It is indeed good to see the bucket slowly fill. When I began here, my first post on the 13th June 2017 and for a long time afterwards, my posts earned cents and yet I continued, powered up and knew it was all adding up. Now, well it added up to what I have now; holding, filling the bucket up, feels good.
On that barter system I have going, it's really cool to swap goods and services for other goods and services, and it always makes me think of more simple times when this sort of thing was commonplace. I'm fortunate to have the right people around me to make it happen.