The Bliss of Growth

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Hi there, this is @drceeyou. And this is my entry for the hive-learners weekly featured contest. Its week 10 and this is episode 2.

Let's go.

It's letter to myself in 5yrs from now. It is kinda weird because, everything I would say would already be known to me 5yrs from now.
what da hell... I'll write it anyways.

Dear Convi!

You remember that name? Or has it gone into oblivion. I doubt it would disappear though. It has come to stick. You remember the day that woman looked at you/us, that small innocent looking teenager and said

Convi, how you dey nah?

Anyways, I do remember and I do pray you haven't forgotten because I still love it when my girl, your wife, calls me Convi, with that her lovely voice. It sounds a lot like "baby" in my ears. Well I dont know why I am telling you this. You know this already.

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about certain things and I would need your help on these things. Don't worry, I am not trying to change my future. I am only looking to be better than I am now. So, I have had some real issues with being consistent. You know how it is. I set an alarm and it rings in the morning and instead of waking up to do what I need to do I hit the snooze button, again, and again.

I listened to someone that said something to me and I havent stopped feeling guilty ever since. He said

Hitting the snooze button is the number one indicator that you have no integrity, it means that you are not a man of your word.

Thinking about it, it's kinda true. Every time I set the alarm to wake up at a certain time, I am making a commitment to myself that I would wake up this time. I am making a promise to myself that at this time set by the alarm clock I should stand up and get going. When I hit the snooze button, I am reneging on that promise. I am going back on that commitment.

Another person told me this...

If you don't stay consistent, it means that there is really nothing you have as a goal that is worthwhile.

And I think about it again, staying consistent means that I see my goals as worth achieving and more important than slouching on a chair and sleeping off the afternoon. Not like I do that, but then, you know what I mean.

It's not like I have been less consistent over the years, If anything, I have grown to become a lot more consistent than I have ever been. In fact, it looks like the more of life I experience, the more consistent I grow to become. But I know that I am still very inconsistent, so here is my first request to you.

Is there a way to remain consistent in the future? One that could keep me going for years at the same thing?

Somehow, I already know what your answer would be, guess how. You are me and I am you and I don't think the world has changed so much in 5 yrs. And somethings don't change in a lifetime.

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A few months ago, I discovered HIVE. Right now, I wish I could see how much being consistent on hive would pay, I wish you would tell me how much HIVE has been a source of value both financially and mentally. As you know, when I began in hive I was most skeptical about it. But right now, as I write to you, I feel like there is so much that I can become because of hive. I feel like a rush of potential energy welling up every time I engage on the platform. Not only do I get to provide value, I am a premium consumer of value on the platform.

I know that knowing so much about your future is not good for the timeline so I am not going to ask you so many questions like...

how much is hive worth in 5 yrs?

Is bitcoin now an acceptable legal tender?
Have Nigeria woken up from her stereotypic and constrictive mentality about crypto?

I am not going to ask you If I get to have a car or a house of my own in 5yrs, although I know that is a given...

No, No, I will not give in to the temptation of asking you how my medical career is in the next 5 yrs...

I know it is dangerous. And even if I ask you these questions, which I have not asked, you still will not give me an answer, because I could change the future, bla bla bla.

Anyways, I must end this letter here. I hope you would write to me soon... and maybe If I find a way to invent time travel before then, I could see you in person... Oh shoot!- that would mess up the timeline and could have untold consequences.

Later, Convi.

Yourself, 5 yrs in the past.