New month. We have lot of new changes coming up in our life. We need to be prepared. This also means that many of us are going to be through anxiety and panic with change. And so there are some things to avoid panic and anxiety when change comes. I have written an article on the same, I hope you give it a read and manage. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/things-we-should-not-do https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/things-we-should-not-do…
@Esmee in August 2021
Sunday was the most quickiest day. I hardly even managed to get some rest. So now it's end of the day already. And it's time for the dinner. We have scrambled eggs, bread and tomato slices. What do you have for dinner?
If you want to make bigger impact, start small and compound your efforts. I learned this lesson a long time back but I could not give in to the action. I continued to struggle with efforts because I was paying attention to bigger game. So I wrote an article on addressing how small things compound, do give that a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/consistency-compounds-like-domino-effect…
FIAT withdrawals are always tricky. But some of the time you have to do it. And so I have been doing the FIAT withdrawal every now and then whenever it is needed. I have been doing the BCH to FIAT conversion in that time and it is often for me. I have written an article on how I am making BCH to FIAT convo, so give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/fiat-withdrawals-why-i-invest-into-bitcoin-cash…
July has officially came to an end and I have made some progress with HIVE tokens. I came across lot of naysayers who said other than BTC no coin matters. Look I made decent coin progress which later would be converted to FIAT. Never listen to people who are not on same journey as you.
Follow your passion. A lot of youtubers say that but how many people work it out. Finding out passion can be a trap where you don't end up being financially better. This could lead to more or less issues later in life and that could be bad too. I have written an article to explore the other side, do give it a read if you can. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/find-your-passion-is-bad-advice…
Starting is the most hard part no matter what you choose to do in the life. Be it relationship, finance, wedding, education, you name it. start is a bit hard. You have to get rid of a lot of baggage in order to move on and make start in life. I have written an article on how to start when you are new, do give it a read. :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/how-to-start-when-you https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/how-to-start-when-you…
Warren buffet says we should always think of the dividend income and passive income. I have been checking out the HIVE tokens that allow me to do just that. I realized LBI and CL are two tokens that can give you that option, you earn dividend. Do you have any such dividend based income? Be it in crypto or in stocks?
We seek happiness so much so that we assume that pain is optional and never comes. We think pain is something we can easily avoid and not even able to ever get. So that makes us wonder if we can always have happiness in our life whenever we want. I have written an article on how happiness and pain come in package, do give it read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/pain-is-inevitable-but-happiness-is-optional…
My July earnings are pretty good. I didn't stayed with one coin alone and diversified. I think having diversification is really good for the end goal. And it helps with focus too. I have written an article on how I performed for the month of june, plz give it a read. Check out the article: https://read.cash/@esmeesmith/my-july-crypto-report-2057aa67
We all have questions and we all are fighting to get answers for them. In order to reach the right answer we have to ask the question right way. It all comes down to how we try to handle the question and move towards solution. I have written an article on this topic, you should give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/asking-questions-the-right-way https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/asking-questions-the-right-way…
Saying No to a lot of things helps when you are bombarded with choices. And when you say no you free up the mental energy that is required to focus on one. It's always a good practice to say no to 10 things to say yes to 1 that really matters. I have written an article on how to say no, do give it read to know my take on it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/learn-to-say-no-to https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/learn-to-say-no-to
Readcash. My articles don't fetch much traffic. But I like whoever visits my content. The best part randomrewarder bot visits me every now and then. Least expected. lol. It all started with me writing content without much expectations of anything. I have to keep building some influence and build network of people around me now. :)
Time is one of the important thing in our life. And there is no way we can have control. And all we can do is make sure to live the life in that period or let the life happen. Both option has their pros and cons and there is no right way to do things there. I have written an article on why time cant be scaled, do give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/time-can-t-be-scaled-in-life…
Crypto world is like shark tank. New coins every day to cheat you off your money. A lot of times crypto can be pretty much deception as there are lot of fake coins. In order to understand such projects you have to treat the crypto like a shark tank. I have written an article on the same, do give it a read, I hope you will like it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/crypto-shark-tank-you-fund-we-exit…
