PostsCommentsPayoutsdaveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • yesterdayDiscovering things about myself that I didn't know / Descubrir cosas de mí que desconocía (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. I always thought I knew myself pretty well. By my mid-twenties, I'd had plenty of time to learn my limits, my fears, my strengths, and my weaknesses. Or at…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 2 days agoThe power of writing / El poder de la escritura (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. I've always believed that writing is thinking with your hands. I'm not talking about writing novels or poems; I'm talking about sitting down with a pen and…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 3 days agoDo what makes you happy / Haz lo que te haga feliz (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. A few years ago, if someone had told me, "Do what makes you happy and nothing else," I probably would have laughed. It seemed like a very naive phrase…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 4 days agoDiscovering new hobbies / Descubriendo nuevas aficiones (eng-esp)Greetings, friends For years, my life revolved around one thing: writing. I woke up thinking about characters, spent the day mulling over plots, and went to bed with my…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 5 days agoThe importance of curiosity / La importancia de la curiosidad (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. Curiosity has been my only compass. It has nothing to do with talent, nor with discipline, nor with ambition. Curiosity, that kind of…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 6 days agoPriorities, how to establish them and why they are necessary / Prioridades, cómo establecerlas y por qué son necesarias (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. For years I confused priorities with urgent matters. I think I wasn't the only one. I believed that what mattered was what was urgent, what…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 8 days agoHow to escape social pressure? / ¿Cómo escapar de la presión social? (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. Social pressure doesn't work as a direct order, but rather as background noise, that constant hum you stop noticing but that wears you…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 9 days agoThe importance of saving / La importancia del ahorro (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. Saving is one of the most basic and necessary actions of our time. It's not about being stingy, nor about living in fear. It's about creating a space…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 11 days agoCommunity as a choice / La comunidad como una elección (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. I got tired of feeling isolated in the middle of a crowd, of interacting on social media with hundreds of people and still feeling just as…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 12 days agoFriendship after thirty / La amistad después de los treinta (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. After thirty, friendship ceased to be something that just happened, out of nowhere, as if it were natural. In elementary school, high…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 13 days agoThe handmade knowledge revolution / La revolución del conocimiento hecho a mano (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. Despite all the technological advances, there's something that has maintained, if not increased, its value: crafts such as artisanal work, textiles…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 14 days agoSmall changes that transform / Pequeños cambios que transforman (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. I wake up every morning at the same time. I drink the same coffee from the same mug. I have a more or less fixed work schedule. Routine isn't my enemy; it's…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 15 days agoTo compete or not to compete? (eng-esp) / ¿Concursar o no concursar?(eng-esp)Saludos, amigos de @holos-lotus. La pregunta “¿concursar o no concursar?” me ha rondado muchas veces. Cuando conencé a escribir, el miedo lo evitaba. Pensaba que si no ganaba…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 16 days agoVivir al máximo es una decisión diaria (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. “Live life to the fullest” sounds like a slogan on a t-shirt, an empty cliché. For a long time, I associated living life to the fullest with epic feats…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 16 days agoThe solution lies in the analysis / La solución está en el análisis (eng-esp)Greetings, @holos-lotus community. I've spent a good part of my life going around in circles with problems. I approached them impulsively, with the urgency of making them…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 17 days agoThe bad, the good and the relative / Lo malo, lo bueno y lo relativo (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. We live in an age of snap judgments. This is “good.” That is “bad.” It's categorized with a simplistic ferocity that stifles thought. I rebel against…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 18 days agoThere is none so blind as he who will not see / No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. I've spent too much energy, too many words, and too much peace of mind trying to open the eyes of people whose eyelids were firmly closed.…daveza (61)in Ladies of Hive • 19 days agoThe straight line of coherence / La línea recta de la coherencia (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. Consistency is the backbone of a self-respecting life. It's not a lofty virtue, it's a basic necessity. The phrase "do unto others as you would have them do…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 20 days agoGood foundations / Los buenos cimientos (eng-esp)Greetings, friends. I am a writer, but before that, I was a reader. And before I was a reader, I was a child who was read stories at night. I don't come from a special gift…daveza (61)in Holos&Lotus • 21 days agoThe thin line between acting and reacting / La delgada línea entre actuar y reaccionar (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotu I wake up every morning with the intention, more or less clear, of being the architect of my own day, of making decisions. But reality is…