I haven't been posting as much lately because I have been busy doing other life type things. One of them being working at the ceramics studio of @natureofbeing and @greyhawk.

![Dr2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmebzzfRDNTs2T7w36E9eKcZkhNJdhggLHfuRo86QwKSVb/Dr2.jpg) *The doctor is in..* It all started about a month ago when I went to my first [Portland steem meet-up](https://steemit.com/meetup/@doctorcrypto/portland-or-steemit-meet-up-2018). It was great to meet other steemians in person. Talking with @natureofbeing, I realized that we actually are within two blocks of each other on an almost daily basis. Small world! Shortly after our meet up, she made a [post](https://steemit.com/art/@natureofbeing/studio-visit-march-9-18) about all of the ceramic work she is doing and it looked like a lot of work. So I asked if she needed any help and in fact she did! We met again and it seemed like a good fit. The topic of payment came up and @natureofbeing offered one option of being paid in SBD and that intrigued me. I figured since we met through steem, It seems only right to make this a full steem affair and get paid with SBD. ![steam-train.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVbeqwzZBWcqr7B2PLYNwp5hUPDLPae2gtUP2pnNSWd83/steam-train.gif) So now I am sanding ceramic tiles for SBD. It is not neurosurgery to say the least, but it is kinda meditative and I am enjoying it. Here is my sanding station with some tiles drying in their molds in the background. ![shop2.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWdSxA8dVdrLWkLFVrRsYphcNd4iZMvjGEgKGpjFmTroi/shop2.jpg) *I feel like Tony Montana sitting here...* The studio does this production line of tiles as well as other more creative art inspired works. ![shop1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXekinnHxVUCM8NStnobSS6nLPzP7cWfKFpxtQ35Xc7Zc/shop1.jpg) *@greyhawk working on more tiles...and more tiles.....* ![tiles divider.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbd8MhrnHG2Ykyg2e1tj1hUsNJzH7pjDRvW4ngsh45u1S/tiles%20divider.jpg) Some cool mandalas and tea cups ![wall.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbDUrdi6d3YqcyiUWnzG2WwLwDVTu44vBB3MBqmfQBjVU/wall.jpg) *Sorry for the blur...* We have worked out a deal where on a given day, like the first of the month we take the market price of SBD and apply that to the money I have earned sanding tiles. So if I made $20 and the price of SBD is $2... Then I get 10 SBD with the option to change payment options later. While the price of SBD is low, I feel like this could be a good thing and I am interested in seeing how it all pans out. I think it is incredibly cool that this all happened because of steem. This is not even a super crazy story. So many steemians are doing great things just by interacting with each other on steemit. Do you find yourself doing something you would have never imagined because of steemit? How has steemit changed your life? So that is what I have been up to... Thanks for reading everybody and as always...

Keep being Cool Steemit!

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