I'm still sort of unwinding a bit from all the driving, but I wanted to share my thoughts after my first meetup. I don't really do photography, so enjoy a picture of what it kind of looked like as I drove out into the sunset. I don't really do a lot of 'planning' and tend to make my decisions more spontaneously, so I was kind of teetering back and forth whether or not to go at all up until Wednesday, but I loaded up and left Thursday for a fourteen hour drive along the Gulf Coast to meetup with some amazing people and it was well worth it.
I was actually focusing way too much on the current state of the crypto markets and I had to spend most of Wednesday getting my head straight about it. Scarcity mindset is something that I've worked hard at overcoming for the last year, but watching the dollar signs tick down ~60% in a month or two was pretty trying. In the end I decided that I just had to go with it and worry about the rest later. For the most part I avoided thinking about crypto while on my mini vacation and just focused on being present and enjoying the experience, and it was a good reminder that scarcity mindset is just all of the reasons why I convince myself that things aren't possible. Turns out they actually are.
A year ago, I wouldn't have been able to do this. I would have had way too much anxiety and even if I did manage to show up, I would have been sorely disappointed by everything and probably just been bitching about everything the whole time. The truth that I've found is that when I don't assume things about people and don't put unrealistic expectations on them, I am often pleasantly surprised. So while I considered most of these people friends before meeting them, it turns out that they are all pretty amazing people! Maybe it's just steemit or MSP culture that people are more authentic online, maybe it's just me being more mindful and accepting of myself and others, whatever the reason I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and getting to know all of them better. I highly recommend going to a meetup if you get a chance, maybe you'll enjoy it too. Namaste.