>Some people talk about it, but don't actually follow through with the activity to support them.

OMG YES for me I pay attention to the little things like the interactions between the poster most people if I noticed they aren't very engaging I won't bother.  Also no need for upvotes I am just intrigued by these type of discussions and theory talks so to speak.  Many people that didn't bother making time for me now I may not have as much time later for as I scale things in ;).

In life there will always be people who talk a big game, but I think time is the great thing that allows all of us to understand each other better.  I'm sure success can be paved by building the right relationships, but for me developing and growing myself as an individual is my main priority.

I can also notice my writing and reading skills greatly improving and that is the biggest roi win I can get personally speaking.  Well truth be told I'm only allowing it to consume this much of my time because I can see the bright future for it even if things were only worth 1/10th of what they were now.  It was through Splinterlands that I even discovered hive.  At first I was just like oh this is just a blog site that pays out crypto no thanks, but after being involved and learning and joining all these communities I realized this platform was so much more.

Hive is truly a great name for a platform such as this as the symbolism is perfect.  Through cohesion and the buildout of platforms and all the layer 2 applications, games, and methods i.e. 3speak, dtube, and more this is truly quite groundbreaking.

Unfortunately many things don't really bring me pleasure anymore, but there are times I go down deep dives due to curiosity and this sense of feeling productive to learn and write, but overall this journey has been an interesting one and I like it.