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We all need a break at some point.

I've been struggling lately to find the motivation to create content. There's a number of reasons in my personal life that have been especially draining. Combine that with the fact that I've been spreading myself incredibly thin for the past year... Not too long ago I hit a bit of a wall. The launch of Threads at least gave me a way to continue creating content without much thought. That has been a blessing because I didn't want to disappear completely. But boi, this horse is tired.

I've been very consistently creating content on Hive for over a year now without slowing down. At one point I found myself writing 3-4 articles per day. My life has changed a lot in that 1 year, and it has gotten more and more difficult for me to find the motivation to great long-form content. I'm sure the motivation will return because at the end of the day, I am a content creator and I do enjoy creating content... I just don't have the mental space and clarity that I need right now.

Despite being 100% burnt out... I've continued to churn out content for LBI and I've continued to work on projects behind the scenes. That won't change. I'm just dealing with a super bad case of writer's block (I guess) and I need time to take care of my mental health. I've been doing a lot of extra work as of late, and my personal life has also been extremely stressful. Add on the fact that I'm going to be moving in November... and you have one stressed horse.

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I feel like one of those fires that you try to put out but it just keeps coming back to life. I'm burnt out but I'm still kicking. Instead of trying to write some super profound and helpful shit... I'd like to take this as an opportunity to thank everyone here that has believed in me. Thank you to all the people that follow me, that comment on every single post, that reblog my content, and that vote on my content. You are the reason I will never leave. I just need a little bit of time to take care of myself.

In the past year, I joined the LeoFinance team and completely changed the game with tech support while also being an ambassador. I also started creating content twice a week for LBI and working on Dreemport. Not to mention that I have been doing Twitter spaces and just started up a weekly podcast called Cryptoholics. All the while working a full time job, helping run a busisness, and all kinds of other craziness. My life is pretty chaotic as of late.

I didn't write this post in hopes that someone would tell me it's going to be OK. I didn't write this to brag about my accomplishments, however small they may be in the grand scheme of things. I didn't write this in hopes that people would give me pity votes. I wrote this to acknowledge the fact that when burnout hits, it hits hard. It's really easy to say "I'll try again tomorrow" when you want so badly to create content. It's even easier to just shut down completely.

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It's extremely important to make sure that you take care of both your physical and mental health. As I've gotten older, I've become more and more aware of the fact that we have a very limited time on this Earth. We may be here in 5 years, hell we may not even be here tomorrow. With that in mind, we have one shot at this game called life... Why the hell would we continue to spend it doing shit that doesn't make us happy? I'm thankful for every single opportunity that has come my way just by showing up here on Hive every single day.

LeoFinance and Hive have completely changed my life, and the way I see things for the better. I realize that even when IRL kinda sucks... I have a whole ass family here that will always tell me "GM:FREN" unconditionally. That means the absolute world to me, so again... Thank you to everyone that supports ole' Nifty. Without you all, who knows where the hell I would be or what kind of bullshit I'd be doing. I am forever grateful.

Peace and love.

Nifty

Thanks for reading! Much love.

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