The ProcrastiN8r Podcast

Well fellow ProcrastiN8r, the future of the MetaVerse is here.

You heard good ole Zuck talk about. It's this idea of intertwining the virtual world with the physical one. He's talking about owning "virtual" property, which is already possible in games like Decentraland and Upland.

This is done through the use of the blockchain to create NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Think of NFTs as a unique item, like a shiny Charizard  Pokemon card or a signed copy of Stephen King's It or the original painting of the Mona Lisa. It's not very easily replaceable and hard to find.

Now in the real world, holding these items under your physical possession kind of proves your ownership of them, but in the virtual world, we need to verify data in order to prove your ownership. Sound familiar?

Remember we talked about crypto/Bitcoin and how it uses this Blockchain technology to verify the fact that you own that cryptocurrency?

Well, the same technology is now being applied to Non-Fungible tokens, unique items like pieces of art and of course, in-game items. No longer is that sword or pony just something you get in the game, it's something you VERIFIABLY OWN.

Bitcoin itself is "fungible". One Bitcoin is exactly the same as any other Bitcoin in existence. Just like One dollar bill is the same as any other dollar bill.

But now we can create non-fungible items that have uniqueness. That's the key word. Non-fungible means uniqueness.

And this idea of owning items in the digital space is beginning to make waves.

Already, collection toy companies like Funko Pop are offering NFTs in addition to the purchase of a real physical toy. These NFTs can then be traded on a digital market. Cities across the world are planning to implement NFTs in their future building plans.

And this only the beginning. We're going to see the digital and physical world blur together more and more.

With gaming already encouraging players to collect loot and unlock characters with no other incentive than bragging rights, having NFTs in game is going to shift the entire industry. 

No longer are you wasting hours into grinding levels or collecting resources in a game like Runescape. No longer are you fighting a boss over and over in hopes to get that one rare drop just so you can brag to your buddies or win some PVP.

NFTs turns your game time into valuable time. That rare amulet you found in the chest? Yeah, that's yours now, not your game character's amulet. YOURS. You own it!

Now fair warning, there is typically an upfront cost to get started with NFT games, and that may be a bit of a turn off for some of you.

But honestly with new games running over $60 now and over a hundred for the "deluxe" editions, plus the system or PC you gotta buy to even play the game in the first place, even if you're not gaming with NFTs, there's still a price to pay up front.

Thing is with traditional gaming, you don't earn anything back, but with NFT, you can actually profit off your game time.

Like, you're going to be playing games just for fun or achievement sake, you might as well get paid for your time. I'm serious this is one of the biggest opportunities to make a living being lazy. 

You can literally lay on the couch and play video games all day and get paid to do so. No need to stream or build a following. No need to get sponsors or dabble around with affiliate marketing. No creating content on blog, videos, or podcasts. Literally just playin the game.

Now I'm not a financial advisor. I don't have any sort of experience or authority to help you make decisions with your money. That's on you. Do your own research. I'm just a lazy dude with an opinion.

Anyway, in the oncoming weeks, I'll be sharing with you some NFT games I'm finding to be rather profitable and today we're going to start with one called BombCrypto.

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Ya know, we're constantly, and I mean constantly, moving on from one obligation to the next.

We strive to make every single minute in our lives absolutely 100% productive...or at the very least we're certainly pressured to do so.

Any down time, time to relax, or otherwise Leisure (the big "L" in L.A.Z.Y) time is seen as such a "waste" in this hard-working, achievement-oriented society. What are you doing, you lazy bum, sittin around doin' nothin'? Get your ass up and get back to work!

Somehow your entire worth as a human being isn't tied to who you are but what you can do and what you can provide.

Even hobbies and recreational activities aren't something we necessarily spend time on to simply enjoy ourselves, but to get better, become more skilled, gain more knowledge, develop better techniques.

Heck, even vacation becomes following a freaking itinerary instead of taking the time to, what's that word again? RELAX! We book our vacation up with a plethora of activities and wind up coming back a week or so later feeling exhausted and in need of, get this, another vacation!

