It seems hard to believe, but we have already arrived at the month of March, which always serves as a reminder for me that spring is right around the corner.
It is still pretty wintry outside, of course, but I'm seeing tulips and daffodils sprouting in people's yards, and the forsythia in our own yard is starting to bloom.
We typically associate spring with new growth and rebirth, and I find it interesting that as I write these words the Cryptosphere looks like it is finding it's own signs of springtime life, and even our own Steem token is starting to move higher after a very long time in the doldrums.
That said, I have to confess that I feel a bit tired sometimes — seems like the last year or two has been a period of more downs than ups in my world, and sometimes that wears on my ability to stay cheerful and move forward.
Maybe that's only a natural part of being human…
I think what sometimes makes me tired is the process of setting goals that I would like to reach, and time after time seeing myself fall short, not necessarily because I didn't work hard enough or had a bad plan, but because some kind of external calamity came along and caused considerable setbacks.
But haven't we always had things like Covid and wars and crashing economies? I should stop feeling sorry for myself!
Whereas I have historically been pretty good at working my way through such setbacks, you do get to a point where you just are tired. And I reached that point sometime this winter — all I really wanted to do was just sit down and stare at the wall and stop running so hard.
When I get in a mood like that, I sadly find that I get somewhat cynical, and that probably makes me less than pleasant to be around!
This afternoon, I was watching a short video clip by some self-development guru, in which she spoke about the importance of "being on the right path." If you're on the right path, she insisted, things will just flow for you and work will feel easy and money will come whenever it is needed and there is no sensation of resistance. On the other hand, if you're on the wrong path it feels like everything in front of you is a block of some sort and you always feel resistance.
Of course, these are all nice ideas and concepts, but how applicable are they in the real life where the rubber meets the road?
Indeed, maybe I should just be following the "path of least resistance" towards whatever it is I want to do. But I wanted to ask this presenter who's paying her electric bill while she's off in "Lala-land" during the things she wants to do. Does that thought make me a "Debbie Downer?" Or does it merely make me a practicalist?
Lack of practicality seems to be true about an awful lot of good advice you get. You learn something, and it sounds like a true and marvelous idea, but functionally speaking it isn't actually possible… unless you happen to be a trust fund baby. I am definitely not a trust fund baby!
Anyway, looking back on the first two months of the year, they were definitely not particularly good. Stuff keeps breaking and has to be fixed, water pipes burst, car repairs arise, and there didn't seem to be any positive breaks that I can remember.
Looking forward over the next few months, I can but hope that the current Bitcoin rally — and the slight stirrings of life in the Altcoins — might actually mark the beginning of that every-four-year event we seem to have in this strange industry where there is a crypto bull market. The timing definitely seems about right for this to start now and lead to peaking somewhere in early 2025.
All I can do, is continue to try my best.
What I do know is that I want to focus more on marketing my artwork this spring, and hopefully start having a few more online sales. It has been very slim pickings so far. However, recently I was interviewed on a podcast that also turned out to be filmed for video and it's going to be turned into a TV program that will air sometime this summer.
OK, so that was a positive break!
What makes me excited about the TV program part is the fact that my mandala painted stones are a very visual project, and maybe TV is a better medium for generating awareness for them. Time will tell!
Meanwhile, I shall continue forward with the blog. This writing is an outlet to share my thoughts and inner "conversations" and perhaps even solve a problem or two… and has been invaluable, and so I will continue to add these words regardless of whether or not everything here on Steemit is working properly.
And with that, I am going to sign off for the night. I hope everybody has a great weekend and I appreciate you stopping by!
How about you? How has 2024 treated you, so far? Any particular things about the first two months that went well? Not so well? Do you think the current Bitcoin rally is the start of a crypto bull run? Leave a comment if you feel so inclined — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!
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