Introvert Talks - Quiet Reflections In A Turbulent World

"Introvert Talks" is meant to be a new initiative or theme, where I myself as an introvert, just talk about reflections and thoughts about my life, or maybe share more personal stuff. :)

This is my weekly post under this "Introvert Talks" theme and let's see where it takes me and us.

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I don't usually like to talk about "heavy" or negative stuff, especially on Hive, but our lives are so multi-faceted. People do go through ups and downs, have both good and bad days, and what you see on social media is never the full picture.

And I think starting this "Introvert Talks" weekly post has given me an outlet to talk about things that are more personal, be it bad days at work, little achievements in my fitness, or even if how I got sick and recovered. It adds me a bit more colour to who I am, even though I might not be comfortable to share a photo of myself yet, or people might think I am travelling and playing Splinterlands full time when they look at my posts. I do have a stressful day job, you know? Haha. Other than sleeping, it takes away a huge bulk of my time but as we all know, we all need income to live our lives and pay our bills.

Actually, that was just the introduction. Anyway, what I wanted to talk about today is the events happening in the world. Over the past few days, there's so many negative stuff happening, be in protests and riots in some countries, or even the incident in US (iykyk). And that's not mentioning the ongoing wars and periodic bombings. And it makes me wonder, what has the world become to? On one hand, I do feel fortunate that I live in a place where there is peace and stability (at least as of now), but on the other hand, a little part of me wonders why do people choose violence to resolve problems. At the end of the day, I guess it will just a passing thought because I am just a small human being, trying to make ends meets, with my own personal insecurities and daily challenges to overcome as well. I am not happy/satisfied with some aspects of my life as well, and I am trying to work out solutions but some things just take a little more time than others. Life goes on, or rather, life has to go on no matter what. But I just hope everyone can just be nicer to one another.

Moving on to happier stuff, Worldmappin just announced the winners for their latest challenge in this

. Can you believe it? I got 6th place out of 218 participants!

All these years growing up, I never see myself as a competitive person. I am not a fan of competitions because it stresses me out, but that does not mean I am not up for any challenges. I think the difference in my mindset is that I am always trying to become a better version of myself, rather than trying to be better than others. Take Hive for example, I have friends who have done much better in terms of their curation rewards posts and are building their Hive Power at a faster rate than I am, and that's ok with me. It's good that they are doing well and as friends, we cheer them on and celebrate their successes too. As for myself, I am happy just writing and increasing my Hive Power steadily at my own comfortable pace. And that was the mindset during Worldmappin's challenge as well. I didn't know what the exact prizes were beforehand and I just went along and continued with my travel posts on Europe, which I already started before this challenge came, and then see how far I could get. So it's nice to get some recognition and some rewards for finishing the challenge at 6th place.

Ending this post on a casual note! I finally had a chance to try this viral drink this week, which has been circulating around social media for quite some time. And that's strawberry matcha latte! I mean, I am a big fan of matcha lattes but the combination with strawberry just felt odd for me. Not sure why so many people liked this variation of the drink. Shall stick to my original and plain matcha latte the next time!

Alright, that's all I have, thanks for reading! :)