Hi All! I recently joined Hive, a few posts behind, and was reminded by @livinguktaiwan that an introduction in good and due form was in order, so let's have a try at the exercise!
Not an exercise I like, by the way. I'm more of the introvert and secretive type, but I can do efforts!
A bit of background
My name is Nicolas, I'm French, and I'm 40. Already. Don't even get me started on it. That dazzles me how time flies. Everybody either know what I'm saying, or will know in time!
I met my wife at my first job. I only knew her for a few months before she had to go back to China, but I decided to follow her. Just for a couple of years, just to see and come back. I stayed 8 years. I got lucky to quickly get a job there. At first, my job was to be the "white monkey" of the company. If you don't know what it is, it consists in showing up and being there, in order to impress clients with the vision of a foreigner working in the company. It brings high credibility, apparently. Well, China is a world apart. Hopefully they realized I'm smart enough to have more value than just being a foreigner.
We are now back in France, we live in a small village in the region Somme (British people would know it, it was a bloody battle of WW1). And i work in Supply Chain for a factory of heating components: thermostatic valves, heads and such. Never thought about it but someone has to manufacture that.
Let's stay half anonymous for now ;)
(That's the castle of Chambord behind)
A bit about me
If I had to define myself in one word (see the introvert tendency?), I would say I'm a father. We have 2 boys, 4 yo and 2 yo (yes, you can guess how exhausting they are). I had no idea how fatherhood would change me. When for the first time I got my son in my arms and we made eye contact, it was just overwhelming. Since then, I try to do my best to be a good dad, even though they suck everything they can: time, attention, patience... My wife isn't exactly the maternal type, so I kind of have to compensate a bit here...
Here are the monsters:
Yeah, they don't look like much like this, but I assure you: they are terrible! The sleeping beasts are always the most terrifying ones!
Working full time and doing parenting overtime at home, I don't have a lot of free time. Around 2 hours a day between 21:00 and 23:00. Apart the usual movie/tv serie and such, what distinguish me is my love of music. I like from alt rock to hip hop, and most of all: classical. Yeah, romanticism rocks. Put some Beethoven into your ears, you forget about your last gym playlist to get pumped. Although as I age, I tend to go back to basics, and Bach's music has undeniably something divine in it. I also play guitar, classical and flamenco style. And Jimi Hendrix is the GOAT.
Now that the kids are a bit grown, we will be able to resume traveling. We have done quite a bit in South East Asia while in China, now is still a bit complicated with Covid, but we have hope for this summer. We have our eyes on Austria ;)
I'm also quite knowledgeable in various subjects. I often have some kind of binge of knowledge: when a subject got my interest, I tend to read everything I can until I have a decent understanding of the matter. Be it chess, physical training, nutrition, gardening...
It usually goes like that: I meet a problem (it's annoying to get rid of grass clippings), look for a solution (permaculture has some nice ideas), get dragged into it and aim for the top of it (food forest are brilliant!). And that's how, looking for a way to get rid of grass clippings, I end up putting fruit trees all around and trying to replace the lawn by clover.
And what I'm doing here
I ended up registering on Hive in order to play RisingStar, actually. Thanks to @hoosie who made me discover the game (check his blog if you wish). Concerning Hive blog, well, I'm not interested in social media and "influencers" anyway. No facebook/instagram/twitter/other account to lose my time with.
However... As I see it, Hive is not a social media. It has some aspect of it, sure, but I discovered it was much more. It's the first time I felt really what would be an online community. The word is overused and has lost some of its meaning, so much that we forgot about it and you read it as if nothing, so I write it again. Community.
In latin: a group of people "cum" who shares "munus".
And not sharing the latest pointless selfie with a cup of latte from the last opened coffee shop, seeking for attention. But actually sharing valuable things such experiences, ideas, and the most precious of things: their time.
I will take the opportunity to thank some projects/people I noticed while lurking.
- @wearealive : a simple but powerful reminder. Everyone go through difficult moments, and it's easy to forget that life goes on and that happiness is hidden in small tiny things.
- @ph1102 and his WORKERBEE pool : with my limited means, I delegated some really ridiculous amount (like 0.30$) to his pool, I thought it was some kind of automatic pool or something. This sum is not even worth the time to add me in his excel or whatever tracking tool he uses. Yet, he welcomed me and sent me the weekly reward right away. Man, I am really ashamed of this ridiculous amount. I will (slowly) increase it!
- Pinmapple : such a nice and useful tool! Either you're looking for places to visit around, or keeping track of your travels.
- people who does giveaways : yeah, it takes times to organize, to answer, and time is valuable to all. I am thankful to you guys. I will cite just one for his kindness: @dubble, thank you! (don't check his blog though, it will only reduces my chances to win :p )
- the tipping tokens, what better concrete demonstration of sharing?
- giftgiver.site : when you have no HP and can only post 3 comments a day, a small delegation is more than welcome
All this is people sharing, giving some of their time, for others. Community.
All in one, I am grateful to have discovered you guys.
I hope I can too, with my maniacal love of excel tables, share useful and valuable things :)
Nice to meet you, Nicolas! Thanks for the mention and don't worry about the delegation and don't be ashamed about the amount... Everyone has to start somewhere...
