Because the other night our daughter was so excited to see the sunset, tonight I took her to watch it from a different position before we went to the park. This picture was taken around 4 pm, we live quite north so we lose about 40 minutes of daylight a week until the winter solstice near Christmas. Tomorrow is going to be 5min30sec shorter than today.
Small incremental changes have the tendency to add up quite quickly into large shifts until one day we notice how far it has moved. No one gets fat and no one masters a skill overnight but, these things do impact heavily upon us.
People notice the large and immediate shifts but fail to recognise the small that erode at their experience. A person buys a house for 100k and sells it for 120k 5 years later, did they make a profit considering inflation, did their investment outperform alternatives, did they have to pay interest on a mortgage for those 5 years? Do they even check? In most people's head they made 20k profit.
It is interesting to think about these things and have a look at expenditures. How many Steem are our often multiple subscriptions worth per month? That car bought on finance terms? The TV that was 0 down over 3 years? All these things add up don't they and for the most part, aren't going to return any profit whatsoever.
It isn't all about profit in this world though, entertainment matters too but if Steem is anything to go by, people do care about their returns or lack of them as the case may be. In the 'real world' we spend a lot on irrelevant but in the Steem world fight and complain over some relatively small amounts out of the pool in comparison.
Small amounts add up of course and those few Steem could be worth a lot more later. If you think that they will and aren't happy with what is coming out of the pool, why not cut Netflix or something else unnecessary and buy a few? I know not everyone can do this but, no one can?
What is that new pair of unnecessary jeans bought today worth if the cost bought Steem instead and Steem goes back to 7? It will at the very least. Would you buy those jeans if they were 9x the price?
Just some thoughts while my daughter falls to sleep.
Taraz
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(posted from phone)