Changes in Behavioral Patterns, Dressing Procedures, and Language of Youth in the Modernization Era
Along with the development of the times, which we know technology is getting more sophisticated, but not only increasingly sophisticated technology, but changes in the socio-cultural field are also increasing, especially in this era of modernization which also influences socio-cultural changes for the community. As well as changes in behavior patterns, dress code, and language.
Socio-cultural changes are changes that occur in the midst of community life, which include cultural changes in it, which are related to changes in norm values, behavior, or attitudes, dress customs, language styles from traditional to modern.
Modernization can also be interpreted as a change in a more advanced direction. In this era of modernization, many teenagers are affected, one of which is changes in behavior patterns or attitudes. We look at the procedures for interacting or communicating in the community, for example having critical, open, logical, and rational thinking.
Another example is the more egalitarian method of communication between the younger generation and their parents.
Changes in dress code also greatly affect society, especially among teenagers who are always updated about fashion. In contrast to the previous era, many people often use traditional clothes or traditional clothes from their native areas, such as wearing a kebaya at weddings or commemorating ceremonies, or commemorating special days.
So that we can know that in this era of modernization, it has an effect on changes in the way people dress.
Moreover, among teenagers, most of the dressing procedures follow the trend that is currently viral, even following the fashion style of the celebrity celebrities, such as those who used to only use tops combined with skirts, now they can be combined with culottes, jeans, and hijabs which are increasingly diverse. models, materials, and motifs.
This is evidence that the era of modernization has brought about changes in the dress code, but it is okay for teenagers to dress according to trends while they are still polite, and do not lead to negative things.
Not only changes in behavior patterns and dress procedures, the style of language among teenagers has also undergone changes in this modernization era, where in the past only mastered their respective regional languages.
Of course, in this modernization era, it has brought changes which are not only mastering the local language, but also being able to speak foreign languages, such as English. It is not even sporadic that teenagers use slang, which is where they speak mixed languages.
Changes in behavior patterns, dress styles, and language are a form of socio-cultural change caused by modernization. Modernization itself is caused by the drive to increase work efficiency and increase production.
Modernization is very influential in everyday life with all the increasingly sophisticated and advanced technology. However, modernization can make it easier for us to complete our work more efficiently. And it becomes a form of positive impact of modernization itself.
But talking about the positive consequences of modernization, of course, on the other hand, modernization has a negative influence on the culture of the community, including the emergence of doubts about the existing customs and values of society. This can lead to contradictions between members of the community.
The occurrence of cultural gaps, for example the development of communication technology through the use of the internet. If the community cannot use it properly and correctly, it can cause potential problems, such as when we use social media, we must be wise in its use so that it does not cause unwanted things and also does not harm ourselves as well as others.
Modern War and Civil Society
When Pandora opened the box, all kinds of disease, war and chaos burst out of the box. There is only one thing left, namely hope. Another myth is the story of Prometheus who stole fire from the gods and brought violence and destruction upon the earth. In fact, the fire should be able to bring love and warmth. Myth is not always synonymous with superstition. Both of these myths have passed through various ages and still reveal the truth in actual conditions, especially war.
The horrors and crimes of war have increased tremendously due to the increase in high-tech weapons. In World War I, of the 10 million people killed, 5% were civilians. Meanwhile, in World War II, 50 million people were killed, 48% were civilians. In the Korean War, of the 9 million people killed, 84% were civilians. Therefore, it can be said that "modern" wars are targeting the military less and more and more against civilians. We are still waiting for the exact number of civilian casualties in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In particular, World War I (1914-1918) marked a new era of modern warfare. For the first time civilian settlements were subjected to aerial bombardment, the deployment of concentration camps and the use of civilian personnel to support war infrastructure.
Civil society is in the midst of four major power sectors, namely nationalistic ideology, state-funded military, global media and international institutions. Each sector builds the identity of civil society in relation to the military. The ambiguous situation of civil society puts them in a lethal situation when dealing with armed conflict. They can become targets of dehumanization by the military, either because of armed contact or due to the loss of access to life support facilities (electricity, water, education, and others).
I don't know why someone has to die to keep others alive. The story of Cain and Abel appearing in the early part of the Book of Genesis may provide the answer. Cain killed Abel, but he survived because of his brother's blood. Likewise, a Christian is saved by what he rejects, namely the Cross. The more a person rejects war within himself, he begins to project that war outside himself. Will we continue to be trapped in despair? May the dear reader be able to find where that hope is.
Achieving Gender Equality in the Modern Era
Gender equality is a balance of rights obtained by all genders without exception. Achieving gender equality is a societal goal. In today's modern times, discussions related to gender equality are often a hot topic in the world of social education. Efforts to achieve gender equality can be carried out in the following ways:
**Ending discrimination against women and girls**
Discrimination often causes women to be targeted as victims, many cases of discrimination and imbalance are experienced by women, usually due to patriarchal views, namely men are felt to have more position than women.
**Eliminate all forms of violence against women**
both public and private Violence against women is a complex problem that continues to this day. Men who can't control their emotions often make women the object of their outlet, usually people who are close to them will have more opportunities to commit violence against women in the personal sphere.
**Against child marriage**
Marriage at an immature age will be vulnerable to discrimination and violence against women, the couple has not been able to control their emotions and maturity so that when there is a problem it will be resolved in the wrong way.
**Improving public services that are more pro-women**
Public services that are pro to women will reduce the level of harassment and violence against women, public services must provide a sense of security for women.
**Strict regulations and sanctions for perpetrators of violence against women**
Many perpetrators of violence against women do not get a deterrent effect, they still repeat the same mistakes. With the existence of strict regulations and prohibitions as well as severe penalties, it is hoped that perpetrators of crimes against women think twice before doing so and reduce the number of crimes against women.
The above is an effort to uphold gender equality and protect women's rights. In this modern era, these efforts are starting to be implemented. It is hoped that with these efforts, gender equality can reach a point of balance in society.
Digital Age and Business Risk
Digital Age and Business Risk; Jeremy Rifkin argues in The New Zero Marginal Cost Society that the organization of capitalism around large centralized corporations enjoying significant economies of scale is soon swept away by the digital age. Indeed, the digital revolution is promoting new ways to organize the economy based on division and decentralization.
Jeremy Rifkin (born January 26, 1945) is an American economic and social theorist, author, public speaker, political adviser, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 21 books on the impact of changes in science and technology on the economy, workforce, society and the environment.
His most recent books include The Green New Deal (2019), The Zero Marginal Cost Society (2014), The Third Industrial Revolution (2011), The Empathic Civilization (2010), The European Dream (2004).
In the summary of The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin, three questions; [a] why the more effective methods of production are not as good as you might think;[b] why capitalism is its own worst enemy; and, [c] how the internet will help transform energy markets around the world.
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
No. 1 Jeremy Rifkin's Key Idea
When new technology replaces the human workforce, companies may find themselves in trouble. Ever since the automation process began, people have been asking themselves: Will there ever come a time when machines do all our work for us? That's an interesting thought, for sure. And in our capitalist system, companies have indeed adopted technological innovations to cut costs and increase productivity. But as this trend continues, we must ask: How will workforce automation affect our society? Is there such a thing as too much automation?
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
Key Idea 2 Jeremy Rifkin
Capitalism sows the seeds of its own destruction. There's an old joke about doctors: if they're too good at their jobs, there won't be enough sick people to keep them working. The same can be said of capitalism: if it performs too well, its success may mean its demise. Capitalism creates its own doomsday scenario by making certain assumptions about the economy. The first assumption is that, in a free market, supply and demand will balance each other. In other words, if the demand for a particular good falls, the supplier will lower the price of that good.
