I Got Paid Twice and Told on Myself

Guys, just a quick update on my blogging journey. I've been on Hive for just about a week now, joined a few communities, entered some challenges, and it's been fun!

So, first, I've been entering some free-write challenges where you have to write for five minutes and then stop and submit your work or you have to write micro-fiction pieces, 50 words or less. That's been great, particularly since I'm not inclined naturally to write short pieces. Still, I got a special mention yesterday for one of my submissions and I was ecstatic.

That aside, I also wrote a couple self improvement pieces and, get this, two of those pieces were upvoted and I earned an average of $36-$37 on each, which is far more than I've earned for any individual crypto blog I've written to date. And this was within the span of 24 hours.

Listen, guys, let me tell you, I write because I love to write. I live to write. Even so, when your work is recognized and compensated, you feel so good and so encouraged.

Apart from Hive, I joined Medium as Trifecta, and I wrote one piece, a work of pure fiction, and that has had zero engagement. So you win some, you lose some, right? I'm still proud of my work though, but I'll be honest, I love blockchain writing more.

And so, to the purpose of this post, I was paid twice by Publish0x today. It was an accident and I reported it, and the outcome was not what you would expect. This is what happened.

A Rollercoaster Weekend

This weekend two of my posts got a lot of recognition and I was beyond excited, but then, I tried to purchase buy Hive Power through Blocktrades and I don't know what happened, but the funds were not deposited to my account. This wasn't enough to throw me off my high, but what happened after certainly did.

My eldest son lost my money. It was $100, the only disposable cash I had at the time, and he went into a store, was distracted, put the money down on the counter and came back out empty handed. Guys, I saw red. I swear. When we went back into the store asking after the money, as I expected, no one saw it. It was just gone.

So, down in the cups as I was, when Publish0x paid me today, and I realized that I had been paid twice, I was tempted. I was soooo tempted. God knows I was tempted. I needed the money!

But then I got to thinking, right, I don't know who the team is behind the platform.

I don't know if someone would be held accountable for the discrepancy. And I remembered what it felt like on Saturday when I lost money. It felt like my chest was caving in. I reported the discrepancy.

I was prepared then to return the funds or to accept a decision to deduct the money from my next payment. Instead, a representative responded shortly after, acknowledging the error and basically telling me to have fun.

Let me tell you guys, that feeling, knowing that I had done the right thing and that it was okay, it was amazing.

And here's the thing: they did not have to tell me to enjoy anything. The extra crypto was never mine to spend. Had they said, return it, it would have been fine and I know that I would have been fine as well.

Guys, I believe in karma. I believe that every action, good or bad, sets off a chain of corresponding events, and that your good deeds will lead to good things in your life while you will pay for your misdeeds.

Lessons My Mother Taught Me

I wrote a post for Hive recently, Lessons My Mother Taught Me, which I haven't published, addressing the importance of shoring up moral currency.

I concluded that draft with the following:

• If I looked at the world around me with only my physical eye, I'd never see.

• If I only tried to feed my physical body and neglected my soul, I'd starve.

• If I only pursued physical comforts, I'd never know peace.

• If I acted like the world was meant to satisfy only my needs without any care for others around me, I'd forever be dissatisfied and lonely.

I know it's a very tiny thing reporting a discrepancy, but I still feel like I lived by those principles today, and I am proud of that.

By the way, that delayed Blocktrades payment I mentioned earlier, came in, and not a moment too soon.

Well, that's my story for today, guys. I hope I am able to inspire someone else. Have a great day!

A version of this story was first posted to my Hive account where I blog as Trifecta-TT.