Transition into adult hood and even in the mid age is not an easy thing. You are not in the care of parents anymore and nobody to show any form of mercy. And so you will end up losing the meaning of love and would only focus on survival. I have written an article on how this goes, I hope you give this one a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/transition-from-parents-care-to…
I have been consistently blogging, though my returns of time investment is low. I have written on readcash, noisecash, hive and steem and so far it's slow going. I have written an article on why you should write on HIVE and how you can benefit. You can check out the article and let me know if you are over there too. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/why-i-blog-on-hive https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/why-i-blog-on-hive Image Credit:…
In our life we make a lot of excuses in order to avoid the hard work. And that means we are not getting closer to the output that we should be seeking. Excuses reduces our chances of success and make the life a bit difficult to live. I have written an article on the topic of avoiding the excuses, please do give it read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/debunk-your-excuses https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/debunk-your-excuses Image…
A lot of people keep things in their head or heart and do not voice their opinion. This leads to their mind having more depression & anxiety which is bad for mental health. And so in order to avoid this one has to practice writing blogs or tweets or even diary. I have written an article to point out how blogging is good for health, do give it read. Check out the articles: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/blogging-can-help-your-health…
We live our life in such way that we always give other people priority. And that leads to a lot of loss of mental health and the pressure in mind and heart. And in order to move away from that we have to give ourselves priority too. I have written an article on how to do that, do take some time to read it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/you-are-priority https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/you-are-priority…
Many content writers have no schedule. Life gets in the way. But schedule and system can make things easier for them. Like posting 1 article a day? Yes, having such schedule and writing in advance can save a lot of your time. I have written an article on this topic, I am sure you would love to read it from links below. Check out the articles: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/blogging-why-schedule-and-system…
You have a big goal but you just can't reach the goal directly in one step. You have to make small steps to reach the big goals. Each step adds up for the same. You have to make sure to break big goal into small steps so that each day it can be done. I have written an article on how micro actions lead to big goals, do give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/micro-actions-leads-to-bigger-goals…
Crypto regulations are coming out. And there seems to be no way we can handle it. Like some of us would have to sell some altcoins before they dip out even more. Some we can keep like bitcoin and ETH which may have value post the regulation time. I have written an article which you can find useful on the context of the crypto regulation. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/crypto-regulation-and-the-stablecoins…
Measuring Impact vs Quantity in everything we do matters a lot. For example you can create 1000 videos of nothing on youtube. And then you do something that has a theme and impact on tiktok or instagram. I have written an article on how measuring impact matters, please do give it read if you like. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/focus-on-impact-not-on-quantity https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/focus-on-impact-not-on-quantity Image…
Kanban Boards are great to-do list and productivity tool. They are being used many ways. And a lot of people including writers and bloggers are using the board. It helps a lot. I am making use of it to schedule and plan my actions and the tasks in productivity in general. I have written an article covering the topic, maybe you can benefit by reading it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/kanban-board-why-bloggers-should…
HIVE tokens have been going on pretty good. Especially proof of brain. I have yet to do anything with it. My plan is to delegate HP to some big account. And hoping that by delegating the voting power I can earn some rewards. So just a plan as of now I have yet to even touch 100 HP but I am aiming for 1K HP. Other coins giving me HIVE is pretty good for my overall account performance.
I recently started staking on Caradano (Ada) and noticed that it got the smart contracts. It seems like the cardano has been trying to compete in the smart contract space. We can't say it would be not catching up the dApps like the ETH and who knows NFT? I have written an article to compare ETH and Cardano, do take a look at it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/cardano-ada-vs-ethereum-eth…
In life, we either plan our life, or become part of someone else's plan of life. In either way we are going to be carried away with the life to the end. So it all comes down to which part of the equation we have for the solving. I have written an article on the same, do check it out. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/you-do-the-plan-or-you-become-the-plan https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/you-do-the-plan-or-you-become-the-plan Image…
Guess who reached the 1BCH? I know it took forever to reach this as I sold BCH many times. If I were to be keeping past BCH I'd have reached 2BCH for now. But yeah time as they say. I am loving the dip because it is helping me reach the accumulation quicker. It was really hard without support of people around here. Thank you for liking my content. Interacting with me. Appreciating my hard work. Your presence in my journey is appreciated.
