Steem condenser

I don't know much about condenser for Steem but it is kind of how I feel I am posting at the moment as there is so little time between places I have to be that Steem life is condensed dramatically, even though I am working more than ever. Many long days to come and now travel starts too, first in Finland and then internationally. I still kind of find it funny how many complain about conditions at Steem, as if they are forced to endure slavery.

It is a type of slavery I guess if one has to be here with no other possible way to earn some income. Of course, the slavery isn't forced by Steem at all, it is forced by situations that are local and applicable to a particular individual, many of the factors self-inflicted.

For example, no one forced me to move to Finland where employment options are much more limited for me, no one forces me to stay here and, while I sit next to my sick child at 5 am, no one forced me to have a child with my wife at all. My circumstances are uniquely mine, and while I could certainly do with economic respite, I am not going to blame Steem for not providing it.

However, Steem offers opportunities to me that allows me access to various potentials that I wouldn't have without it and I would be remiss to not use what is available to me. On Steem I have a chance to use my skills and knowledge to both create for myself and earn Steem in numerous ways, something I see as valuable to me from an immediate activity standpoint as well as a future economic position.

I am lucky perhaps because I am easily entertained and more than happy to entertain myself rather than turn up expecting others to put on a show for me. I am also patient so don't care much about waits and delays but can still find other ways to entertain myself in the space provided anyway. Often it is like people complaining about airline food without recognising they are eating a meal 11 kilometres above the earth.

There is so much to do in this life I find it incredible that anyone can be bored with nothing of interest around or, unable to find something when what they had planned is inaccessible. Maybe it is a lack of creativity from continual consumerism and avoidance, maybe it is just laziness to think for themselves. Whatever it is, it ends up being that in order to have what one wants, it relies on the constant service of things outside of ones control by people and systems that have their own agenda or no agenda at all.

There aren't that many people on Steem but so many seem to require the immediate income from it that I wonder what circumstances they have got themselves into in the real world. Are they unemployable? There are obviously differences in local economies but what are the other locals doing to get by, what were the people doing before they were on Steem? As I see it, Steem is an opportunity on top of other earning activity, not a replacement for it. At least for most.

It doesn't really matter what I think though does it? We all have to live our own lives and if one expects Steem to provide for them, the consequences of that position are faced by them, not me, not Steemit Inc, not the witnesses, nor anyone else. Life choices lead us to where we currently are, life perspective provides how we feel about where we are.

While I can accept where I am now, it doesn't mean I have to stay where I am now so, I can attempt to work my way out of these conditions, make choices that have a chance to lead somewhere other. While many might not like my choices or think I have chosen poorly, they don't have to live my life, I do. And for me, a life of creative opportunity and potential improvement in economic condition is something worth developing and working toward. Steem gives me a space for the creative part, even if it doesn't provide immediate economy.

What I find the most interesting thing about Steem is that while I can often feel physically and mentally drained, I feel empowered creating on Steem. It is like a gym workout after a long day sitting in front of a screen. I think this is the difference in value in active creative outlets or passive consumptive activity.

But again, to each their own and this includes the decisions made that lead to the lives lived. While not much might be within our control, no one can learn a skill for us and if we are missing the skills we need to survive in our local environment while others have them, we have to look at the choices we made to get there.

Some blame parents, governments and society, others look in the mirror.

Taraz
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