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
Key Idea 3 Jeremy Rifkin
The universal trend toward disorder limits the capitalist concept of growth. Concentrated energy is present in all objects in the universe, from a piano to a tree to resources such as a piece of coal or a cup of water. But it does not want to stay in one place. According to the second law of thermodynamics, energy has a tendency to disappear -- that is, to become unavailable. That's why objects disintegrate over time. For example, harnessing the power of a river as it flows through turbines placed in dams. Eventually, however, the water level will be the same on both sides of the dam, and there will be no energy to harness. Economic activities utilize energy from natural resources to create goods. However, once used, this energy is not available for other uses.
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
Key Idea 4 Jeremy Rifkin
The emerging economy made possible by the internet is one of democratized access. The internet has brought us more than just Facebook and Lolcats. This is the cradle of an entirely new kind of economy. In a new technology-powered economy, control is more even, and people are no longer limited as consumers. Under capitalism, a few big players control the lion's share of society's assets. Historically, the costs of producing and distributing anything, from books or records to utilities like electricity, were too high for the average person. As a result, companies have a big say in what books and records will be published, how energy is generated, and so on.
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
Key Idea 5 Jeremy Rifkin
The green energy market, powered by the internet, will revolutionize energy conservation. When new technologies are introduced to society, economic power sometimes falls into the hands of one industry and falls into the hands of another. When the green energy sector emerges, most of the energy market will go to consumers instead of monolithic power companies.
Zero Marginal Cost Society
Key Idea 6 Jeremy Rifkin
If companies are willing to work together, the internet provides the tools to streamline logistics operations. Every day companies around the world are innovating to bring new, highly complex and revolutionary products to market. But when it comes to getting the product from point A to B, there's still huge room for improvement.
"The death of the capitalist era inspires with mixed feelings. While looking forward to the emergence of collaborative together with hope, and believing they offer the best vector for healing the planet and promoting a sustainable economy of abundance" (*The New Society of Zero Marginal Cost*). Jeremy Rifkin predicts collaborative collaboration will win after an intense struggle against capitalist monopoly.
Conditions With Flash Disks and Diskettes in this Digital Age
For teachers, office workers and employees who are close to administrative work, correspondence and document files, flash disks and diskettes of the past are familiar with their names. What now. In a modern office where work can be taken home and all matters can be checked via digital tools, laptops, internet, links are available to make it easier to view documents without having to be in the office, do you still need these items?
Of course, there are still many who use flash disks for now, but I doubt whether anyone still uses floppy disks. Most teachers, employees, office people will store data that does not have a large memory on diskettes. The point is to take it to another place that is more practical than bringing a bothersome CPU or laptop. Flash disks and diskettes are susceptible to viruses, so when they attack flash disks and diskettes, they must be scanned first, cleaned the memory so that the virus does not damage and shuffle the data.
The larger the floppy disk, the longer the diskette is left behind, replaced by a smaller device, namely a flash disk. The day the memory storage is getting higher but the shape is getting smaller. Since the emergence of the Covid-19 virus, the use of flash disks has decreased. When the office started implementing WFH (Work From Home) and rarely worked in the office (WFO: Work From Office) flash disk technology was decreasing. In the past, installing a flash disk was a little bit when there was training with copying materials, since the pandemic, technological acceleration has allowed all data to be stored on Google Drive, which can store as much data as possible. The data allows anyone with an interest to open it if a link is opened so that each administrative job can be stored in a different folder. The folder can be given a name and can be checked at any time and is easily searchable by clicking search.
Modern offices, teachers, schools are starting to implement file storage via link tree, Google side, Moodle, Google forms. For office, they can pay some money for links like google, link tree to store big data for all employees. All confidential data and important data are stored, there are personal data that can only be accessed by certain people, of course from the admin section, or data that can be opened by adding people via an open link where everyone, especially all the data in the email name- the name entered. Some are private, some are considered all members are editors, or owners.
Members who have registered an email can send administrative data, pictures, photos that will be stored in a special folder, so the use of flash disks is almost rarely used anymore. The sophistication of data storage has made floppy disks and flash disks disappear in the market. The use of paper is starting to be rarely used, because all correspondence, signatures and sending information have gone through electronic machines. Seminar invitations, meeting invitations do not have to be in paper letters but can be sent via email, WhatsApp, telegram. Sophisticated isn't it. Then is there no downside to storing data via the drive and link tree apart from the positive side?
Before discussing the negative side, here are the positive facts of using cloud servers on drives.
Easy Sync
One of the advantages of Google Drive is that it is easy to sync. Only by logging in to a Google account, users who own Google accounts can enjoy Google Drive facilities, such as G form, G Meet, Google Side, Jamboard, etc.
Large Memory Amount
The amount of memory in Google Drive is large enough so that it can send data with large memory, especially if you subscribe and become a premium member you can store data of more than 15 Giga Bite to how many tera, depending on the premium price and office or personal needs.
Can save files with many formats
The advantage of storage on Google Drive is that it can save files in many formats, both documents, photos, videos, sounds and even coding files. Of course, thanks to file storage in many formats, it allows a lot of data to be stored in one device.
Website Hosting
Another advantage can be used as Website hosting. Types of cloud computing in the world are usually subject to tariffs, but on google drive we can use it for free. This can help developers to host the coding results, isn't it amazing.
Easy File Sharing
Another plus side is that it makes sharing files easy.
By sending a link we can invite selected people or only certain people can view and edit our files.
Can Backup Data
In addition to sharing the Google Drive link, you can also back up data. Data from smartphones can be stored on Google Drive without having to be stored in the smartphone's internal memory which makes it heavy.
If you store data on a flash disk or diskette, security is not guaranteed, because if you get a virus, the data may be deleted or formatted, if you get a virus, the data will be damaged and unreadable. It is very profitable to store data on Google Drive because its security is quite guaranteed.
Disadvantages of Google Drive
Dependence on the Internet
But in addition to the shortcomings, there are several disadvantages of storage on Google Drive, the main thing is that if you want to view data, you must have a strong internet network, apart from depending on the internet, backing up data on your PC is not optimal. For now, backing up when off line is only for photo and video files, while backing up data and similar files cannot be done.
Progress allows life to be more practical, but dependence on the internet is getting higher, if the internet network is problematic then there are many obstacles related to data storage and effective efforts to work. So for today's work the internet plays an important role in moving the work processes of companies or offices of educational institutions.
However, technology has advantages and disadvantages. I took this information from several sources. In the past, floppy disks and flash disks were very familiar, but as technology advances, various tools are increasingly marginalized, flash disks and diskettes can be stored as historical items that can be told to posterity about the process and the introduction of historically recorded technological stages. Whether tomorrow, let alone technological breakthroughs that will have an impact on today's tools that will be degraded in the future.
Communication in the Digital Age
In my opinion, the Digital Era is the same as globalization, which means the process of international integration that occurs due to the exchange of world views, products, cultural aspects, thoughts and others, which are mostly caused by the advancement of the internet, transportation, and telecommunication infrastructure. Now in the Digital Age, many people can communicate with each other closely with friends, relatives, or relatives even though they are far apart.
In this Digital Age, we are also guided to live a life of communication with the right communication ethics. The communication ethic has basic values such as abstract concepts that make the rules very important in human life, for the sake of the system in life.
In addition to the existence of ethics in communicating in human life, there is also the application of communication norms, which means rules or guidelines that regulate actions that can be done and should not be done. These norms relate to wrong or right in communicating and the existence of formal and informal actions.
