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I'm tired yawn

i sometimes panic when I think I can't acquire more #monero. Why? missing out on potential value gain? I don't know, and that's not really the reason. Panic because of a potential supply crunch getting more crunchier, and that I could no longer get a useful private crypto like #xmr to utilize. I can't say that for a lot of crypto.

Another day, another grind. Be good to each other 🙏 Be forgiving and don't let externals (people, events, experience) change who you are. Like the #stoics recommend, embrace what you control, like your response to things, and nevermind what you don't control.

Is it normal to be addicted to social media? I'm starting to worry.. 😅

What I love about #minimalism is it is a good expression of individual sovereignty. I become in control of my interactions and I am not beholden to things or an obsessive outlook to accumulate material belongings.

On Amethyst I had notification filter set to just follow list, hence not noticing messages from people who I don't follow. My apologies if I missed any one who made a good point to one of my notes in the past🙏

I was never into social media because I didn't think it was a good idea to be so open about our lives. Turns out tech oligarchs developed from everyone just giving their identities away. Who knew. I'm using it now because why not, but I can see how and why it can get addicting. At least on nostr I won't be psy-op'd compared to some centralized private platform. And who knows, maybe if I contribute some good stuff here the data scraper that inevitably comes will provide the AI some good words to train on 😅😂

We've reaching a situation where accounts hiding behind a pseudonym or cat profile pictures is a sign of life, where those attempting to look human with totally believable human profile pictures are really bots. #showerthought

I intend on using #nostr for the long term, and I think it's great how decentralized it is to sending out notes. My only concern is what happens with old relays out of my control that decide to go. What happens then? I presumably lose my notes. Perhaps I should setup my own #nostr relay and write to that so I will always have some kind of copy/backup on my side - is this correct thinking? Since I'm not too experienced with #nostr yet, I'd like to know more about this facet. Can you run your own private #nostr relay where I only have write permissions but others can read from it? I assume there would be a problem with replying from others in that case. Can we run a relay strictly over TOR, as well? I think I've seen some .onion only relay addresses. Any help or recommended readings/resources for learning would be great. #self-hosting

Maybe I should start regular postings on #stoic practices. I consider stoicism a universal action based philosophy that trains people to understanding existence, virtue, and to improve and sustain our stoic practice. Any folks here into #stoicism? What I appreciate a lot about stoicism is that it is an action based philosophy. This means that it does not seek to prove itself through speculation but through observation and considerations of our place in the universe. One important lesson that Stoics point to is that we are not in control of everything. There are things that are in our control and things that are outside of control. Things in our control include how we react and respond to events or ideas. Things outside of our control is our fame, wealth, people's opinions, and anything that happens. Since we cannot control what happens to us, we can at least control how we respond. So that's an important lesson or principle that many ancient and contemporary stoics point to. But what about the action-oriented feature? This is where practical activities help us practice what we believe in. There are so many different practices. One practice is journaling and morning and evening reflections. This is where you keep notes about your life, what you experience, and what you observe about yourself and your responses to events. Morning and evening reflections are also a great way to practice this observational part of Stoicism. Since I'm becoming more active in posting onto #nostr, maybe this is another great way of practicing, writing. Writing forces us to make legible our thoughts that may be incomplete. By expressing a thought in written form, I force myself to internalize the meaning and express it in a way another can understand. Anyways that's all for now. #philosophy #ethics #virtue