can't wait to see what would be next.
good luck in your two g two projects @ericvancewalton!

Hi there. I'm also a writer/creative person, also into meditation, and I just joined steemit. I'm so new, I've yet to find a groove with it, but one thing I've noticed is the lack of quality posts on here. A lot of posts seem to lack any sort of substance or effort, so I appreciate coming across someone who can actually write using proper punctuation. I'm interested in meeting other writers and connecting in a genuine way (as you said your earlier experiences with Steemit were). I hope that's still possible on here. I'll follow you. :)

Hey Eric, this is my first writing, completelly new here ;-)
but your post just sparked me to do so. Is almost as if you were talking to my uncouscious fear on "aging" in Steemit, and how would that feel. I know is different for every person, but your comment felt honest and worth thinking about. Thanks!

thanks for your post. you are very great and very cool success continues

Time to refresh relax sit back and enjoy the steemit ride have a great day will be looking forward to your posts :D

Steemit is still quite a young social media platform. I'm sure it will evolve even more over the coming years. Congrats on being one of the first here!

me gusta leer tu escritura, añadir información

better to hit reset than the nuclear option ... haha

interactive series - is like a video game? I am interested in making and selling an ebook - do I need to be an entrepreneur to do this (pay taxes, be registered on official list...)?

Sometimes you just need a break. Think of it as a sleep cycle. If you don't sleep daily you don't function properly. 

I love your post, please upvote me.
Just kidding!
So glad you got a little chance to reset and you’re feeling freshly inspired! It’s only fair since you inspire all of us on a regular basis!

I agree. If only there's a reset button for life then I would have pressed it long time ago.

Well I definitely get my fair share of "Great post.  Beautiful pictures." and other meaningless spam.   I guess it's unavoidable since the user base has grown so much and many people nowadays are minnows that don't even really speak English.  

They are doing their best to get some of the reward pie by commenting with pictures and generic comments.   I can't fault them, per se, but I do have to admit I much prefer a meaningful comment from someone that understands exactly what I wrote.

 I'd be glad if you started blogging more and I'll definitely be paying attention to any future posts that come up.

As a Buddhist,  I can offer my own particular insights into meditation as well.  That could be a nice conversation.

You need to understand one of the most important things about meditation: there is no technique that would lead to it. It occurs beyond the mind.

I'm so glad that your inspiration has been rekindled, it's good to take a step back at times and ponder the way forward! 
I really look forward to both your series, especially the meditation series. Just imagine, you can reach people from all over the world right here on steemit, teaching this magical technique would be awesome as you'd be helping many many people. 
Thank you for this!

@ericvancewalton, Don't need to worry about that. I'm and also your followers very satisfy about your blogging. So why you told us your blogging level was unsatisfying? Ok...You need to take rest. 01 week is much better. I appreciate you're really great teacher of meditation and religion especially Buddhist I know. Meditation very cleverly introduce from Buddhist religion. 
Yep...I agreed with you eric currently steemit has huge user base and very harder to find and upvote every comments there. Someone did spam looking post and we all have to earn rewards very tough. But if you decided to seriously leave from steemit and you want to see your smiling face of you. Thanks for inspiration.

Great idea. I'm happy to read your messages, especially since I need a reboot. How often do we lack inner peace, opportunities without emotions and an unbiased assessment of the situation. For this, you need a meditative state. Thank you for sharing.

I like to read your writing, add information and be very helpful

A break is always needed when you feel stressed Eric.
But as you said you missed Steemit. You missed blogging and eventually you came up with a brand new idea that i hope to bring a smile on your face again.i'm looking forward to it

I'm a new follower to your blog and I'm intrigued.  Looking forward to seeing what you share and how you choose to make changes.

You shared a great post .... Your Post Topic: I like it very much .... and I'm waiting for your next post. Thanks.

HI @ericvancewalton, interesting to ponder what you say here and a few things occur to me -

- when you were blogging prior to leaving your job, it had a lot to do with your writing and now I imagine that a lot of your writing energy is enmeshed with Hardfork so you can't necessarily share it here; steemit isn't a daily catalyst for that. Thus it would make sense that you have to recalibrate and find a new a catalyst that ignites your passion and motivation.
- plus, steemit when compared to your job was so exciting. Now you love your self-created job so yes steemit is great but it's probably not as extreme a contrast and may feel less essential.  

Just thoughts, not sure if any of these ring true but I'm glad that you're reaching to find your "steam" for steemit. Both of your ideas sound really great!  

I'll also say that I've been going through my own weighing of things here too and trying to find my feet amidst the huge growth. Keeping my presence meaningful by my own standards is really a challenge while I try to keep up with everything. I sometimes find myself getting frazzled trying to race around the platform curating and communicating and that certainly ISN"T satisfying! Plus my life is dizzyingly busy right now so time is squeezed to the max causing me to have to recalibrate too.

But I keep returning to my own maxim about steemit -  make what I do here something that's so essential for my own personal growth that I'm compelled to return and engage regularly. It has to be cutting edge in my own life to sacrifice those hours which could be filled with many other wonderful things!

And equally important is to give myself permission to post only as much as I can manage and give only 1-2 hours a day rather than the 4-5 I'd like to. Then use that time carefully in the ways that are most satisfying. This is really important for me.