In this case, it can be an example of how we speak lies. This can violate ethics and is not in accordance with applicable values and norms, in a formal context we will be subject to legal sanctions but almost everyone is used to speaking lies in everyday life and will be subject to social sanctions in the form of no longer being trusted by others if we speak lie. Other examples of us speaking rudely, not being respectful when walking in front of our parents, gossiping, using words that are inappropriate to hear and many other examples of ethical violations in everyday life.
In addition to examples of bad violations, there are also good violations in human life such as speaking politely to people, being polite and respectful when spoken to by other people, bowing when crossing other people, especially people who are older than us, wearing appropriate clothes.
From the example above, we can conclude that ethics, values, and norms are products of culture and society, so their application varies from one culture to another and from one society to another. The sanctions given for violating also vary. So it is very possible for an act to be said to be ethical in culture A and unethical in culture B.
So communication ethics can be said to be verbal if it emphasizes the use of words and sentences that are appropriate or ethical, honest, well structured, such as speaking or speaking. While communication ethics is said to be non-verbal if it emphasizes the way or technique or style of communication factors such as cultural factors that are very influential.
Behind this communication ethic, there is also a cyber culture that is very influential in the digital era. Cyberculture or internet culture is currently very helpful for internet users in terms of communicating without having to do face-to-face meetings, because now there are many social applications that make it easier for users to communicate with other people. Examples of the applications used are Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook. However, not all communication made through the internet has a positive side but there are some negative things caused by internet culture.
Therefore, the relationship between humans is not limited. With the internet, humans can communicate remotely quickly. Therefore, at this time humans cannot be separated from cyber culture and will continue to be dependent on the internet in the future.
From the explanation of cyber culture, we can understand what is meant by humans being able to communicate even at long distances. Now, long-distance communication can be called social interaction. Social interactions that initially had to be face-to-face now don't have to be face-to-face.
Human interaction is now slowly being replaced by human interaction with gadgets. Whenever and wherever people always depend on their gadgets. People prefer to find friends on social media rather than getting acquainted with friends on a public vehicle. More people are engrossed in their gadgets than interacting with the social environment around them. The development of gadgets today has overcome the real reality and become a new trend for society. So as time goes on and modern times, social interaction decreases.
Electronic Money is a Necessity in Modern Times
The development of the era was followed by the development of the transaction payment system, namely the existence of Electronic Money. What's that? Is it true that transactions are faster, easier and safer?
What is Electronic Money?
The era is growing, so is the growing economic system. From the system of exchanging goods or bartering first, where if we need other goods, we have to exchange them with our possessions. Until the development of a money system that makes it easier to barter because of the value of money that represents it.
Now, as money develops, the money system that was originally in its current form with the existence of electronic money is made simpler. Why is it simple? Because with electronic money, we don't need to carry a lot of money with just a card, so we can shop for our needs.
What is Electronic Money? In short, Electronic Money is Money in Electronic form in this case namely Cards. So the card is used as a place to accommodate a nominal amount of money. The card can be used for economic transaction activities such as buying and selling, paying tolls and so on, the contents or the amount of money can be refilled like a cellphone which when the credit runs out, it can be refilled to be used again.
An ATM or Debit Card is actually a form of Electronic Money that quite a lot of people have, but sometimes some people use a Debit Card just to make it easier to take money, namely via ATM. Whereas with the card we can use it to pay for the goods we buy.
Credit Cards are an example of the application of Electronic Money too, but the difference is if the money in the Debit Card is already in our savings, if the Credit Card the money is paid monthly after we make the transaction. This also makes it easier for us in transactions too, with 1 card we can do many things without carrying a lot of money.
Electronic Money Prepaid Cards are the current trend, the system is almost the same as Debit Cards. However, this Prepaid Card does not require the owner to have an account number like a Debit Card. We simply buy this card at the merchant or issuing bank, then we already have it. To use it, of course, we need to fill in the value of money on the card, if it runs out it can be refilled like credit.
There are 2 types of this card, which are unregistered and registered, if the registered card owner's data is stored on the bank server, while the unregistered data is not stored on the server. The maximum value of money is also different in these 2 types of cards, if the registered one can be 5 million while the unregistered only 1 million. The choice of course is left to all of us on this type of card.
Accounts on cellphones/mobile phones are also a type of electronic money. The development of mobile phones is so large that banking has also developed types of accounts that can be registered with mobile phones without having to have a savings book and the usual ones. Finding the money is also easier with the help of the existing cellphone, of course.
The form of Electronic Money may develop again along with the times. This is because of the necessity of an era that requires a system that continues to develop, including the payment system.
Advantages of Electronic Money
Has 3 advantages or advantages, namely: Fast, Easy and Safe. It is said to be Fast because Electronic Money provides a fast process in transactions. We don't need to bother counting money in advance to be paid in the transaction, by just showing the card our transaction can be paid.
The Reasons Why We Must Adapt In The Age Of Digitization and Develop Our Potential
In this era of digitalization, many changes have occurred, one of which is the difference in how to make money.
The shift in the culture of making money also begins to be felt when a certificate is no longer a determinant of whether a person can be accepted to work or not.
Many companies like apple and others open vacancies according to ability no longer a piece of university paper.
Now the most important thing is the portfolio, about what we have done, and what we can do with a job.
Digital transformation leads everyone to be able to adapt to the conditions of the times and start continuously upgrading their abilities.
Not without reason, according to data from a book entitled "Selling Change" by Robert E. Smith on page 14, stating that in the next few years 40 percent of workers in the United States are freelancers.
This situation is certainly triggered by digital transformation which opens up as many opportunities as possible for a company to recruit workers from wherever they come from and only use per project.
The existence of experienced freelancers certainly benefits the company rather than having to formally recruit workers and have to pay for insurance and the like.
This preparation can be done by honing skills in the field that they really enjoy.
Becoming an expert is mandatory nowadays, because only then will you be able to adapt to the times and compete globally.
By improving your abilities and becoming an expert in your field, working from home with internet capital can also make money or dollar coffers.
Perhaps the question that arises now is how to make dollars with internet capital and what skills must be possessed to do that.
Nowadays, there are many choices of skills that can be mastered and learned for free and are self-taught like learning through the YouTube channel.
After that, start doing research on what jobs global companies are looking for, you can research on Fiver or other platforms.
Jobs that are in high demand today are usually related to digitization, such as SEO experts, Digital Marketing, Content Creator and other types.
However, it is also possible that public works are needed and sought after, such as house design, budget calculation, voice acting and the like.
What I mean is that we just need to become an expert, master a skill and keep learning while opening up our services to the global market.
There are so many global markets that are looking for a freelancer today, which means that with internet capital we can make dollars as long as we have the ability.
In addition to formal work in general, nowadays we can make money by becoming content creators on YouTube or similar platforms.
For those of you who like to write, there are lots of online job vacancies that you can do from home and make money with internet capital
Of course it takes consistency to be able to produce and may be quite tiring.
Seeing Interest in Reading Print Newspapers Amid the Convergence of Print Newspapers to Online Media
The development of technology towards digital is currently increasingly rapid, it can be seen from the many new discoveries about technology. In today's digital era, society in general has adopted a new lifestyle which cannot be separated from a tool called electronics.
Burhan Bungin said that the existence of the internet that developed recently not only made technology capable of transmitting various information, but was able to create a new world in the reality of human life, namely a materialistic reality created in cyberspace.
Seeing the current phenomenon, today's newspapers are rarely read, where newspapers have begun to be abandoned due to the development of information technology. The old media finally began to be abandoned, especially print media such as newspapers and magazines. To be able to continue to compete as a source of mass information, the print media also innovates through convergence.
Media that has converged not only affects the development of technology, but also affects the magnitude of political economy interests in the application of convergence. This poses a serious problem considering that media and technology have now become basic needs of modern society.
