How do you respond to confusing voices?

While writing down a post for Splinterlands, many things are entering my mind. One day more and the current year will close and another year will start. So far, I am satisfied with my Hive growth this year and I am very positive and hopeful for the year to come.

I want to keep doing what I have been doing, but something prevents me from continuing. It may sound like an excuse, but it affects my motivation. I have to control what I am thinking.

To sort things out, I have to write down what bothers me. By identifying them, I can analyze my response. If they are not helpful, it’s either I can change my mind or I just let them pass since I cannot change what other people will say or write.

Talk of regulation continues. Our government announced that all mobile phones need to register before the year ends. Failure to do so would mean your phone will be disconnected. I am worried about the impact of such a public announcement on my Hive activity. Instead of a reduction in interference, what I see is a civil government that is becoming more restrictive. This made me angry.

And then another voice. I interpret them as pressure talks. I am thinking where are they coming from? Is it due to the extended crypto winter? Or is it fear speaking because of crashing prices? I am tired of listening to those voices. I thought we are here for the long term. Why worry then? Perhaps, that’s how I interpret what I read as fear talks.

And here is another. Every day, I am looking for articles from coinmarkets.today to share on Threads. But what shall I do if I find them repetitive and almost bordering on nonsense?

There is another voice that listening to it causes me to keep silent. I respect a field that I am not familiar with. I usually don’t write or talk about something I don’t know. I acknowledge my limitation and that’s part of being human. Perhaps, I am too idealistic to expect others to do the same. But when I see someone presuming to know something they are not familiar with, I tend to withdraw.

One last voice and I am done with my ventilation. Hate is not the right word. I don’t know how to describe my sentiment toward those who presume that they know your situation. We tend to generalize from our own experience and we tend to think that since it is true to us, therefore it must be true to everybody else. But that’s not the case. No one knows everything. We find it disgusting when we encounter people like that but unknowingly, we usually make an exception for ourselves.

If there is one thing I learn from this experience, not all voices deserve our time. Be selective to whom you listen.

I think that’s it. These are the things that bother me. Now that I identified them, I won’t allow them to distract me from my focus. Good for you if you are not bothered by them. I think things like these are unavoidable in a community, even in a digital one such as Hive.

Despite the many challenges both in our cyber life as well as our real life, I wish you all a peaceful and productive 2023!

Grace and peace!