As always, I so enjoy your thinking and witnessing your process, you have my support and friendship no matter how you carve out your future!

I'm still having a lot of fun @ericvancewalton.  My comment section isn't dry like that.  It's still quite lively.  Unfortunately, a few of the changes have been quite disheartening for me.  The paid vote thing where people are just getting shoved aside has been quite painful to watch and experience.  I'm taking a break from posting.  Still curating when I have a moment or two though.  I just can't turn my back on these folks.  Too stressed though with life and a few things here.  Can't write properly, can't art worth a crap.  Feel a bit negative inside and I don't really want to put that out onto the world through my blog.  I'm sure I'll bounce back though.  I don't know why I'm rambling.  Have a good day.

Love your post and I think every time you bring some value with it to the community it's worth staying in it. I've just started with steemit but I've been around instagram for a long time and I know how it feels when you see the autocomments or when you know for sure people don't read what you post, but you know what, every day I remind myself if what I post is something useful even if one person gets something out of it, it's worth it!!!
So having said that, I've been into a really powerful kriya/meditation practice for over a year now and I'd love to share more about it, why don't we do something together on this platform?!

I noticed your blog had been a little quiet of late. I think we all need to press reset every now and then, and look at life beyond our screens.

 A drive for me in 2018 has been working on new projects and collaborations with other people, on the Steemit platform and off it.  That has kept me posting the last month or so.

Plus, I keep a 'to-do' white board by my drawing desk- updated with ideas and projects I'm working (and a few wildcards too) . On slow days I can pick up one of the projects off my list.

Agree with your article , ya reset is important some time. And you describe it very well.
Thanks

Glad that you are back buddy !

well the new reset will sure make it work for you !

While for the two of your projects it sure will be great !

Will be looking forward to it though :)

a very good post @ericvancewalton, the words you write this can be a very good motivation for the crowd. Especially for those who just joined in steemit. I also see that now there are so many people who like steemit, and steemit has now grown very far. I also have a hobby to write, and I also have a blog. Thank you for sharing and hopefully you will be more successful to work ... :)

Awwww so sad ! Please if I may ask why do you want to take that long break? Secondly I’m waiting to see the two(2) new blogging project I’m pretty sure since it’s going to be interesting since it’s coming from you it’s something to watch out for! Regards to your beautiful wife!

Oh, yes, my friend, we all need a reboot, because this is the best way for inspiration that we need on the creative path. I will look forward to your projects with impatience and I am sure that you will have something to share with us! Thank you @ericvancewalton

excellent post ..loving to your blog.thanks for sharing..

Being here as long as you are. I can totally sympathise with that. Feeling kinda burnt I do miss the first year at steemit all the excitement all the anticipation and the speculation is not longer here for me. I think it is safe to say that steemit is heading towards to mainstream adoption there is not much to expect other than it will be huge soon everything else just don't cut it for steemit's future. My personal goals are drifting me a bit away of my blogging a bit a time day by day. But that might be a good thing I was never aiming to be a big steemit blogger. 

Anyway in the meantime I made a lot of friends all over the world something that wouldn't have occur without steemit. I mostly use it to log in and support my favorite authors these days and also find some new ones to follow at art tag mainly.

I am sure you will find a lot of interesting things to share you don't have to post every day just every now and then so we can check what you are up to.

Best of luck with everything man.

Although I didn't voluntarily take a break, I couldn't be on the platform as much as I would have liked to for a few weeks due to a busy schedule, but when I finally had the time to come back to it with a ton of time, it was kind of refreshing! We all need a break sometime!

You are a very good writer , you written all things in a beautiful method .
Thanks

Dear @ericvancewalton

I wanted to inform you of an opportunity that #promo-steem has for @sndbox and other major projects on the steem blockchain.

We are the media partners for the London Crypto Currency Show on 14th April. In return for this, we have managed to get our hands on 14,000 usd of promotional access in the form of 2 x hour long presentation seminars and one 4 x 3m exhibition stand.

Instead of using the presentation time and exhibition stand to ourselves we decided to let the major projects and notable steemians use it. So we are giving away talking spots and the opportunity exhibit at our stand for free.

This is quite a big deal since the London Crytpo Currency Show is organised by the London Investors Show, a well-established, long term investing exhibition which brings in crowds of 2,500 experienced investors through its doors at most events. This is therefore an excellent opportunity for the steem blockchain to make a strong mark at one of the premier blockchain events in the UK, and Europe basically for free.

Please see this blog for further details. I hope you are interested in either sending someone from your project to talk at one of the seminars, supporting the event or spreading the word to other major projects or notable steemians. https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@starkerz/exhibition-opportunity-call-to-steem-projects-at-london-crypto-currency-show

I look forward to hearing from you!
@starkerz

I was starting to feel similarly about the bland comment sections on here. I think it’s because there’s so many new users who are just trying to earn an easy upvote. 

To me, the smaller community that we used to have was preferable for interacting with people, but at the same time I want Steem to be huge. I think these are just growing pains that we’ll just have to deal with. 

I’m excited for communities when each community, or tag, will be able to do its own moderation. I think that will go a long way in helping to clean things up around here.

-Jordan