Looking at the trend of newspaper readers above, the secret of why newspaper circulation in this decade is stagnant and tends to decline sharply. The pattern of media consumption is a reason other than economic factors. However, when viewed from the circulation of print media, the decline in the circulation of print media is not reflected.
Seeing the current phenomenon, the convergence of print media to online media has brought many changes. There are several reasons in the author's analysis why in the next few years print media will lose interest in reading:
The current generation are people who want information quickly and instantly. If you need anything, just go to the internet, what we are looking for is already answered. Information in online media is easier to get quickly anywhere and anytime. Even people will pay dearly just to get one piece of information.
Many people think paper will have an impact on the environment. With such an assumption people will glorify the goal to care more about nature.
The current generation of readers is not content to just read the sentences in the newspaper. Online media is more interesting, apart from having interesting photos or pictures, sometimes online media also includes information conveyed through video.
The rapid development of digital newspapers. Newspaper readers in meeting their need for information use newspapers in digital form which can be accessed more easily by the public through the internet by using various electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, computers and the like. Because what people are looking for and want is more fulfilled by digital media itself or newspapers in this digital form. With just a few clicks, what people are looking for will immediately appear and information that reaches all corners of the world and is not limited.
As explained above, it is possible that there are still many people who want to read newspapers or print media, although today's newspaper enthusiasts can be said to be few. But perhaps in our minds, why do people still read newspapers? although almost anything can be found in online media. To answer this, the writer makes observations and collects various references on why people still enjoy reading newspapers:
Reading newspapers can be saved and read as many times as desired. Newspapers can of course be saved and can be read back at different times if you want to read them. We can even use the newspaper as a reference that one day we can re-read for both academic and non-academic purposes.
The language used is standard and polite, in other words it must be in accordance with the Enhanced Spelling (EYD). In addition, the language used is also easy for readers to understand (easy reading). The newspaper reviews clearly, clearly and coherently in 1 time and is complete.
The printed newspaper is much more satisfying than accessing the digital version. Newspapers can quench the thirst of their readers to get a deeper understanding. Even television and online media do not often provide this advantage. "Print content is certainly much more complete and the presentation is complete, multi-angle".
Newspapers also have a depth of information that is difficult to find in other mass media and is managed professionally. The information provided by the newspaper can always be taken into account because its production goes through the process of news projection, finding and writing news, budgeting meetings, news delivery, editing, layout and design, page inspection, sending pages to printing, newspaper printing, newspaper preparation and distribution to readers.
The activities or efforts we do while reading and turning the pages of the newspaper will become a special memory in our minds and will become a kind of marker and make it easier for us to remember the various things we get in reading.
More 'friendly' eyes, too much exposure to blue light from gadgets or cellphones to the eyes every day. But by reading the newspaper, we can read entertainment or science from the newspaper and take a break from the blue light.
It's Time for Digital Channels And Abandoning Analog
The switch from analog broadcasting to digital was originally initiated at the International Telecommunication Agreement event in Geneva in 2006 which agreed to set a time limit in 2015 as the time limit for turning off analog broadcasting for Europe and its surroundings. Even for countries that are not ready to be given leeway until 2020.
Switching from analog to digital offers efficient channel use thanks to data compression, multilevel modulation and multiplexing techniques so that the picture and sound quality are crystal clear.
Consideration of socio-economic aspects and even geographic location is a debate in the application of digital broadcasting, so that people can still use digital channels before analog TV is permanently turned off, the government plans to distribute free set top box devices to residents to be able to enjoy digital tv broadcasts.
There are certain conditions to get the device, including being classified as underprivileged or registered in the integrated social welfare data, or the requirement to get a set-top box can be obtained by downloading the application on Playstore from an Android smartphone device. Set boxes are also available in electronic stores both offline and online.
Generally, urban consumers prefer to spend their own money to get additional devices in order to get good broadcast reception quality.
Notification from the government on April 30, 2022 as a grace period will be carried out gradually and then permanently turned off.
This policy seems to have been anticipated by internet service providers or provider companies which will then aggressively penetrate the market for consumers among residents who live in urban areas.
Fiber optic network infrastructure was built and installed to remote areas of neighboring neighborhoods as well as promotion of network installation discounts to get clearer television broadcasts and various other interesting entertainment packages.
Consumers prefer the convenience of subscribing to a service provider rather than buying a set top box device. Television broadcasts from various local and foreign areas can be enjoyed according to taste and can also be used for browsing children's learning by turning on the wifi.
The Meaning of Emoticons in Different Generations
In the baby boomers generation or those born in the 1940 to 1960, it is no stranger to correspondence as a means or medium of communication. In this case, communication is carried out with limited space and time. The sender of the letter and the recipient of the letter are in a location that cannot possibly be close together. The length of time a letter is received can be days to weeks, depending on the distance between the sender and the recipient. Another thing that makes it complicated is that letters written on paper have to be put in envelopes, then stamped in order to send them through the POS office.
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was the first person to send messages electronically, instead of printed mail. However, at that time the term e-Mail (electronic mail) was still unknown and messages were still being sent between one computer network or LAN (Local Area Network). It was only in the 1990 that e-Mail began to become global along with the discovery of the internet. The influence of the internet can make e-mail as an alternative medium in sending messages that are not bound by time.
Technology is growing when SMS (Short Messaging Services) was introduced in the same decade as the rise of e-Mail users on the internet. This is clearly a major advance in information and communication technology.
At that time people tended to use SMS to send short text messages, and use e-Mail when sending longer and more formal text messages. In contrast to e-Mail which requires an internet connection or data network, SMS actually requires a cellular operator network with sufficient credit to be able to send text messages.
Not only that, technological developments are also getting faster. The millennial generation really feels the impact of this technological development, especially when several instant messenger applications (instant messages) appeared on the smartphone platform in the era of 2000.
The emergence of this instant messenger is able to shift the existence of SMS as a short message sending application. Apart from being able to send media files such as images, audio, and video, instant messengers are more desirable because they provide emoticons as an expression of text language. Even if you pay attention to the applications installed on today's smartphones, you can find more than one instant messenger application such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Line, and many others.
The millennial generation uses instant messengers to communicate and exchange information using the latest language and vocabulary. Unlike the baby boomers, who are a little slow to adapt to technology. The baby boomers are not only required to be able to use instant messenger applications, but also have to understand trends or language styles in communicating in the millennial era where the use of the emoticon feature in the instant messenger application can represent the expression of a word or sentence in a text message.
Things about understanding in interpreting the meaning of emoticons in instant messengers can be seen in the communication that exists within a family. Within the family there must be two or more different generations. Just take for example our parents are the baby boomers generation and we are the millennial generation. In conditions like this, it is possible to misrespond to the meaning of emoticons sent by parents in text messages on instant messengers.
For example, a picture emoticon with a circle around the head () was interpreted by my parents as an expression of dizziness. But in my opinion, the emoticon is more accurately interpreted as an expression of gratitude, worship, or hope. Another example is a picture emoticon with water droplets on the nose () which my parents interpreted as an expression of having the flu. But in my opinion the emoticon is more accurately interpreted as an expression of sleeping, tired, or indifferent.
Miscommunication (error receiving information) can occur due to simple things such as the use of emoticons in text messages in instant messenger applications. In information behavior, the baby boomers generation not only has to adapt to technology, but also has to adapt to contemporary communication styles, one of which is by placing emoticons in the correct expression. But right or wrong the placement of emoticons can be judged from the perspective of each person.
When we choose to use an emoticon in an expression in a text message, we can interpret the meaning of the emoticon in passing by understanding the meaning of the image. However, in each perspective the meaning of the image can be different, such as the example of communication between children and parents described above.
