SOAKING UP THE DAY
SOAKING UP THE DAY
FOLLOWING THE SUN
On an overcast day, movement in our house is nil. Snowball (one of three of the cats) follows the path of the sun throughout the day soaking up what energy she can. It is interesting watching 3 cats vying for the best rays from the sun.
Likewise, people seem to be energized by the abundance of sunshine. People living in areas with less sunshine often suffer from a higher incidence of depression. Maybe the cats have the right answers.
We don’t have TV programming. Consequently, we subscribe to Netflix and watch a variety of shows. We often watch crime shows and there is one common thread among investigators: “Follow the Money”.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Just as my 3 cats follow the sun on a daily basis to keep themselves energized, we as people find a level of energy in our businesses when we FOLLOW THE MONEY. As a business owner, you have advantages where you can create your own energy. As you grow your business, production is the summation of the energy you create.
In this World of CRYPTOCURRENCY, you as a business owner have the ability to be cryptocreative. Years ago, someone would be paid Royalties for the works they create and published in a book. Then the Internet provided free content. But is content ever free?
I use the word cryptocreative (someday this will be recognized as a word) as a connection between being creative and being compensated thru the crypto space. In other words, the creation of CRYPTOCURRENCY.
Although books are still written and authors are still paid for their work, there is a new compensation occurring on the Internet. People have been producing content for years and putting it out there for free. By some means, this content has value and more of the producers are being compensated for their work. There isn’t a publisher writing checks for much of this work.
The compensation is coming from each other (or peer to peer). Ten years ago, this was unheard of. I could compensate someone for something they produced by a simple vote. When they win votes or earn points, these can convert to a number of CRYPTOCURRENCIES. And this (a store of value) can be spent.
That is what I have been doing with compumatrix all these years....building up a store of value!
That truly is what we humans do, get a better source of income. Why we're here at compumatrix
Lovely image of Snowball. I like all the threads in your article Stephen. And your word 'cryptocreative.'
Yes, for years people have been conditioned to share their content on social media outlets without considering that it should be compensated in some way. Wonderful to see the shift occuring now with platforms such as Steem and Compumatrix. To me this indicates that the time and effort that goes into blogging and commenting, sharing images and videos is valued.
It's a funny thing, but many do not value what they do until they see that others show their appreciation of what they have done. Being rewarded for a post, even if it's only minimal can give our self-esteem a boost, so that in a very subtle way it will impact on whatever 'work' we do next.
I've also been observing another shift that's occuring with some of the creatives on Steemit. A shift towards using Creative Commons, whereby artists still retain copyright and work is actually registered as being freely available under 6 different categories. It works for both the creative as well as those who like to make use of their work, without changing the image/sound or in collaboration. 🦋
Our dog did the same thing, follow the sunshine, boy to I miss him.
The dogs follow each other howling at the moon