Wasting time has a such a bad stigma in our gun-ho productive society. But there's more to life than just achievement. There's more to life than just goal-getting.

I mean, how enjoyable can life be if you're constantly fatigued all the time? If you're constantly feeling drained mentally, emotionally, and physically, how can you ever be happy?

There's something we lose when we transition from childhood to adulthood and it's this idea of playing for fun instead of playing to win.

Being lazy, at least once in a while has its merits. Take time to ease on up and be fully and completely at rest. Do things to have fun or even for the sake of kicking your feet up just to savor the moment.

Live a life of desire, not obligation. Abide and do your own thing. Whether that's bowling, playing video games, or just lying on the couch not really doing anything, don't feel like that's any sort of "wasted" time.

While time is indeed limited, you can do with it what you want. Life is about what you manage to experience and enjoy, not what you manage to accomplish. Remember that.

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Winter is coming Yup, that means it's time to hibernate.

Stay in the warm indoors and sip hot coacoa. I hate the cold. And the only thing I hate more than the cold weather is the cold hearts of scammers.

'Tis the season for scammers to come. In the next coming months, we're gonna see a slew of websites, apps, EFTS, alt coins, and other programs that are designed to steal from your wallet (and your clock), taking your time and hard earned cash.

Last week, I went over how to spot red flags on these scam sites and apps and one of the reasons I did that is because well...winter is coming.

One of the biggest mainstream scams is of course Black Friday. I'll tell you what about Black Friday, there's more hype about the deals than the deals are actually worth. 

People will get excited about anything. Go run in a store and scream excitedly about  how adult diapers are so super cheap!  Guarantee you a mob will run over to grab that deal.

People just get in a mode of "getting a good deal" that they shoot out any sort of rationality or logic, like rationally, the deals are no better than the normal discounts that stores offer throughout the year.

But on top of these over-hyped sales at big retailers like Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy, you're also going to see these investment gimmicks and "innovative" start ups seemingly appear out of no where, like a magical snowman from a  hat.

Do your research. Look at who's behind the project, what experience do they have, what successful other projects have they been a part of, before shelling out your dough.

I mean it. People are desperate now to get any sort of extra holiday spending money, so a lot of these new tokens you see on the Ethereum network or pennystock IPOs are going to be complete trash.

The other snowfall of winter happens in the markets as a whole. Prepare for the stock and crypto market to slide down that hill in a one horse open sleigh. 

Around this time of year, there's usually a dip in share and coin prices. But don't panic. Don't worry. it happens.

It'll recover around spring time again.

I always see it as the "real" Black Friday sale, like "Yay crypto is on sale! Dividends are on sale!"

Worst you can do is invest with your emotions. Invest with your money instead. Don't follow the hype train of selling shares (and coins) in order to buy deals of shit you don't even really want to buy anyway.

Just relax man, and let your money hibernate. Do the lazy thing. 

Stay safe this season. Stay warm. Oh and stay classy too.

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I mean it's like walking into a Harley shop and seeing people with tattoos and leather jackets. Shit just goes hand and hand.

And believe me, I've been online money-making for nearly a decade now. It's now my full-time income and over the years and through my experience,  I've certainly seen my fair share of scams. Admittedly, I fell for a bunch of them when I was an online money-making noob.

Of course, I found several LEGIT ways to make money online along the way, which is how I've managed to quit my day job and work from home. I'm not rich by any means. But I make a decent enough income sittin' in front of my computer, essentially.

It's not all a scam, though with the amount of shit out there,** it's easy to conclude "making money online is a scam".

That's not 100% correct, buuut I mean, it's not 100% wrong either.**

Look, there ARE a LOT of scams out there. Sites and apps that will waste your precious time or steal away your hard earned money.

But I want to save you from wasting your time or throwing away your money to these god awful scammers. I want to hep you be lazy and not have to put in the effort of trying to make money online, only to earn absolutely nothing in the end.

See man, I've been there. I spent hours doing surveys or downloading games for these apps that...let's just say...turned out to be a complete and utter hoax.

I mean I don't know about you, but I HATE wasting my goddamn time. Like, IF, big IF I AM actually going to do something....well then I want it to be worth the actual freaking effort.