Also imagine if a child communicates through an instant messenger application with generations whose intervals are even further apart like his grandparents. It is possible that the understanding of the meaning of the emoticon will be different, although not very significantly.
Actually there is nothing wrong with the way people interpret the meaning of emoticons. Emoticons themselves are not mandatory in a text conversation. Emoticons are used only to give expressions to emphasize the meaning of a message. But it's good if you interpret emoticons must refer to the global meaning, not the perspective itself. Even if we search the internet, we can find the meaning of every emoticon that exists.
This is so that later we can avoid miscommunication across generations, such as conversations in the family. As millennials, you should actively assist parents in the use of technology, for example in the use of emoticons in instant messenger applications.
Tapes in the Digital Age
In today's era, accessing music can be done easily with just a handful of smartphones.
Several digital platforms such as Spotify, JOOX, Deezer, and YouTube have made it easier for us to access our favorite music without having to go to record stores. In fact, nowadays it is rare to find cassette and CD shops operating on the roadside.
In the 1970 until the early 2000, cassettes were the only popular entertainment medium at that time. If you are a generation born in the 1990, you must be familiar with cassettes.
At that time, record stores were scattered everywhere and became prey for the younger generation who wanted to listen to the new album from their favorite musician.
If you don't have the money to buy a cassette, then borrowing a friend's cassette is the way out. But nowadays, cassettes have become a rarity.
Even so, some online stores still sell cassette tapes from musicians who released their works in the era of still successful cassette tapes such as Sheila on 7, Samsons, Peterpan, Nidji, Westlife, and others, but at a slightly expensive price, not to mention with shipping costs if the cassette is sold in a city far from where we live. Then the shipping cost will be more expensive.
Two days ago, I visited the traditional market. In the market, there are several used goods for sale.
At that place, I saw that there were still people selling cassette tapes with prices ranging from US$0.10 to US$0.30.
At that time, I was selling a Sheila on 7 cassette that I bought at an online store in 2019. There, I also searched for cassettes, maybe there were cassettes from my favorite band, The Beatles.
But my goodness, when I got there it wasn't there at all. In the end what I bought were Eric Clapton and ABBA cassettes. The Eric Clapton cassette is for US$0.10 while the ABBA tape is for US$0.30.
So, at that time I was able to hunt for cheap cassettes and finally I got the Westlife album Coast to Coast cassette which was released in 2000 at a price of US$0.30.
Currently, cassettes are not only entertainment but have become valuable collectibles. Cassettes can also be used as story material for the current generation or as material for nostalgia for those born during the era of tapes being popular.
When the market is on fire
According to the Corona class trader, the market is in an annoying position, if at the end of 2020 they rarely saw market fires, now the market is starting to look tense.
When in fact the market is never wrong, our success in investing is often not judged by how many percent of capital gains we manage to collect in a certain period, but how long we stay in the market.
Like the Moto gp circuit, the winner is not born from the fastest bike, but from the raider who is the best at setting the rhythm and adjusting the tires, I think the market is the same as racing, the market is a long-term race, fast at the beginning will mean nothing if in the end we just scattered behind.
Because just as a racer sees the finish line, not the first lap, so an investor will see the future, not next week.
Because actually a corrected market is actually not a threat, but an opportunity.
Actually the market is very simple, in its most basic form, investors just need to wait for the price to rise, there is no short option, no leverage, no staking, no options, losses and gains in the market are just an example, it has not been realized until we decide to sell it.
When the price goes up we profit, when the price goes down we are still profitable, because we can buy coins at a cheaper price, the only thing that makes no profit is if the company goes bankrupt.
So the first rule in investing is, don't buy bad companies, don't buy fried foods, the next rule, set our steps with good money management.
The mindset must always be first, use only money that is allocated to invest, not food money, not to eat, and never use margin, let alone money from debt.
Second, set goals and long-term targets for the investments made, if your goal is only money, that's too naive, we need more concrete goals so that investments have a finish line.
Some of the most common include:
Pension fund, to buy a house or other physical asset.
Children's education costs
Open a new business
Vacation around the world
Inheritance
goal-based investment, it will be easier for us to identify a need, so that we can make an optimal allocation of fund storage to achieve the desired target.
In addition, we will be more motivated to achieve our goals because we can measure the progress of our investment, and most importantly, we can see the timeframe so that we can remain calm, patient, work as usual and panic free, which are all ingredients of every champion.
A successful investor, it is not those who get big profits, but those who succeed in achieving the desired target, reaching the finish line.
Dunning kruger effect
The Dunning Kruger effect is a psychological phenomenon in which a person feels he has high ability or knowledge, even though it is not in accordance with reality.
A person with this condition also thinks that other people are wrong and stupid, people with the Dunning kruger effect will talk at length about a topic and state that they are right while other people's opinions are wrong, even though other people are not interested in the topic being discussed, but people with Dunning's kruger effect will continue to speak and ignore his ignorance.
This effect was first described by two social psychologists, namely David Dunning and Justin Kruger.
One of the biggest causes of the Dunning Kruger effect is usually the ego, because nowadays someone will be judged valuable if they have intelligence, of course everyone wants to have that ability, for example knowing many things up to date, knowing political issues and also others, will but sometimes their expectations are too high for him and ignore his weaknesses.
Moreover, today's society's way of life is led by secular capitalists, so if people with the Dunning Kruger effect speak, and they don't really have a field of knowledge in that regard, but look cool, then they will continue to talk, and don't think about whether what they say is right or wrong, and elements of lies or not.
So in other words the Dunning kruger effect phenomenon is one of the social cases due to capitalist secularism, a life system that separates religion from life, and is only oriented to material or mere prestige.
It can also be said that secular capitalists have given birth to many human seeds with the Dunning Kruger effect.
Pygmalion effect, the power of belief.
Pymalion effect is a psychological phenomenon where high expectations and positive expectations will lead to increased performance, our positive expectations of others will affect that person, will become more motivated, feel empowered and feel more confident.
And then that attitude will have an impact on that person's achievement, which in the end our hopes and expectations for that person really come true.
This Pygmalion effect is then scientifically proven, in real life we may encounter incidents like this, for example, we are a leader, and we have two staff, let's call them Roger and Zack, they are two people who are comparable to each other similar skills and abilities.
But we as leaders treat them differently, Roger is always given the trust to handle a job, while Zack is treated normally, if there is an ordinary job then Zack is asked to do the job, because the leadership attitude makes Roger feel more reliable, feel more motivated and felt he had to work harder, and finally Roger really achieved the target desired by the leader, but on the contrary with Zack because he was treated ordinary, Zack felt like an ordinary person, and felt his abilities were only average, Zack was then demotivated to do things that the best he could actually do was.
The opposite of this Pygmalion effect is the Gollem effect.
Where the low trust and expectations given to someone will affect the person's low performance.
From this case we can take many lessons, we can apply the Pygmalion effect in various ways, in a business, even in a family, from this we can also learn how strong a belief or belief, our trust or belief in other people is will greatly affect that person, the impact can also be positive or negative.
Understanding emotions and feelings
In life we often experience a conflict, whether it's with a partner, co-worker, or conflict with ourselves.
And this conflict occurs because of our inability to manage emotions, it could be because we really can't control our emotions, which in the end after we vent it all, we feel regret, and realize why we have to do all that.
I think this is a fairly natural problem, because everyone must have experienced something like this.
A problem of managing emotions and it's good that we can further increase emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to accurately recognize the emotions of ourselves and others, so emotionally intelligent people can know what they are feeling and why they can feel it, besides that there are also characteristics of emotionally intelligent people.
