Read.cash And Me 2.0

I have been thinking about what to write and I'm finding it hard to come up with something, so I thought I might as well lay out the rest of my thoughts on this unfinished topic. You can find the 1.0 here

I've detailed some of the benefits hence reasons that makes read.cash a place to be, but that isn't all there is to it though. The truth is there are always more then one side to a thing and read.cash is no different.

Note: Everything I'm going to say here isn't a review of read.cash, but rather a review of my relationship with it; which is something I have complete control over and I'm totally responsible for.

Sometimes, I wonder what the real reason for this platform is. Of course, we know it rewards authors with bitcoincash, but why BCH? Why not litecoin or shibainu? I'll say, it's to propagate BCH and increase awareness and adoption, yea.

Well, going back to my relationship with the platform, it's quite a complicated one. I mean, it's sort of confused and complicated, for a lack of a better description. In the spirit of helping the adoption and development of BCH, a lot of authors here encourage us to hodl our BCH and they do so, leading by example. But for some other authors like myself, the rewards we get from this platform goes to financing our day to day living expense. You could think of it as a second job for someone whose first job isn't enough to cover his basic living cost. Due to this fact, we tend to grind very hard, through, interacting and posting daily to increase our chances of earning and earning well.

The need to grind as much as possible pushes us to such limits as we would necessarily not tolerate under normal circumstances. I for one, I've become a nocturnal creature due to my need to interact as much as I can daily. I developed this routine in my early days as I was trying to get my name out there on this platform. Today,the consequences is here with me, as I can no longer find sleep unless it's quite late into the night and commonly well into the next early morning.

Another thing nowadays, is that I'm kind of addicted to read.cash. Maybe not the platform itself, but the reward it offers. I can no longer think straight if I haven't posted for the day. Spending all my time on read is beginning to affect my ability to socialise in real life. Sometimes I now find it hard to connect with my friends.

Taking all of it into account, you'll realise I seem to have a love-hate relationship with this platform. It's not easy to navigate that, but I'm still here.

Closing Thoughts

You know, the benefits I get from this platform is much, but like every other seemingly free thing in life, it comes with a price, a seemingly underlying cost. Sometimes and for some people, it can be or seem a little steep to pay.

There are days I've thought of leaving it for good, but I can't, I need it for the reward and the freedom/platform to express myself and so on. But the main reason I haven't given up, are you guys. You make it all worth it.

I want to use this opportunity to appreciate all my sponsors who's got my back despite it, I'm grateful to you guys. To all the folk who considered my article worthy enough to subscribe to me, I appreciate you all. My readers, commenters and upvoters, you guys are the real MVP, I'm indeed grateful to you all.