I don't want to do all these tasks just to get no compensation in return.

So, I want to give you a list of red flags I wish I had when I started making money online. Hopefully it'll help you know what to look out for so you don't wind up spending a lot of your own time TRYING to earn money on the couch and instead ACTUALLY earn money from the couch.

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"The lesser of the two evils"

I'm completely fine with NO EVIL. How bout that? You like that? 

Think about it, Dude, how corrupt does a system have to be for the general consensus to be "well, I just voted for the lesser of the two evils."?

Excuse me but....WHAT!?

How is that acceptable? What kind of Underdark society are we living in where we're choosing between Evil A and Evil B.

Like how about a solid NO.

The two party system is outdated. The tribal war needs to stop.

We need real conversations with real people. We need to sit back, relax, and listen to one another.

We need REAL PEOPLE to make policy, not fake politicians.

Listen to each other. Not listen to the puppets of these figure heads backed by corporate lobbyists who are paying their way to put in policies that further their agenda towards profits or the media who only serves as an ad funnel for the same corporate bastards

Jeez, I'm starting to sound like a political commenter here.  I really don't want to go down that route. I just wanted to share my thoughts and feelings about the election process in general in today's blog.

The focus here will of course be on the Lazy Mindset and how it's important to be lazy as your civic duty to your country. 

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Are we really STILL working 8 hours???

It's  been 80 years, nearly a century since the Industrial Revolution and Labor Movement.

The tme in which the standard "9 to 5 grind" was set. Yet, still here we are, in the year 2021, following the same work schedule as our great great grandparent

I mean WTF man!

And you know something? It was Henry Ford, who initiated this sort of practice, during a time in which 12-14 hours was the typical "on the clock" time for you average employee. That's right he cut those hours down by a quarter and guess what?

Productivity Skyrocketed!

Huh? What? How?

People worked less hours and produced_ more _results. They were being....lazy, at least lazier than "working" over a dozen hours, but being more effective.

More recently through companies like Tower Paddle Boards in California recently cut their full time schedule down to just  5 hours a day, and it's become one of the largest growing retailers in the country. Like Ford, they found that their employees were being MORE productive working LESS hours.

You see, there's value in Leisure, the big "L" in L.A.Z.Y. we always talk about. There's value in taking time off and relaxing.

Fact of the matter is in the typical 9 to 5 grind, we don't have time to relax. By the time we start settle down, after doing all the chores and taking care of the kids, it's time go bed, wake up the next day, and start it all over again.

There's no "me" time. There's no time to do what you want. There's always another task that must be done. And we're constantly moving around, being productive, doing something, rather than sittin'  around doin' nothing and just enjoying ourselves.

We end up binge watching Netflix only to get some sort of synthetic form of Leisure, but even after that, still feel drained. We don't get real free time. We get the artificial flavor of it.

The weekend barely counts as Leisure time. It's spent catching up with friends, running your groceries, completing chores you didn't finish during the work week. No time to just sit and rest.

The workload keeps growing and the wages, well, as we covered before, are just remaining stagnant.

We're literally just running on caffeine at this point. Dead on the inside with our corpses trying to push through the next work shift.

Fortunately, I know as well as you do that being lazy is okay. It's okay to be lazy once in a while, despite the stigma, despite the criticism, laziness is a good thing. You see, you would think that someone working less hours is lazy, and while that may true. because they lazy, because they have the time to rejuvenate themselves, they become motivated to work harder and be more productive.

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Well, fellow procrastin8rs did I say it was coming? Or did I say it was coming?

It's the Lazy Movement in motion!

We're witnessing and perhaps very much a part of a nationwide strike.

From factory workers at Kellog's to warehouse employees at John Deere to nurses at hospitals and cooks at McDonald's, everyone is truly embracing their laziness and saying "enough is enough!"

People are done working...at least they're done working for the shit wages we've been offered for the past few decades.

**The cost of living keeps increasing, while the wages stay stagnant.

Meanwhile, you have billionaires hoarding up loads of wealth all for themselves.**

All we're asking for is a more fair redistribution of that wealth.