They can respond appropriately to emotional reactions from themselves and others, so not only do we know the emotions of ourselves and others accurately, but our reactions are also good at dealing with emotions that occur.
The importance of an Emotional intelligence in us is that with Emotional intelligence we can make the right decisions, if we have high Emotional intelligence, we will be able to think about the ins and outs of our feelings and those of others, and will also better understand all things related to feeling.
Emotionally intelligent people are also aware and because they are conscious they recognize their inner emotions, and can also control their responses appropriately.
they will not get angry easily.
not easily baper.
they will be smarter in making some decisions.
Ways to increase emotional intelligence.
know first with what emotions are being felt.
accept all emotions that are felt.
reflection.
take appropriate action.
empathize.
It's never too late as long as we want to try, improve ourselves in managing emotions and take every decision correctly and confidently.
Overcoming laziness
Often when we are about to start a job or when we want to achieve a goal, it feels like it is lazy and hard to start, maybe we have promised ourselves to start today, but after thinking it might be possible to do it tomorrow, and already until tomorrow we decided to start the day after tomorrow, until in the end the work did not start at all.
I think there are many people who feel that way, myself included, not infrequently we all often postpone procrastinating work that is actually important for our lives, or usually we also start a job within the grace period, when in fact this behavior is not good for us continue and in the end make the work not optimal.
There are various reasons, one of which is laziness.
There are several ways to overcome laziness and procrastination habits.
Train from childhood to have certain principles.
For example, by repeating various kinds of positive small routines every day, and this routine will eventually become a culture and will continue to be used until they grow up, this is like the principle of the Japanese state which is famous for discipline and can fight laziness, the concept of this routine named KAIZEN, KAI means a change and ZEN means wisdom, which means that changes in life can be achieved slowly and with wisdom.
This principle is also known as the one minute principle, because this principle aims to train someone to do something in just one minute every day at the same time, for example we do sports, but try it for only one minute but do it at the same time every day, but with a note we do this without any distraction and must focus.
The good effect of this principle will train us to be more responsible, because when we have managed to live that one minute, it will make us feel better because we feel we have done something completely, and this feeling will be addictive, because we are already responsible. on a task and have completed it.
So in essence if we do an effort too hard and not routinely, maybe this will only waste energy and will make you tired or bored more quickly, eventually you will become lazy, in essence also the definition of this principle change in life can be achieved slowly and with ease full of wisdom, so it's better to do it briefly but routinely than trying too hard but not routinely.
It's also interesting that if we regularly study and repeat something every day, we will master it more and will not easily forget.
Born from an ordinary family can also be successful
It is true that when a child is born from a rich family, it will be easy to become rich, because maybe from the facilities that were already obtained when they were young, and have received many examples from their families, it means that their mainset has been formed by looking around them, and also since childhood they have been equipped with facilities that support them to succeed.
For example, from a school in an expensive place, the house is comfortable for studying, with very complete facilities, so there is no reason for them not to be rich.
While people who are born into mediocre families, can be successful and wealthy like them, the answer is very likely, but the road to be taken is more steep.
Maybe we often hear the term Privilege, privilege is a privilege that involves many things. But privilege is often interpreted as a privilege that is obtained by someone who is born into a rich family.
Being born with a privilege is something that can't be chosen, some are born with lots of convenience and financial access, some really have to work hard, but that doesn't mean the view of someone's privilege makes us often complain and feel jealous of them.
Instead we should be motivated to work hard to get a better life, there is a saying "everyone deserves to succeed, because God is fair".
Although everyone's path to success is different, and although Privilege is one of the determining factors for success, everyone has a path.
if we always feel that God is unfair, his job is only to complain and lament over fate, although maybe we are not the ones who feel success, but at least we have to break the chain of poverty, so that our children will be able to feel the privilege of our success.
So if indeed our parents have not been able to give privileges, then try to build privileges for ourselves, and also later for our descendants in the future, we can build these privileges by changing the mindset, by changing the mindset is our initial way towards success.
To be rich, people must think to be rich, once that mindset is embedded, the money can flow, the mindset of a rich person is:
*must dare to go out of comfort zone
The reason why young people today tend to be more spoiled
Why can this happen to the current generation, you could say the current generation is the most creative generation, but at the same time it is also said to be a generation that gives up easily and is easily hurt.
One of the reasons is that the current economic condition is arguably much more prosperous than before, the impact is that parents now tend to give anything to their children.
And there are also many things that are protected by parents, which are not experienced by children, may eventually tend to make today's children more spoiled, and want everything to be instant.
The second point of view is with the current generation who often do healing, maybe there is a relationship with social media, because social media is widely used in our lives.
If we look at social media, it is often used to celebrate success, to show off something, and to talk about positive things, but it does have an impact on the current generation who tend to see people usually only from their success and don't care about the process.
Finally, it can lead to a feeling of self-comparison, feeling that it is not that successful, or maybe feeling that we should be able to be more successful than the current situation, the impact of all of that is that many generations now want to be successful in a short time, instant generation.
Not to mention that now in a pandemic era that has made everyone's life completely changed, some have indeed become successful at this, and not a few have failed because of this.
Personally, I don't think it's too often when you feel stressed, you have to do healing, I think it's better to prevent stress from coming, maybe like busying yourself with positive activities, such as sports, learning to cook and many more.
Not thinking about how to healing, it's okay to do that, but maybe it's better not to do it too often, just a few times in a few months, if healing is done often then the impact in my opinion is not good, because it tends to be easier to stress and want to healing again immediately.
So it would be better if we want success, learn from the beginning by enjoying the process, so that we can feel satisfied with the results, whatever it is but the important thing is that we have tried with our own abilities, because indeed where there is success, we have to go through a fairly long process.
A skill can determine luck
Indeed, we know that each person's luck must be different, yes, that's all because everyone already has the measure of fortune that God has given, that's in my opinion.
Then why a skill can change luck, the answer is of course it can, because a skill can change the end result of a job being done, luck can come from several things for example we win a game, or university entrance exams and there are many more, but especially with Skills.
Luck is different from fate, if fate is an end given by God to us, I don't know what it is but that's the best for us, while luck can be obtained through skill.
Luck for me is classified with 2 types.
the first is luck that God really gave us without us knowing it, this often happens when someone wins a lottery, slot, and others, in this case it doesn't use any skill, but luck comes naturally because it has been outlined.
I've also experienced this kind of experience when I got a big jackpot in a crypto gambling game, it was very unexpected because I felt like I didn't do anything, only capitalized on an estimate but luck naturally came to me.
For the second, namely luck with skill, maybe not everyone will think about this, but for me skill is very influential, for example in a game, if we want to win we must be able to master the skill well.
From this I became aware that everything is not instant, if we want luck to be on our side, we have to go through a long process first to have good skills.
In real life, for example, if we want to pass an exam with good grades, none other than we have to study hard and be more diligent, so that our skills are better and ready when facing exams.
so in my opinion, never again hope that luck will come by itself, it may indeed happen, but it is very unlikely as I mentioned earlier to win the lottery, but it is better to practice our skills to become better and take that luck with satisfaction through our own process.
Because for me, in everything that we get instantly or a fortune that comes suddenly, surely all of that will disappear instantly and suddenly.
It's far different from the luck that we get through our own process with the skill, as if we will feel more satisfied and more grateful.
There is a saying "not all things can be obtained instantly and quickly, if you want to get the best then enjoy the process".
The best investment as a teenager
I think the best investment is in ourselves, investing in ourselves which means we have to learn to develop ourselves, it's never too late if you want to start now, because at the age of teenagers we can learn as much as possible to develop ourselves.