Solana seems to be getting a lot of market hype due to it's faster transaction. I have plans to stake into this blockchain. I am doing as much research as possible. I can't say it would be pushing in the DEFI and the banking space but it'd interesting. I have written an article on the topic of Solana vs ETH, maybe you can give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/solana-sol-vs-ethereum-eth…
A lot of things we are being told to do earn us no rewards at all. And we have to keep focusing on the long term and not the short term rewards. We have to focus on things which are good for us long term as we slowly move ahead. I have written an article on the same topic, if you want you can give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/in-life-you-do-it-despite-the-rewards…
How did I reached 1 BCH? I didn't posted the journey of it. I didn't wanted to make you bore with small steps but wanted to give you general idea. So I have written an article on how I managed to get to 1BCH and what strategies etc. Check out the article https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/1-bch-milestone-how-i https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/1-bch-milestone-how-i
Your Success is nothing without the people who support you and take you ahead. I reached 1 BCH because people who knew me here and other places helped me. People make most of your success, what you do with your content is just half of it. I have written an article on this point, I am sure you would love to read it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/success-is-nothing-without-tribe…
Every business requires certain level of influence on the market. You have coca cola, pringles, olays, and many brands with specific attraction points. People need some influence on them for your business to work on them. I have written an article on why building business is important, please do give it a read. Check out article: https://hive.blog/hive-183630/@esmeesmith/building-influence-is-necessary-in…
We ask a lot of questions and we don't do anything even after getting answer. Like you want to reach 1 BCH but are you putting an effort for the same? If you want to be rich are you putting out the effort for the same? I have written an article on this topic, you may want to give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/don-t-ask-how-just-do-it https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/don-t-ask-how-just-do-it Image Credit:…
I earn cents on P0x, I earn cents on HIVE. I earn cents on most of the platforms. If you count small cents you won't be able to pay attention on higher amount. You have to let the small amount stack in and make your goal reach slowly. Some people say turtles lose in life, yeah sure they do, but they don't end up broke. I have written an article for my weekly focus on the hive coins, do give it a read. :) Check out the article:…
Pareto principle tells you 80% of output is generated out of 20% focused efforts. So anything we try to do we have to find out how to maximize the efforts. I have written an article on the same topic, you may want to give it a read, :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/80-percent-of-quality-life-from-20-percent-efforts https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/80-percent-of-quality-life-from-20-percent-efforts Image Credit:…
We all are afraid of something. And we don't want to admit it. We are afraid of heights, dark, unknown and also many other small things in the world. I have written an article about things I am afraid of, so do give it a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-163921/@esmeesmith/blogging-challenge-what-are-you https://ecency.com/hive-163921/@esmeesmith/blogging-challenge-what-are-you Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/_wtP2TIJLuA
In real life we all try to show off how much successful we are. And that can be one of the problem with our life as we tend to attract problems too. I have written an article on this context, I hope you may want to read it :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/don-t-try-to-sound-bigger-than-you-are https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/don-t-try-to-sound-bigger-than-you-are Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/QZUY7c0eIdw
Many governance crypto tokens are coming out in the market. Terra (LUNA) is one of the popular token in this space that is out there. There is a strong chance that many govt and the banks may pick it up. I have written an article explaining the difference, please do give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/terra-luna-vs-synthetix-snx https://leofinance.io/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/terra-luna-vs-synthetix-snx…
We feel money can do everything for us. But we are all wrong about it. Money can do lot of things but it is not the end of everything around. I have written an article on how money is not end of everything. Do give it a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/money-is-journey-not-the-end https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/money-is-journey-not-the-end Images Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/X_n86Z5bA-M
Most of the exchanges these days have the forced KYC, AML. And the worst part is that they also don't give you the private keys for those cryptos. Kind of like jail where they decide when to pull the strings off you. I have written an article on this topic, I hope you may want to read it :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/kyc-aml-and-private-keys https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/kyc-aml-and-private-keys
