# Positive Growth Alert!

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Putting things aside like becoming a father and Husband - I think Steemit is one of the best things to ever happen to me. And although I will count numerous reasons below, I put one at the top of the list -- And that is that I'm actually writing **all the time.**

I know a real writer doesn't need a motive to write, they just love doing it. But I'm happy to say the slump I was in is finally over. I can now get back to script writing and eventually the book I've been mentioning for years. 

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**About 5 years ago I gave up Facebook, Twitter, and all social media for that matter because it distracted me from actually pursuing things I wanted. And yes it has helped me in the long run, but in the short term I wanted to focus more on writing. I've accumulated a large online journal with basically nothing else to show for it. I'd write for a week and then stop for 3. I can finally say I've been consistently writing for over a month - and that's on top of all the other things I've gotten done or started.**

Your average financial adviser would not agree but I've saved more money in the past month than I have in I think my entire life. Just about every cent I make that I would have spent on miscellaneous, you know what I'm talking about - the 2 or 3 hundred dollars that just go to things you don't even remember - I put towards steemit and crypto currency. 

My wife is actually noticing more money in our account as well, which might be a bad thing. We went out to dinner for my birthday the other night and I told her
>"I'm the only person here with Steem Power"

then we were at the movies and I reminded her

>"Even here, I'm still the only one with Steem Power"

### And I wasn't even certain. It just felt good to say

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**Our family life is even improving which I wrote about** [here](https://steemit.com/life/@exitmass/controlling-the-chaos-part-1-getting-into-a-routine-fixes-a-lot-of-issues-in-life). My wife had thought about getting me another GPU for my birthday since I kept talking about how I wanted to mine more. And then considered just giving me cash to buy bitcoin. But I told her *all* I wanted was a Nutri Bullet Pro. Because I plan on improving all aspects of life and even though I'm not unhealthy by any means, I'm not as healthy as I'd like so let's add 2 smoothies and minus 1 whole meal a day to the equation. 

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### And the kicker that prompted this post was the fact that I *actually* realized today at work, that I don't smile enough and I wanted to change that. So I was sitting in my office grinning away for no reason. It felt really good actually. Even the drive home from work was better because I smiled the whole way. I plan to make my default face at least less muddled from now on as well. And this is all making sense because

### I am finally becoming genuinely happy!

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