When it comes to investing, surely most people immediately think about money, banks, and others. In fact, if we check from the definition, investment is an investment effort to make a profit.
So the key word is profit, and this capital, capital and profit can come from many things, not only money, as I mentioned earlier, the best investment when you are a teenager is investing in yourself.
Which means we have a lot to learn and invest in our own education.
And we can also invest in health, because the condition of the body can affect mental conditions and vice versa, this is very influential on daily life, we can also invest in health, one of them is meditation, or directly consult with people who really understand it, mentor or psychologist.
Physical health is no less important, maintaining endurance so you don't get sick easily by consuming healthy foods, good sleep patterns, and also with regular exercise.
There is another thing that we can also invest in a meaningful relationship, when we try to invest by establishing strong relationships with other people, it will be able to make our individuals stronger and healthier, for example from the way we interact with other people, or by doing actions good.
All of these things we can invest in when we are teenagers.
1. Invest in education.
2. Invest in health.
3. Invest in a relationship.
As in the explanation above.
Also make sure before starting everything, the important and basic things in our lives have been fulfilled, such as food, clothing.
Also look for problems within us that make it difficult to be confident and develop, solve those problems and keep learning as much as possible, because knowledge can also change lives in the future.
Good news BCH pump!!
Bitcoin cash for today has increased about 11%, which is good news and Bitcoin cash is in the range of $375.
Bitcoin cash has also managed to break through the resistance area since trading on January 12, and this is a very good opportunity for Bitcoin cash to bounce back, possibly hitting the $400 or $500 price range.
Another good news about Bitcoin Cash is, Member of St. Maarten’s Parliament Plans to Have His Entire Salary Paid in Bitcoin Cash.
In essence they are planning to use Bitcoin cash as a method of paying the salaries of the lawmakers of St. Maarten's, this good news also made the price of Bitcoin cash soar.
Technically, Bitcoin cash has not yet finished in the Resistance area, which is in the range of $362, it is very interesting if later for example Bitcoin cash closes at the current price of $372, this is a good sign for Bitcoin cash which may rise again, break the area Resistance is around $380.
As happened in previous times where Bitcoin cash crashed, for example in January 2021, and also fell in May. But now is a very good opportunity, Bitcoin cash is back on the rise.
So with an opportunity like this, it might be better if we look at the market more often, even though we have thoughts of looking for other coins to buy it, because maybe in the next few months there is still an opportunity and it's not too late, lest the market has reached the top, and we just bought it.
Keep doing your own research and stay careful, welcome the good news of Bitcoin cash with a smile, because I myself have been waiting for the green grass of Bitcoin cash again like before.
I'm sure there are many people who have been waiting for Bitcoin cash to bounce back, this opportunity might be the answer to their hopes, Bitcoin cash to the moon.
Keeping finances safe
We all have experienced stress because we don't have money, which ultimately makes us live this life with a sense of stress and feeling insecure, from that it can also affect many things, ranging from feeling insecure and may also have an effect on productivity daily.
Actually, it can all be said to be normal, because indeed our financial health can affect everything, it can even affect mental health, which in the end can also have a negative impact on everything we do on a daily basis. For example, if we are in a position like this, I have some tips about financial health.
There are two specific things that make our finances healthy and safe.
First, those who are financially healthy can actually control their finances and can fulfill their daily needs.
For example, paying bills, monthly shopping and others, without worrying about finances and even having problems, and besides that for those who are financially healthy, they can also make decisions to make themselves happy, so they don't just live safely, but also live happily.
How to build a safe and healthy finance, where should we start?
The first thing in my opinion is to just start first, even though everyone has a different definition of being financially safe and healthy, but still if we start now, we will definitely feel the good effects faster, and will help in the future.
One way that can be applied is by learning to invest, hearing this may make people feel doubtful, because there may be many people who don't know how to invest, or even tend to think that investing must require large financial funds, there is some truth in that, but it's better to invest starting from a small fund.
The second thing is to make sure we have full control over income and expenses, for example we have invested but do not know about the income and expenditure of money, it will also be very dangerous.
And the third set a long-term goal that we will achieve, determine the reasons for what we save and invest, to avoid things that are not good, for example if without a definite goal we think when there is a lot of money and want to use it.
For the good, we have to start now so that our finances are healthy and safe, so that we can feel the impact, not only in the present but also in the future.
Manage finances well
Often hear the words "Money comes just to go", although maybe those words are just material to make us laugh, but as we grow older, it seems like those words become real. Especially if we don't know where our money is being used, and suddenly it has run out, so to avoid things like that, it would be better if we manage money well, a small amount is still money.
In managing money, the first and most important thing we must identify is our financial condition, which means that before starting to manage money properly, we must know all the money we have. Identification of money like this aims to check where we are financially, for example, such as the condition of savings, assets, debt, and also others, so we have to know how much savings we have and where the income comes from, the assets we have today and up to now debt we have.
By recognizing these three things, we have an idea of what our finances are like, whether they are good or not.
After we finish identifying, we can proceed with making a priority scale for finances, a priority scale like this we can start by first identifying what needs we need each month, every person's needs are different, if we recognize that it will be better easy to help set our priorities.
For example, for everyone, monthly shopping is the most important thing, but for some people a data package or Wifi is the most important thing, at this stage we can learn to compromise with ourselves about priorities in everyday life.
For the next step, try to track money spending and do periodic reviews, this step will make us understand more about the money spending habits that have been done, and think about what things we can develop from spending money habits so that they can be even better.
For example, after we track and review it makes us realize that we often buy food outside, maybe it's time to allocate spending to buy food outside of this, or it turns out that the funds we spend on paying for the internet are not as big as two months ago, this can make managing expenses return.
Finally, make savings for the long term, we can't deny that all our money will go into savings, of course there will be a portion of our money that will be spent on several things, besides saving for no reason will make us vulnerable to confusion and much more vulnerable which we will eventually use.
You see, if we don't have a goal, we think we have a lot of money and we have a lot of wants, and end up buying those wants, even though those wants are not necessarily needs.
For example, if we save long-term to buy a house or for an emergency fund, if that is the goal, having a goal will help us to be more consistent in setting aside some of our income to save and we may think more about how much we will save.
Excellent crypto potential
Not denying a possibility that the crypto world could be rocking gold or the stock market, because there has been a lot of research and analysis on this.
A reference can be taken from Bloomberg media analysis which says that actually Bitcoin has experienced very ups and downs in performance, we need to know that Bitcoin has not been released for too long compared to other fiat money, such as gold, commodity stocks and others, but with the release Bitcoin is suddenly able to change the era in which the fact that an asset can be tracked with data, everything will be transparent, and it can replace existing fiat money.
For example, currently many countries are accepting legal tenders for Bitcoin, because they really want to switch to the world of cryptocurrency, but all of that is the result of an analysis that turns out to be under pressure either a spike in inflation, be it an increase in interest rates, be it a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but in the midst of all those crises among other investment assets, it turns out that the data zone that is still at the top is cryptocurreny.
Mike McGlone said that if for example we switch to investing in the world of cryptocurrency, we still get profit even though we are forged with the many issues as above, here also he explains the data in real, facing inflation, war, 2022 can be excellent for returning risky assets and marks another milestone in Bitcoin's maturation.
It's impossible for Bitcoin to stop outperforming Gold, the stockmarket in the midst of a drag as the Fed tries another rate hike cycle.
Now if we look at the data that has been described in great detail, if Bitcoin is white and its spike is very high than other assets, it means that the cryptocurrency world can still give us an advantage.
It could be a benchmark for us, but for the record we must continue to have a portfolio in the world of Gold, the stock market and others, it is very important for us to have a portfolio there, so don't immediately enter everything in the cryptocurrency world, because it is better for investments to be shared with each portion.