Some people (who have to be completely brainwashed if you ask me) claim that people nowadays are "too lazy."

TOO lazy? Really.

I ain't gonna say that refusing to work is NOT lazy, but are  we really going to tread the waters of "TOO" lazy?

C'mon now. Is it TOO much to ask to be compensated more pay than  literal poverty wages?

Is it TOO much to ask for life NOT to be centered and revolved around your job and have some actual FREE TIME to do things you enjoy, not just two days on the "weekend

The amount of labor they expect of us ain't worth what they're paying us. It's really that simple.

It's not excessive laziness to say "I'm worth more. My time and effort is worth more." when you're barely able to pay your bills on time and put food on the table for every meal.

It's lazy ENOUGH. 

There's admiration in knowing how and when to be lazy. Laziness is seen as such a detriment to society.

Yet, here we have GREEDY billionaires building literal spaceships as a fun little side hobby.

I'd say if anything, the bane of society is TOO MUCH GREED, not too much laziness.

People only want fair pay. And hey, that's the heart of capitalism. Is it not? A FAIR TRADE between two parties.

Fact of the matter is, the trade of labor for money is NOT a fair trade right now. NO DEAL!

More and more people are seeing that.

We're at the largest quit rate in history (topping 2.9%), and those numbers I imagine are only going to increase. Unless of course, wages are increased.

The rise of the Sloths is here and we're going to win, as long as people hold the attitude of a true procrastin8r and say "you can't make me work."

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Well fellow, procrastin8rs, it's spooky season. 

Halloween is just around the corner, lurking with a big knife!

It's the time for fear!

Fear is something that often holds us back from doing what we want to do -- goals we have, tasks on our to do list.

We feel _overwhelmed _by the amount of things that must be done.

Or perhaps we're just afraid of failure.

Either way, you're a bit scared and remain frozen, unmoving in fear, refusing to get started or make things happen.

People will often say you're just procrastinating. You're being lazy.

But no, procrastinating is something you do purposefully. Being lazy means you are calm.

You're not being calm. You're being anxious. You're sitting on the edge of your seat, not lying down on the comfort of your couch.

You are hesitating, not procrastinating. Now, of course we covered the difference between procrastination and hesitation in the blog before, but I want to bring that topic up again given it's the season of fright and horror --  and hesitation, at its core, is fueled by frightful feelings of panic. I figure it's the perfect time to talk about it again.

Anyway, what you may often write off as procrastination is actually hesitation. What you may believe to be laziness making you put things off 'til later is actually fear.

You see, you worry. You worry about how things could go wrong, how things have gone wrong, how they will continue to go wrong. You worry about what people will think of you and worry how successful your efforts will be in attaining your goal.

But don't you see what's stopping you?

It's not because your lazy. It's because you're living in fear.

You're imagining nightmares instead of your dreams.

Look man, stop cowering. Stop hiding from opportunity. Stop running away from chance.

I ain't opposed to sittin' around doin' nothing. I get that. I live that. I am that.

But stifling yourself because of your own self doubt, uneasiness, and inner TERROR is something you gotta stop.

Take a deep breath and relax man. You ain't living on Elm Street. You don't work for the Racoon City Police Department. Your neighborhood isn't Silent Hill.

All the horror in your life is in your own mind. And no, its not Cthulhu visiting you in your dreams either. It's your own negative thought patterns that bring you such spine chilling fear.

But you can "fight the demons" in your head, release yourself from this "evil curse of witchcraft."

All you have to do is embrace your laziness. Really, laziness is the key to being cool, calm, and laid back at all times. It's the key to "surviving" the horror you face in life, whatever your case may be.

Remember, if you are going to put something off, do it because you want to. Do it because you "don't feel like doing it right now", not because you are afraid of what might be lurking around that dark corner of the unknown.

Take slow n' steady steps. Calmly move forward.

Bring a flashlight if you need to. Always bring your own light if the path is dark.

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There are two types of people...

Those who "HODL" crypto...and those who have no idea wtf it is

Man, cryptocurrency is an awesome source of passive income. 

