Its been a tough time for me, I am feeling strongly unmotivated to write a post, even though I have 3 very important posts pending in draft form for me to finish.

Its not that things aren't going well, I have moved tokens masterfully and this week will be making the last payments on the last two pieces of land I purchased with token gains.  We have a new mule, we are working with a growing team, things are moving forward.

We have finally opened up the Binance bridge to Colombian pesos through this process, and this will be exactly what we need for the EcoBank project, so this is a success on something I have been working on for almost 3 months.

But why am I not motivated to make a blog?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFX-ZsOscc

Maybe because I 'have to', now it becomes work and not fun.  Shout out to @jarvie and @asgarth at PeakD.com - their draft feature has basically become an essential part of my work flow.

>'Sit down, sit down and write' 
~Jordan Peterson


So I am sitting here philosophizing again, as I slowly convert HIVE into BUSD and maintain a vigilent watch over the SWAP.HBD:SWAP.BUSD pool.  Even as I have converted significant token gains into local land I continue to monitor a few simple strategies that keep my portfolio growing.  We are heading into unprecedented times, have you read [Zoltan's latest?](https://plus2.credit-suisse.com/shorturlpdf.html?v=51io-WTBd-V)  How about this one from [ZeroHedge](https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/paradigm-shift-western-media-hasnt-grasped-yet-russian-ruble-relaunched-linked-gold-and).

I hope you are ready, I am doing my best to be well positioned.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwU1yYDkNYA

But not just positioned for tomororw, we need to keep building these things into a better future for many tomorrows on.  Even as we start to understand the maximalist philosophy even if we are using HIVE to do it:


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/EoeM8KnbQTpxzjt94h7xVT91ADWjk1zBicvhtdEpAs1rymgD2XdQ5WQCsUUYv4NREjr.png)
[Source: In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism](https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/04/01/maximalist.html)

Of course I had some bitcoin, but I lost it all in a paragliding accident.  Now I just use HIVE, which has that nice 'recovery account' feature in case of ~~boating~~ paragliding accidents.  


But here on HIVE we are living an [eternal september](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September), or at least one that I hope won't go away too fast, we need to nurture the noobies and help them see that this technology can help build a new world.

## What else do I have to say about that?

Managing a larger portfolio, writing posts as work, being one of the top dCity players in the world and launching the Eco Development bank, it seems to have taken the some of the joy out of post writing for me.  But I will work at it, I am back on the farm for a few days so hopefully can get some good pictures.

Also the mule needs new shoes.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/23tmmJoi1N4WDvCWKwi7V8xCXk6taPaUiyVs27HRTjVFPKgVZjxuLQ5iTXw9tRyzWVQUC.png)




I still believe in HIVE as the tool to help us build a better world.  But its just a protocol.  Another one could do in a pinch, I just think HIVE is well positioned to do it.  But we have to use it to build the better world to prove its usecase.

I am slowly working towards selling out the ECOBANK presale, there is still some time to send in your HBD, but soon I will be doing a public AMA advertising that we are taking BUSD, and since we are not raising all that much money, just over 130k USD, it is possible that we will sell out quickly.

## Low HP?
By the way if you are a new user who has low HP, consider leaving a comment on any of the @ecoinstats posts to enter into the daily faucet.  

We've had some big movements in the INCOME Synergy Fund, lot's of great consolidation - we are currently sitting at 35,400 HP!  We will likely throw all the HBD and BUSD on the account into the ECOBANK project just before it sells out, currently ~1400 stabledollars worth.

> "The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety; it's purpose". 
~Jimmy Carr



![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ecoinstant/23zbh2KMoJH8uHmMM2jy6y9Aj9cUEXhntw24gfFz8UP5YHvyRLcVcttNBHnq2VjzPjGQ2.png)


So we hold, and we build and we support other builders because that's what its all about.  The systems of the world are dying because they were made by dead people.  We must live and be alive and serve LIFE - and all the work is ready for us to do.

## Freedom and Friendship