If I hadn't been woken up by a knee in the ass, I would have probably have not read this 'waste of a few hours'.

I'm thankful for the knee and the hours wasted by you here on Hive, feel proud 😁

I think the 10,000 hour thing proposed by Malcolm Gladwell has been pretty thoroughly debunked. 

Just doing something for any length of time doesn't guarantee improvement, instead you have to actively work at improving... practice with the goal of getting better, seeking out better techniques, engaging with mentors, etc.  

I'm so so so glad you found writing on this little old blockchain.  I had no idea things had been so stressful in 2017, but not only do I enjoy you and your brother's writing, you both set an amazing example of what's possible on this blockchain and in Web3 itself.   I appreciate all the hours you've put into this!

I simply love it!!

> Does that ever happen, or is it that I am forever destined to feel like a child?

Why you don’t want to feel like a child? 

After reading your post, this sentence, in the beginning, doesn’t have a lot of sense to me. I believe you are more mature and less child than you can even think (I’m sorry if this sentence sounds bad, English is not my first language but I’m inspired right now, that’s why I’m not translating).

Many people are seeking this perfect and untouchable life, as you say, they always try to avoid any risk. You, me as well. But I believe it takes courage to make a post like this, and you need even more courage to dare to think these things.

Most people are just following a path that they never analyze because it’s too scary to think about these things. Is this life? Should I do this? Why? Why am I following rules that someone else designed??

So this is a great point of view, that someone awake, or someone who is about to open his or her eyes to what is life about, can see.

I agree with you! And it’s very nice to read this kind of post because I always believe that slowly, our tribe, those people who share a philosophy or a lifestyle, start to share the road as well, even if it’s through a virtual platform like Hive.

Thanks for the writing! 

Have a good day!!

But not a single word wasted on this post. I needed some inspiration and came to the right place. 

I get what you say about the expertise on something and the changes in life. I saw something the other day about how our minds are cyclical and that's why sometimes we feel like we are 3 and know nothing about the world and we move through these stages being in another metal set according to the situations we are face because of familiarity. It is a thought thing to escape and I think it's impossible. But I guess those projections of ourselves tend to get better as we progress since our experiences help us understand how we are in relation to the world. At least for people who take the time to get their minds together.

The obvious doesn't need evidence!


***The "bad news" is that you have grown!***

Perhaps my analysis is a bit hasty, but I think I manage to see between the lines the feeling of a renewed person who has decided to promote his own changes, from his particular point of view and beyond the environment where he lives.

Positive or not, what happens around us, outside of us, will always be neutral. The "last word" is established by our mind. Hence the importance of mental health that you rightly mention. Staying in your comfort zone or daring to give way to new circumstances. Identifying in your mind what really gives value to your life or letting life take its course, without even questioning it, is a very individual and intimate responsibility. 

Neuroscience, together with other branches of science, has achieved great advances in the study of the mind as a primordial part of the brain. And it supports with compelling evidence the paramount importance of mental health.

I believe that the secret lies in understanding that every day, even if it does not seem so, becomes a new and interesting personal challenge, in itself, a generator of changes that only the healthy mind can perceive, decipher and evaluate.

I really enjoyed reading your publication. The topics of the mind, of our inner self, are fascinating, lengthy and interesting to say the least.

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*Older people can never understand anything on their own and it is very boring for children to have to give them explanations over and over again*. 
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Dear @tarazkp thank you for sharing part of your inner light. Keep doing it, even if for you, for the time being, they are not synonymous with any change! 

***A big hug...***

It is not really the time spent that matters but how dedicated you are to a particular stuffs that you find interesting and consistent in doing. A lot of time can be spent on so many things without a positive results to show for. The impact of hive though have been a blessing to so many people in different areas where one can testify the benefit part the blockchain have showcase in changing and helping lives.

We will never find perfection.   Life is not about that.   But as we grow in our journey, we will find where we need to be. And we can enjoy it along the way. No I do not want to grow up either. That is not any fun. LOL 

Well I guess if you're claiming 10,000 hours, we should start calling you guru. An interesting perspective on the power of writing to change your life; glad it's worked out better than at the alternate you hinted at.

So much wisdom here. Our struggles need to be events we're passing through; not things we are. 

> life is about doing the best we can with what we have and when we know we could be better than today, striving for it tomorrow.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmXy2xZJp6rCetys8YRANooHLynNzhCbmhGDwkVuFZH3UP/HOPE.jpg

Any given number (10k hours, 10k steps, 3 hours daily practice, 30min+ moderate daily exercise, change your bedsheets and towels every week) is pretty much gamification XD

It's possible to both feel like an expert and to feel like there's still so much more to learn and explore, that's probably an infinitely better attitude to have than the smug delusion that you know everything there is to know and fly off the handle because someone dared to question anything about anything you know, or on the other end of the scale to be suffering imposter syndrome XD

>at what point am I going to have enough experience in life, to feel like I am an adult

This line set the pace and from there, I strolled back six years when I was getting into writing too. Keeping in mind that we've both hit our storms and almost drowned only to resurface, I'd say that I chose the worst way to deal with my mental health and this unpolished writing skill. 

You deserve everything good 🌟 

Ps; I hope to be like you when I grow up... I think I can scribble myself out of a very dark comfortable and familiar hole. 

>Similarly, after talking with a friend recently who expressed the same concerns, at what point am I going to have enough experience in life, to feel like I am an adult. 

You see sir,  I recently grew into the shoes of what I thought an adult was and I didn't like it till I crawled out of it and made myself a child in the mind. To most people, to be an adult is to be excellent and perfect in all spheres which is practically impossible to attain as a human. In my local dialect, they say a child and an adult cannot quarrel for the child to ever win. This statement simply means the adult is always right. Perhaps in certain situations, it's true. But I doubt it is true in every situation. 

To be an expert doesn't require you to grow into adulthood or feel some magical tinkling of having answers to all issues. I started learning to program not long ago and realized that a good programmer isn't the one who knows all the answers to every question but can leverage experience and knowledge to solve problems in a dynamic way. 
This is my view by the way. Have a great day!

I woke up this morning, drank 30 grams of good vodka and a cup of coffee.

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I looked at the quotes on the coinmarket.

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The apartment is cool, I crawled under the covers and opened the laptop. I read the first post about a guy with a bird and thought how he would spend the winter in a bad house without repairs -https://hive.blog/hive-106444/@xplosive/the-days-are-getting-colder

Then I read the second post, your post. And I thought, am I happy with today. Until I'm happy, I'm worried about the guy and his bird.

Now I will start reading the third post. Thanks for the thoughts.

>Writing so much consistently over the years, means that there is a very high risk of repetition...

I have been following you for one year. I see that you write at leaat one post everday and you contribute a lot to this blockchain. I don't know whether it is sustainable. It wouldn't be for me. You might not find a subject to write it is normal, however you don't have to write everyday mate :)