Btw, if you like giveaways, check out my gaming account @cryptofiloz where I'm doing Rising Star and Splinterlands giveaways (shameless promotion 😃)
Good luck on HIVE and all the best to your whole family and those 2 monsters! 😃
!LUV
It just made me laught, imagining you preparing your weekly post and seeing that massive delegation of 0.14 WORKERBEE arriving. Like "what the ??"
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Great post! I love the distinction you made between community and social media. Brilliant! Social Media is a marketing term for how people 'use' groups of people gathered together to advertise to them. Community, as you mention, is people who share for the sake of the commons. That's the thing Hive has that the 'social media' giants cannot really compete with, the participants of Hive are inherently the owners, a community. There is no corporate advertising company renting out people's attention.
I love this old english word, gemænscipe. From one of my favorite sites, https://www.etymonline.com/word/community.
Great post, thanks for sharing!
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Great post - and thanks for the mention ! All the best from Scotland !
Yeah, I just forgot to change the title to a meaningful one... I keep an eye on your Splinterland results. Still hesitating to join ;)
!alive
!luv
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Fantastic introduction Nicolas, and great to know more about you and your life, and yeah life over 40 lol, I know it all too well, and it can't go back either, take care of your family and stay !ALIVE
PS. Please add #AliveAndThriving as well to stay on topic for the #alive tribe.
I did. I didn't thought it would qualify for the #AliveAndThriving contest, it was just to mention a great initiative. Thank you for what you do here!
@engilhramn! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @flaxz.alive. (4/30)
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Welcome. It is an awesome community for sure.
Great authentic post. I appreciate your straight forward way of talking.
I look forward to what you write next.
By the way I came from your List Nerds Mail.
Indeed, it really goes back to what a community really is. Hehe, the introvert talking, always straight forward to use as less words as possible ;)
Thank you for showing up!
Hello Nicolas, it is a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to Hive and #Listnerds!
Thank you for showing up! Listnerds indeed delivers!
Welcome to Hive and Listnerds!
Thank you Amir! See you there!
Welcome to Hive and I hope you enjoy your time here. There are a lot of things here from blogging, gaming, and much more.
Well, too much things here, it really is a time sink! Hive now take most of the little free time I have. Thanks!
Welcome to Hive and to ListNerds :)
!BBH
!ALIVE
P.S. Came here from ListNerds
Thank you Bradley! A New token BBH I have to learn about!
There you go. Let me know your thoughts.
!BBH
!ALIVE
@engilhramn! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @bradleyarrow. (7/30)
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Because this is such an awesome post, here is a BBH Tip for you.
. Keep up the fantastic work
@engilhramn! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @bradleyarrow. (2/30)
The tip has been paid for by the We Are Alive Tribe through the earnings on @alive.chat, feel free to swing by our daily chat any time you want.
Because this is such an awesome post, here is a BBH Tip for you.
. Keep up the fantastic work
Any introduction post always gets my attention. Welcome, Nicolas to Listnerds and Hive!
So I mistitled my post perfectly to get your attention! Thanks!
Great post brother, a proper welcome to Hive on behalf of me! I hope you'll love it here and meet many amazing people such as I have, including yourself now! Thank you for the tag and showing support for what I do, it means a lot to me, reading this was definitely a mood lifter for the day, hope you have a good one my friend!
!PIZZA
!LUV
!LOL
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@engilhramn, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @dubble
Use the !LOL or !LOLZ command to share a joke and an $LOLZ. (2/10)
It's the least I can do. Just wait that I stake enough tipping token! Thanks for everything!
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Welcome to HIVE! And welcome to ListNerds! Keep posting and building up that HP, if you're consistent you can build a good reputation here. Also look into passive income opportunities and other games like dcrops.io
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Haha! Talking of HP, I promised myself to answer all comments. Now that's seriously messing up my RC! Soon silence radio from me! Thank you mate!
@engilhramn! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @ironshield. (2/20)
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Great intro post! And welcome to Hive and Listnerds!
Thank you! You guys are ruining my RC! :D
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Nice Intro Post, Hive is a great place where the community is first and foremost. I also enjoy the real feeling of freedom. I put up a post and it is up forever lol.
As always ask a lot of questions there are a bunch of free resources to help you with your Hive Journey.
Indeed! Also, it may be a false impression, but it's like there's not even need for moderation, the community is self-sufficient. Thank you!
It really is and there are safeguard bots to help protect us from plagiarism, hate speech, and such. So the offending post goes up and those bots put up warnings in the comments. If you have an unpopular religious or political view on Facebook your post is removed but here on Hive it stays up for ever I just can't get over this lol
Just like when 3 industrials groups own all the medias in one country, that's called "free medias". We are having elections here in France. You can guess we dont née any russians to interfere: we do it ourselves :)
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Welcome to Hive! You're gonna love all the love you get here! Hive is not your average social site. The people here support you and as long as you hang around and show up regularly/daily you will love the results of socializing on the blockchain.
!PIZZA
It's indeed my first impression. People here are helpful, basically not putting themselves first. Thank you!
Putting others first is a priority and shouldn't be taken lightly. That is how we all grow ourselves and others. It's important to help others, because that's how you grow. there's a quote about that, I forget who wrote it but it kinda goes like this. " The more you help others, the more you get what you want". And that is what's on hive. People Helping People.
Glad to meet you, Nicolas. You have found a great community here at ListNerds. I am looking forward to your future posts.
Thank you! Hopefully it will be more interesting than talking about myself ;)