Literally **just buy it. Then Hold it. Procrastinate selling it. 

Wait for the price to go "to the moon". **

Now, disclaimer, I'm not here to give you any sort of financial advice and what you should do with your money. I'm no expert. Just a lazy dude who enjoys making a living from the oh so cozy couch, sharing his opinion.

Critics will say that crypto has no "real" value.

Hmm...sort of like shiny rocks in the ground, ya know? We're talking gold, diamonds. They're just rocks we put a mad price tag on.

Look at trading cards too, man. Pieces of cardboard with pictures on them. Some of them sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a single card.

You could hold the same argument about those things -- they hold no "real" value.

Human beings are attracted to things that are rare though. Fact of the matter is, just like gold or diamonds or a first edition holographic Charizard, Bitcoin is rare. It's a finite resource.

There's a very limited number that can be mined then THAT'S IT. There won't be any more "new" Bitcoins added to the world. The ones that are seemingly "new" just haven't been mined yet...

(Now, Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. Just like apple is a type of fruit. There are different fruits besides apples and there are different cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin.

But Bitcoin is sort of the protagonist here, the main hero of the crypto realm. People may not know the word "crypto" but they sure as hell know the word "Bitcoin".)

Quite frankly, I'm not sure if the value of Bitcoin is going up or the value of USD is going down. Either way, these digital assets  are worth hodling on to, in my humble opinion.

It's lazy wealth building. I don't even touch it. I don't even look at it. Just let it grow slow n' steady.

The price fluctuates a lot. A lot, yeah. And that's an underestimate. Believe me. I always say just go with the flow and ride the waves man. Up and down. Just ride it out.

HODL!!

Remember, you don't watch a plant grow. You just water it once in a while. Likewise, don't painstakingly watch the numbers in your crypto wallet sporadically jump from low to high. Just trust it'll grow to a big tree one day.

Again, this isn't any sort of advice. I'm not a financial advisor, man. So take whatever I say with a grain of salt.

I put enough information in this episode that I hope is helpful to both beginners and advanced investors alike. So whether you're still scratching your head over "WTF is Crypto?" or maybe heard about it but want to hear it broken down in laymen's (lazy man's) terms...or are even  already saying "to the moon!", I hope you'll find this new article helpful.

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Every invention. Ever. Since the wheel...has made mankind more lazy.

Seriously. Have you ever thought about that?

Innovation is fueled by laziness.

Every practical invention since the dawn of humanity has been created with the premise of making lives easier.

A microwave heats up your food so you don't have to pre-heat the oven or build a campfire for that matter.

A car let's you turn a steering wheel and press a foot pedal to get around instead of trying to steer a horse or friggin walk for crying out loud.

Washing machines let's you throw clothes in a machine, instead of having to wash it by hand.

Every invention we've created as a species has removed more and more work throughout the years.

And now we're on the brink of achieving the ultimate goal of a procrastin8r - not having to do any sort of work at all.

You see, AI is coming. No, AI is already here. It's just gonna grow more and more in the future.

I mean you may already ask Alexa to turn off the lights before you sleep or tell you car to heat up before you go for a drive in the winter.

There are drone deliveries and automated cars. There are computer cashiers and even customer service chatbots.

All the productive work in society can soon be handled by artificial intelligence. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. And I reckon sooner rather than later.

We can all live a lazy lifestyle, not having to work.

I mean, heck, there won't be any (human) jobs available even if you actually, god forbid, WANTED to work.

It makes you wonder. Ya know, it always seems our value as a person is measured by what we contribute, and how do we contribute? Through work. Through performance. Through productivity. That sort of thing.

But when all of the productivity is...taken care of. What are we left with?

When there's no work left to do, when we've achieved the dream of our ancestors and gathered PLENTY of resources and created the means to do all the hard work, what are we to do at that point?

It is my hope that we embrace our laziness, collectively as a society.

My concern is that in order for that to succeed. In order for us to all just relax and say "the work is done. let's rest," then the rich have to be willing to redistribute their wealth.

Otherwise, we're left in a society where the rich own all the resources and we have no method (no jobs) to earn any of those resources.

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