FerdyB–🐝

Wrote this to remember in case i get too arrogant in my trading or whatever: "The more you know how to do something, the more you'll underestimate the risks of doing it." NEVER underestimate the risk of doing something you KNOW how to do, even if you feel comfortable doing it.

Every pattern in your life continues to repeat until you become aware and learn the lesson. The moment you choose differently, the loop ends and growth begins.

Live today like it matters or could be your last, but make decisions like you could still have a tomorrow.

There's a big difference between humility and making yourself smaller just so someone else can feel bigger.

In psychology, there's a concept called confirmation bias: it means once we form an impression of something or someone, we can become more attentive to evidence that supports it while overlooking evidence that contradicts it. This is not the same with halo effect even though they can reinforce each other. In short, the halo effect shapes the first impression; while confirmation bias keeps that impression alive. Being aware of both helps us pause, look for challenging evidence, and judge people on a fuller picture rather than one defining trait. Everyone has a cobblepot.

2nd Peter 2:3 warned us ahead but it doesnt call for insults. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good — 1 Thessalonians 5:21 In other words, examine what you hear, keep what is true, and do not accept a teaching merely because it is delivered confidently from any pulpit.

There may be plenty of fish in the ocean... yeah But that does not mean every fish is yours to catch.

We're so back like we never left.

So Peller and Jarvis did not invite me to their wedding? No qualms, i'll do them back on my wedding day.

Good people, Look for somebody with a forgiving spirit to be in relationship with. Because you're going to make mistakes... yes, you're going to do hurtful things – things that are beneath your character. That's just how human dynamics unfolds. We're never perfect and you may want someone that in those moments of your weakness is not going to stonewall you or ice you out. Someone that will hold compassion for you. You want someone with whom forgiveness and tolerance can be a two way street of openess and of love. Someone that will always count your sacrifices more than they count your weakness/mistakes. Neither of you are going to be perfect. Forgiveness and Tolerance are vital keys for unlocking long lasting relastionship. Crave Love for somebody who has a forgiving and tolerable spirit for you ...because e get why.

Looking for someone who's done literally anything before. If anyone here has any experience with anything or knows something about anything, please let me know

One thing I've noticed in many local cultures and workplaces is that people often value cash differently from gifts. Someone may sincerely appreciate food, clothing, or other welfare items, but still think: "Those were nice, but what I really wanted was money." That's a preference. It's not necessarily evidence that the gift items were meaningless. People can genuinely appreciate gift items but value cash more. The problem comes if they rewrite history and behave as though none of those gifts counted simply because they weren't cash. IMO, if someone consistently treats thoughtful gift items as if they "don't count" because they weren't money/cash, then they're using a very narrow standard of value.

Generosity is voluntary not obligated. I mean, just because you can afford more, doesn't mean you should give more.

It's interesting how some people measure your effort without ever measuring their own. They act as if relationships are a one-way mirror. They'll ask why you never checked in on them, but never wonder why they didnt either. Like, they'll notice your silence without noticing theirs. They can see everything you do but somehow remain blind to everything they didnt do either. One thing that i've learned from issues like this is that: i hardly confuse someone's expectation of me with their investments in me. If you set a standard that only applies to me, then its no longer standard but entitlement. Reciprocity isn't established if you feel entitled and the only effort is in only keeping scores. You should be able to recognize that expectations applies in both direction. Learn to hold yourself accountable in the same standard you expect from others.

Sometimes the hardest part isn't accepting that someone might not choose you. It's realizing they don't seem to care whether you choose them either. There's a difference between keeping an open mind and ignoring what someone's actions/inactions make you feel. I've learned that indifference is an answer too. It's not every answer that comes as a rejection.. sometimes it comes as the absence of any effort to make you feel wanted. No resentment. Just a clearer understanding of what I need from henceforth before I make big decisions.

Just to be clear... this is a strong conceptual and technical fit for what we currently have. I mean, the contract genuinely supports the thesis today, but our actual live usage has been dollar denominated savings, not RWA specifically. So if you're curious whether we can see it working with a Stock Token, that's currently a yes on architecture, not a yes with the V1 we already have. We're just pitching the fit and will build it in response to real interest.

It's fun / easy to criticise, until you're the dev building.

I'm writing this with great sadness in my heart. FWIW, i stopped watching "The Young Sheldon" at the exact episode the father passed. I didn't understand why such an unrelated 'sorrow' somehow found a scene in the movie. I griefed that moment like someone whose has nothing to hope for or hold unto. Similar thing with "Iljimae". FWiW, i always skipped the episode where his adopted father passed and somehow continued the rewatch because part of me wanted him to succeed in his quest and end the cruelty. Still my favourite movie of all time. That said, I've experienced loss too – both in similar ways and in ways I never imagined. Based off that, those experiences changed the way i see life. I mean, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on life, and oddly enough, I kept coming back to a simple concept I first learned in elementary school: the number line. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Life feels like a number line. We dream of moving toward the positive side. We celebrate every increase and pray for increase – more joy, more love, more peace, more reasons to believe tomorrow will be kinder than today. Yet life has its own arithmetic. It just keeps subtracting unfairly mosttimes. It takes people we thought would stay forever. It takes opportunities that seemed certain. It takes time. Sometimes it even takes the version of ourselves we were proud to be. There are days when it feels as though God is watching your life being erased one number at a time :( The strange thing is that subtraction is not the same as disappearance. On a number line, even the furthest negative number still belongs. It has not been thrown away. It still has a place. It is still part of the story. Maybe that is why Scripture says, "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; struck down, but not destroyed." The numbers may fall, but the line remains. Somehow, I think misfortune has a cruel voice. It whispers that because something has been taken, nothing good can ever come again. But Hope answers with quieter words. It says that every number can move. No position is permanent. In the bible, Joseph was betrayed before he was honored. Naomi lost almost everything before she found joy again. Job watched his world collapse before it was rebuilt. None of them escaped subtraction. They simply discovered that God was never absent from it. Perhaps that is why faith is so difficult. It asks us to believe that the Author of addition is still writing while the page is filled with loss. You see... sorrow changes (or can change) your coordinates, but it does not (and should not) change your worth. So when life subtracts, do not mistake your location for your destination. Today may place you among the negative numbers, but even there, you are not beyond the reach of grace. - Every sunrise is one more step. - Every prayer is one more step. - Every act of courage is one more step. At least, that's how i tend to see it. And sometimes, the greatest miracle is not that life suddenly adds everything you lost. It is that after everything life has taken, you still choose to move toward the light. May Jehovah help us as we navigate this journey called Life.

Mercenary capital and disciplined-savings capital are not the same audience. I mean, someone chasing a hot memecoin on a one-month-old chain is not adjacent to someone looking for a place to commit $500 for a year. Winning attention in the first crowd doesn't transfer to the second, and if anything, being visibly active in that crowd is the one thing that could actively undercut the "we didn't chase users before we earned trust" story we already started out on with @Yolostackapp (fomerely Squistack). We might end up running two different reputations in parallel, and only one of them is the thing we're actually building.

One of the last things i'd do in this space is to chase mercenary capital as an opportunist. Not that i can't, but i won't and that's my own way of contributing to the vision of a better ecosystem. and i'm having a lot more fun - staying poor ;P

Reputation is capital. Connections are also capital. You have to know how to use them.