I personally think that if we don't keep up with the times like this it might be behind the times compared to if we follow it it might be better, I imagine if inflation gets bigger and the price of basic commodities starts to rise, maybe if we don't use assets to invest now it will be very chaotic.
The most important thing is that we don't be too greedy, if we have made a profit or at least we have returned, there will be a 50% profit or even 100% take take profit, because we need to remember that the scale in the cryptocurrency world is very volatile, so today it can be very high and a blink of an eye it can be instantly destroyed, it really can happen in the world of cryptocurrency.
Strategies to deal with falling crypto prices
Now at the beginning of 2022 the price of crypto is experiencing a significant decline, bitcoin which previously touched the figure of around $65,000 and now has dropped to around $36,000.
But regardless of whether crypto prices are going up or down, the strategy I will explain will be very useful and beneficial for all of us, especially when we know that crypto prices are indeed experiencing a decline in the long term.
For those of us who are new to crypto for 1 to 2 years finally, maybe you will be surprised by the decline this time, why can the price of crypto go down by 40%, then what if the price of crypto continues to fall, then surely everyone who invests will lose, get rid of all those thoughts.
So this is how it is compared to other assets such as Stocks, Funds, or Gold. The price of crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Etherium, Bitcoincash is known to be more volatile, meaning that when the price drops it can be very sharp and also when the price increases it can be very high.
For all of us who have been familiar with crypto for more than 3 or 4 years, we shouldn't have been too surprised by the sharp drop in prices, because this 40% drop in prices is not the first time, in fact the price declines have been much sharper before, but of course It's just that after the decline phase, crypto prices rise much higher than their decline, it can reach hundreds to thousands of percent.
Maybe some of us still remember, what the excitement of Bitcoin was in 2017, 2017 was indeed very special for the crypto world, because for the first time the price of Bitcoin could touch the $18,000 mark and become a topic of conversation around the world, until it got into news like TV, newspapers. and also invite comments from various parties.
Just imagine the price of Bitcoin which was $700 in January, only in a period of 1 year it can skyrocket to touch the price of $ 18,000 in December 2017.
Now we must be thinking, can crypto prices fall drastically again over the years?, So if crypto prices fall again, what steps should we take?, should we just endure it and wait for 2/3 years for the price to rise again?, or is there another strategy that can be done in the bearish phase?, a phase where crypto prices have been declining for several years.
This time I will explain 2 points, especially for those of us who are new to crypto for the last 1 to 2 years.
First point
• can the price of crypto go down for years.
Second point
• If for example the price of crypto goes down for years, what should we do.
I will discuss for the first point, the answer to the first point is very likely crypto prices will fall again over the years, the reason is simple because price declines that have occurred for several years or bearish periods are patterns that have occurred several times in the crypto market over the last 13 years .
For the answer to the second point, which is maybe not today, not next month, or even this year, but sooner or later the same pattern will most likely happen again, now the most important thing is how we prepare a strategy if crypto experiences a Bearish period or Winter period up to several years.
In general, there are 3 strategies that we can do during a bearish period, where the choice of this strategy should be matched with our busyness and crypto playing style.
First strategy
• Keep our crypto assets in the safest place, this strategy is perfect for investors who have the patience to wait for crypto prices to rise again in the next few years.
Second strategy
• Doing two-way, long and short trading, where we can get profits when the price of crypto assets is going down, with a two-way trading mechanism, the lower the price of crypto assets, the greater the profit that can be obtained.
Third strategy
• Make our crypto assets work, this strategy is suitable for those of us who don't like trading, but try to maximize passive income from crypto.
I will explain in more detail for the first strategy, which is to save or hold crypto and forget it until the market goes up again, it looks like this strategy is very simple, but you could say this strategy is very powerful, why is it said to be very powerful, the first with The save and forget strategy avoids us from mental and psychological burdens during the bearish market period down to years which may make our mood up and down because of watching the ups and downs of market prices.
For those of us who are investors, the type of people who are more patient and don't like to see aggressive market fluctuations, this save and forget strategy should not be taken lightly, because there have been many studies that have proven that the assets of those who use this strategy can actually far exceed those who are trading every day.
Now where can we store crypto assets that are safe for years, of course there are several alternatives, the most ideal store of crypto assets is in an offline crypto wallet using a hard wallet or cold wallet.
A detailed explanation for the second strategy, namely doing two-way trading, where we have the opportunity to make a profit, even when crypto assets are experiencing a decline, this strategy is very suitable for those of us who are more active in trading, not the passive type and patiently waiting for the market to move up again , a mechanism like this is commonly referred to as short selling.
A detailed explanation for the third strategy, which is to make our crypto assets work, this strategy is perfect for those of us who want to generate maximum profit in the crypto market, even though we are not actively trading and don't see market prices every day, for example by doing farming and staking.
Good coins for long term
Maybe now we all are not very excited to play cryptocurrency, but I think taking coins for Hold is not a bad choice to do now, why, because now the price of coins is being discounted 70% to 90% depending on the fundamentals.
I found there is one coin, this is a very good coin for repayment, both long term even 5 years to 10 years, this coin has fantastic fundamentals, fantastic usability, and has the potential to fly 10 times to 50 times for some next year. But do your own research anyway, so the coin's name is Quant.
Why this coin will fly in the long term, first of all the marketcap is not too big, around 1.3 billion dollars, ranking around 67 and this coin in my opinion has the potential to enter the top 10. So there is a huge opportunity to increase 10 times to 20 times.
Next is what is the use of this coin and how do we classify this coin, so this coin has a technology called Interoperability which is very important, a technology that has not been as advanced as other technologies.
So basically the technology owned by this Quant coin is Overledger and Interoperability, if you want to find out more information, maybe I'm not that expert in this matter. But I think this is very important, the point of which is the main limitation of the current Blockchain namely its inability to connect with each other, and the solution to that is Interoperability technology. And the king of Interoperability in my opinion is Quant coin.
And they are also very focused on projects on a company scale and even on a more national scale.
The CEO of this Quant coin is Gilbert Verdian, this is a fairly well-known and experienced figure in the financial world, several times he has been involved in EU finance, so it is quite important and has many good relationships.
So fundamentally I think this coin is very good and has the potential to fly, maybe in the next few years, 2 to 3 years.
crypto bad news
Crypto is poised for some bad news for the next few days.
Today there is the latest bitcoin news that will be very influential for the next few weeks, and I personally think this week is a very up and down week for crypto, because there is some very important news for crypto.
First of all have to thank Mr Elon Musk, because he defends bitcoin indirectly, a few hours ago Elon Musk tweeted what people need to know about inflation, and Michael commented that inflation is going to be really bad and most people put their money in it. crypto for a safe option, Elon Musk replied that he would not sell etherium, doge, bitcoin. This means that Elon Musk still holds crypto coins and is an encouragement for us crypto holders.
The bad news is that Europa/EU is very serious about banning crypto, this is only a proposal stage, it can be continued and can be cancelled, for the decision to be taken today, very important news for crypto because Europa is a very developed country, both economically, and The reason they banned crypto there are 2 reasons, the first is to preserve nature, because using crypto consumes a lot of electrical energy, and for the second reason so that Russia cannot escape sanctions from several countries, because we know Russia is getting economic sanctions from several countries. country.
The bad news is Mr.March Fed will raise interest rates, the effect will be very influential on crypto, because the increase in interest rates will make investors risk assets like bitcoin, stocks will drop drastically, meaning the market will be in danger. when interest rates rise.
I don't think there's too much green on the market this week, unless there's some good news.
@Bimbim020