Fear and Courage are always in our actions. And we treat the other people with that. Like we are under fear we try to sell or share the fear to other people. Same with the courage while we are working and interacting with the people. I have written an article on the same topic, I hope you would give it a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/you-share-courage-or-you-share-fear…
We are all busy in something that is going on with our life. And that being busy for the sake of it is making our everyday routine a bit dull too. It can hurt our life in many ways when we miss out on things because of being busy. I have written an article on the same topic, you may want to read it too :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/don-t-be-too-busy-to-enjoy-the-life…
Every one of us have the dream job that we would like to do for rest of our lives. I got into the cloud and the data during the first few years of the career. And now I wish to have my dream job into the data with specialization on senior roles. I have written an article on the same topic, I hope you may like reading it :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-163921/@esmeesmith/blogging-challenge-your-dream-job…
Too many blockchains and we don't know what can we do with each one of them. Blockchain bridges are being made so that you can work from one blockchain to another. And on the same topic, I have written an article on blockchain bridges. Check out my article on the same topic. https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/blockchain-bridges-why-they-are-future https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/blockchain-bridges-why-they-are-future…
We often take the failure to the heart. And we think it is kind of the end. And we equate everything that we did in past as lost in the vain. That's not always true and failure is a process towards the success. I have written an article on the same topic, you may want to check it out :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/failure-is-not-an-end-failure-is-science https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/failure-is-not-an-end-failure-is-science…
Weekend is the time when we realize we have to build future one day at a time. And that approach towards the life would help us build our self one piece at a time. I have written an article on this part with example of jigsaw puzzle, do give it a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/future-self-is-like-jigsaw-puzzle https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/future-self-is-like-jigsaw-puzzle Image Credit:…
New day of the Week and noticed I have been slowly adding up on the HIVE tokens. It's like it helps me buy the BCH later. I have been holding them and earning just for that. If you are on hive you should be holding these tokens and later exchange to BCH. By using these tokens accumulation of BCH and other coins is not hard to be honest. How is your performance? Are you invested into HIVE blockchain?
We learn a lot of thing as we get older. I am learning all this wisdom in my 30s. I am finding it harder to even process the fact that I wont be remembering much as I age. And that's why I wrote an article on wisdom with age, maybe you may want to read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/wisdom-is-learned-late-in-life https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/wisdom-is-learned-late-in-life Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/BIrL2bdlMa4
Splinterlands is one of the games that you should play if you want to earn HIVE crypto. The amount of people earning from it even just by blogging is mind boggling. I have written an article on how you can earn DEC from game, you may want to read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/how-do-you-earn-splinterlands-dec https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/how-do-you-earn-splinterlands-dec
We all make mistakes and we think mistakes are kind of sin and we feel the regret. And having regrets can be bad for the health of us in the long time. So mistakes happen. I have written an article on why mistakes are essential, I hope you give it a read. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/mistakes-are-unavoidable-in-life https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/mistakes-are-unavoidable-in-life Image Credit:…
I have been doing the blogging challenge on hive for some time now. I tackled the favorite childrens book of the childhood challenge yesterday. I thought you should read it if you like reading about my blogging challenge. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-163921/@esmeesmith/blogging-challenge-your-favorite-childrens-book https://ecency.com/hive-163921/@esmeesmith/blogging-challenge-your-favorite-childrens-book Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/JQMxap3Ja6E
Society has created a culture that has a map which is invisible to us but we follow it. And another way to live life is by ignoring the map that guides us. So I have written an article on the topic, I hope you like reading about it. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/some-live-with-a-map-some-live-without-a-map https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/some-live-with-a-map-some-live-without-a-map Image Credit:…
