for by crypto earned on steem! I think she'd be ok with it under those circumstances and my faith in magic internet money will be vindicated.
Thanks for reading.
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