Am I Ready for the Upgrade?

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3 years ago

20 September 2021, Somewhere in the Metaverse - UplandDood (@Just1Dood)

The recent events surrounding the smartBCH sidechain have sorta thrown a spanner into my normal clockwork schedule. A schedule that I have comfortably adjusted into and that has been part and parcel of my life for the past one year or so.

This smartBCH sidechain has intrigued me so much so that it has successfully taken chunks of my time from my other interests.

This chain of events has again caused me to think about time and how much of it is at my disposal. In the grand scheme of things, time is infinite. But when you put it under the microscope of daily use, it is finite. I have written about this finite use in an earlier article.

It is this finite use that has put me in a dilemma. I can only have so many good things in a day, no matter how good they are. I need to prioritize and that often means something has to give.

Sometimes, this is an easy decision. Sometimes, it is not.

Regardless of whether it is easy or not an easy decision, what is forthcoming in the immediate future is the need to relook at my time management. It is time for me to dust off that long-forgotten "Urgent vs Important" time management quadrant tool and put it to good use.

Side note: This is also known as the Eisenhower matrix. If you are interested to learn more, you can read this article from developgoodhabits.com.

Tick Tock

Why am I writing this?

A big part of my online life is taken up by my activities relating to Read.Cash, Noise.Cash and now, to a lesser extent, Publish0x, and a few games that I play.

Reading, commenting, and writing takes a large slice of the time in the activities mentioned above. Whatever time that's left goes into taking care of Noise.Cash posts. Being a responsible channel owner would entail posting topics related to the channel for my readers. The depth and quality of engagement in these two platforms alone may end up being equivalent to a full-time job's time demand. Maybe some of you can identify with that.

Now, consider this - add the time demand of recent smartBCH activities into the equation. Without going into the minute details of time spent for each, can you see how that can mess up my schedule? If I choose to get more involved in the tokens listed on the smartBCH chain, the obvious DYOR part is not an option to be ignored. DYOR means more time is needed. After which, if I do plan to support the project, that would mean understanding and performing some transactions. All of these involve time.

And it was precisely these that had taken time from my clockwork schedule in the last week or two. Initially, it was workable but as time progresses, I have come to the point where I need to whip out the Time Management matrix to do a quick analysis to see what needs to give way.

At the Crossroads to ...

I am now at that crossroads. A crossroads that I can set camp to look at the options for a little while longer but in order to keep moving, I will soon have to make a decision. I have a feeling I won't be camping long at this crossroads.

This crossroads at this juncture of my life is more significant than just making a decision on better Time Management. The ripple effect of my decision may lead to something much bigger, and quite possibly a game-changer, taking up an even bigger slice of my time, if not most of it.

I can feel it in my bones this is the birth of something great. I do hope and pray that this vision will not dissipate into oblivion and be buried in the dreaded graveyard of great ideas. Those of you who have read about the "Chicken Me" in this article would understand.

Meanwhile, to get ahead of the "Chicken Me", I determined to start with putting pen to paper and get my plan down in writing so that I can see the bigger picture to get the upgrade rolling.

I will write more about this. Watch this space.

This is has been a #BetterSeptember and will continue to be. Thank you for reading.

Sources:

Header Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 

Eisenhower Matrix Image from developgoodhabits.com

Crossroads Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay 

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My time online could be affected in the next few days. It seems school activities around here will resume in place. And that will change my schedule. So we'll see how this will work.

I'm curious to see your plan. And how you eat that with your "Chicken me", LOL.

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3 years ago

Are the school activities on-site? Do take extra precautions and be safe.

I have a few things on my plate now and will squeeze in time to work on it. I need to get my idea down on 'paper' and then should be easier to work from there. I'm trying my best to stomp the "Chicken me" into oblivion. LOL. On a side note, there is a dish in Indonesia that actually "stomp" the chicken after frying. Not with the feet but with a mortar and pestle, I think.

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3 years ago

School activities will start on-site, at least, some of them. That stomp fried chicken dish sounds interesting. I've only tried Indonesian food once a long time ago in a place in Amsterdam.

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3 years ago

That dish is called Ayam Penyet. You can Google it. It's actually quite deliciouos.

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3 years ago

I will google it. Thank you! :)

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3 years ago

Maybe you can find the recipe and try to make on your own :)

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3 years ago

I found it and surely will try it ;)

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3 years ago

Wonderful. After you've tried it, you can write about it. :)

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3 years ago

Better September indeed.. I can't even manage to check the prices of the shitcoins I bought.. Now they are dumping and I just lost much of my profit..tsk..

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3 years ago

I haven't checked in a while. Don't think I have the stomach to see the results. Oh well. I'd better focus on something positive for now. Do be extra careful, the smartBCH market is highly volatile. I'm finding that out. LOL.

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3 years ago

I can relate. Since I jumped in late to join the SmartBCH bandwagon, my body clock has been affected. Lately, I'm spending most of my time on Telegram, Twitter, and the SmartBCH platforms Metamask, CoinFLEX, etc. Don't worry, I trust that you would be able to cope up with all your tasks at hand. I believe in your capability to adjust to all these changes

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3 years ago

Yes, I'm slowly beginning to adjust to a new schedule. I foresee a change in how I operate in October.

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3 years ago

You can do it friend. I believe with strict and proper time management, you can do what you've been meaning to do. I can totally relate to this whole thing of having a lot on my plate. Of course I want to explore the smartBCH world but like you I need to do my own research which will require a lot of time. Now, the problem is I can't get enough time even just reading articles here in read. That is why I just focus on here. I really admire people who can juggle to different platforms and manage their time wisely.

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3 years ago

Thank you. I think I will. I'll work on it a little bit more before I post my follow-up article to this.

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3 years ago

I believe you are ready and you can do it.

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3 years ago

Thank you.

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3 years ago

Good one

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