I'm glad to see you finish higher than you expected too. It just shows how much engagement and work and time you are putting in, even with time off. And that's done you some good, too, so win-win all around.
I'm still not sure how you and @lynncoyle1 and @leeart and others are able to make so many comments, but I'm going to try to get up closer to those numbers this week. You all set a very high standard to try to maintain just in the natural course of your being here and doing what you do.
If I had any small part in getting you into the top 4, I'm happy. You brought me up just as much, though, so maybe that's the way things are supposed to work. We help each other to bring up our engagement.
I know how you feel about the focus being on you when you're in the top 3. I don't know if I'm feeling it quite yet because I'm still new to this and not everyone knows me, but we'll see how this week goes at No. 1 and whether or not I can keep that spot.
Oh no. I didn't mean I felt the focus was on me when I was in the top three. I meant it just feeds into my competitive streak and suddenly winning becomes more important than how much I'm enjoying the process.
I catch it very quickly because, nowadays, I know that the process if all as far as I'm concerned. Fundamentally, I don't care how much I'm earning or what number I am but it is very, very easy for me to forget that and get triggered into competition or comparing myself with others.
That's an important part of my journey here both in the League and on Steemit. To see that faster and faster and to choose a different path.
My feeling of wanting to get back into the top three was very brief and passed quickly. That for me is a huge "win"!
I'm not saying I will never compete for the top spot but I don't want to feel compelled to do so. If it's fun that's fine. It's when it starts to feel important that it's a problem. 😁
Okay. Sorry that I misunderstood what you meant. Me reflecting my own thoughts, I guess.
You are right, and having a competitive streak is something I need to curb, too. It used to be a lot worse, but I see it rearing its ugly head in me now and then. Doing the best I can is important to me, but learning to accept my limits is necessary, too. When both happen, I think I'm in good shape.
This does need to be fun and fulfilling and not feel like a chore, so hopefully we can all find that balance.
Well for those of us that need to, I think the League is the perfect environment to learn how to find balance @glenalbrethsen. And just think how marvellous that will be when we take this into the rest of our life too!
Steemit works in mysterious ways! 😂
I guess I will have to shorten the time I'm on Steemit in order to carry anything I learn from it into the real world then. :) My wife hasn't been happy that she's competing for my time when she's not had that much herself. So, there's more balance to be had all over my world. :)
It's good you recognise that @glenalbrethsen. As long as you're aware you can work your way to balance. So many of us are having to learn that here. Even the great @abh12345! 😁