Splinterlands is an interesting game where you could pretty good money too. Each day there is a limit on how much can we earn in the game. So I have written an article to cover that, If you play splinterlands then do check it out. :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/how-much-splinterlands-dec-per-day-can-i-earn https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/how-much-splinterlands-dec-per-day-can-i-earn
My most ignored article on HIVE that was on the phase of life which is hard. Like we want to move to something new but is not possible due to attached to old. I have written an article that you can check out and read if you want to :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/cure-to-loss-of-old-is-replacement-with-new https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/cure-to-loss-of-old-is-replacement-with-new Image Credit:…
Monero has been pretty good for the private transactions and so does the zcash. However the Monero seems to be pretty good in hiding the identities at the swap. I have written an article to compare between the Monero and zcash. I am sure you would love reading about the same :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/monero-xmr-vs-zcash-zec https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/monero-xmr-vs-zcash-zec
Our mind is often facing the chaos and we can't decide what is up for the future. It is really a skill to deal with the chaos of the mind especially when you work hard. I have written an article on this topic, maybe you can find that useful :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/what-you-do-when-you-have-chaos-in-mind https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/what-you-do-when-you-have-chaos-in-mind Image Credit:…
Each week I am trying to push my progress on LEO and HIVE tokens. By writing content and engaging with community it earns me tokens. Those tokens later get converted to the Bitcoin Cash BCH. I have written my weekly progress article, maybe you may want to read about it :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/hive-token-and-leo-progress-weekly-august-update https://ecency.com/hive-173575/@esmeesmith/hive-token-and-leo-progress-weekly-august-update
When we do new things every day we end up with more new experience. We get rid of boredom and also have more chances towards something new. I have written an article on why you should do new things, you may want to check out. Check the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/do-10-new-things-everyday https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/do-10-new-things-everyday Image Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/FBiKcUw_sQw
SPT token is one of the popular token among the splinterlands players. And when you blog about the splinterlands, you earn this token. I have written blog on how this token works, do give it a read if you want :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/spt-token-how-does-spt-token-work https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/spt-token-how-does-spt-token-work
Pub0x is terribly slow. I could not even make 1 AMPL this month. I know I should be writing content over there in order to do anything serious. But I am writing content on many places and it just gets harder to earn ETH based tokens. Anyway complaining part aside, august was steady on all sites, no great progress as such.
We have limited time on earth and we can't spend it being afraid. Instead we have to learn to face the fears and face the problems of our life. Once we learn to face fears we no longer are bind to the problems. In this article, I have managed to write about the same, you can check it out. Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/face-your-fears-or-they-will-find-you https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/face-your-fears-or-they-will-find-you Image…
Parents generation used to believe in buying as early as possible. And today we realize the mistake. Especially when we are locked to the loans and funds. Now equations and the generations have changed on how they deal with this puzzle. I have written an article on the topic of the "buying vs renting", check it out :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/renting-vs-buying-house-classic-decision-making-scenario…
Sometimes we extend our efforts and chase of something too much. We just go behind some things so much obsessively and so much with the passion. And that can go wrong as you would have no other things than that. I have written article on the topic when you should learn to stop, I hope you want to read it :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/know-when-to-stop-in-life https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/know-when-to-stop-in-life Image…
Everybody has the ideas to become businessman and become rich. But nobody knows how to get there but people continue to churn the ideas. Ideas don't make money unless those ideas are converted into something good. I have written an article on this topic, maybe you would find worth reading :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-167922/@esmeesmith/ideapreneur-vs-entrepreneur-what-are-you https://leofinance.io/@esmeesmith/ideapreneur-vs-entrepreneur-what-are-you
Sometimes we have a lot of things going on which often lead to nowhere. And you have to consider starting from the scratch too. And that is necessary in life. I have written an article on why you should say no to everything, do give it a read :) Check out the article: https://hive.blog/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/say-no-to-everything-then-add-things-as-you-need-in-life https://ecency.com/hive-150329/@esmeesmith/say-no-to-everything-then-add-things-as-you-need-in-life Image…