> get back to the core things in my life, mainly creativity and inner exploration .....

...think you said it @whatamidoing. 

> Your experience tends to reflect where you focus.

...it's about the balance. I'm two months into Steemit and find my evenings are filled with head stuff and thoughts, where before I would wind down inner activity. I'm working on this balance too.

But if something is pissing you off (and I've read a few of your posts :), then a change of metaphoric air/scenery is always a good idea.

Good luck :D
🚣

Sounds like you have done really well, Thats awesome! Good Luck!

Hi again. plushzilla mentioned this post to me. I'm happy to see you are taking the second to breathe in the fresh air for the overall health of your well-being. I am starting to see the importance of establishing a rhythm on here myself.

It can be very tiring and draining. Especially when I made that darn tree post that started me thinking about life..time..and now the short blooming cycle of the cherry blossom tree...

Steemit time moves much faster than the real world, and I know we all try our best to catch up. Can we ever? I've never been a social media person but I spend all my free time on here socializing. Forget my measly earnings, lol. It can't even buy me my daily cup of coffee. 

All we can do is make the most of our time here, HAVE FUN, and put the what if's to the back of our mind for the temporary being.

same here. Since May last year crypto is  on my mind all the time.

While  I was / am trying to learn more I feel it took a not really unhealthy approach but I was following the news all the time and I felt I spend too much time on it.

As for now I am still checking the prices pretty much every day but I am ok to not check reddit / youtube everyday to check for new information and feel a bit freed if I am honest. 

Maybe I should deinstall Blockfolio as well...

Getting back to some fun is definitely a good idea. It's made a big difference to me this week. Blogging regularly helps as well. Just got my one month badge so that's that particular game finished.

I'm sort of opposite to you with crypto though. I'm thinking it's time for me to learn how to make a trade and buy some Steem possibly some Stmartcash. Not sure. But I think it would be a good idea to start playing around with the trading platforms so I feel comfortable buying and selling should the need arise.

hope you can settle down into some sort of pattern that makes it all fun again soon. 😍

I completely get everything you’re saying. I got very caught up in crypto for a while dreaming of how I might one day be able to break free of being imprisoned by debt that will never go away without some kind of miracle. The victories here and there just reaffirmed that. Now I’m taking a break and I’ve stopped obsessively checking Blockfolio. I just can’t mentally exhaust myself dreaming anymore. It’s not about greed but about hope.

I haven't quite spent a year but I feel I need to do something similar. I am waiting for the time to reduce my portfolio (spread too thin) and then will look to reduce the time on it. More mindfulness or filling with other hobbies :P?

I need a break from crypto too. Problem is.... it's REALLLLLLLLY hard to do.
Compare it to social media. We use it every day, to remain in contact with our friends , or find some interesting stories, get the latest news, or even for a good laugh. Take that away, you're left in the dark.  With crypto, alot of us have a good portion of money into it. We wanna find the next best thing, because in crypto, 1 second could be the big boom we are waiting for. Not watching it could be costly. For example,  I missed out on the NANO rise because of my short break. It sucks, and I regret it. I hope you find a happy medium....... because I'm still looking for it.

Hi @whatamidoing, I finally had a chance to visit your blog and the first article I came across really struck a chord with me! Already I am finding that the effort required to create something valuable to post is becoming greater and greater so it is almost impossible for me to want to post something unless I feel like it can really add value to the community. 

I feel like we can definitely do more collectively as a group, and now I am spending more time on Discord trying to connect with people more deeply than I have been able to just on the posts and comments (which I should have been doing more at the beginning). So these days I end up just doing a lot of 'introductions' between people that I think will inspire each other or provide opportunities to collaborate, because this is where most of my motivation and energy is coming from :)

Great step, bro. Sometimes the best thing to do is to take a few steps backwards. Steemit makes that a bit hard, though. Glad you've found a way to get that done. I'm not too far from there myself I guess.

I Jatakas recently got involved in this crypto mania still don't understand but learning

Sounds like a wise decision. 
I'm trying too.
Still can't help myself checking sites like coinmarketcap.com and sometimes cryptocompare.com a couple of times per day. I also need to at least open my exodus wallet once every single day.

I put the most of my time in Steemit though.

Today, I felt I should actually enjoy offline life a little more, I'm in Spain after all and I went for a walk, tapas and more walking through a city that I sold my heart on back in 2009. 

When I came back, I had the energy to focus on replying to 4 days of comments and giving some loyal steemians some much deserved love.

I am also trying hard to focus less on the financial outcome of my posts. I don't want to be greedy. I should focus on what is enough instead of more or (expected?) growth.

The main thing is, it should stay fun (most of the time) and feel healthy instead of like a must, an addiction.

It's so hard to get caught up in the details and lose sight of the greater picture. The greater picture is pretty damn great and we are actively taking part in it ;>)

Un abrazo desde Granada,

Vincent

Welcome to the club of '1 Post Per Day' 
(and sometimes none. 
Usually none.)
Drinks are on the right and snacks are on the left!
We hope you enjoy your stay!

PS: Will vote ya once my VP's restored. :P