This year I came up with the freewriting topic Thoughts from a... and to be honest, these are my favorite posts. Whenever I write them, it just flows. I never think about what do I want to write about or how should I compose the post, I just write and write until I think Ok, I think I´m done. Sometimes I go over 3 or 4 different topics - which I link between like a master, making the transitions between each topic very smooth - and sometimes I just focus in one or two subjects. It depends on my mood and how long I want the post to be.

Which is funny, because these posts depend on my humor. Yes, these posts are written and posted live if you may. This means that if you read the post right after I publish it, you will get a glimpse of my current thoughts, mindset and train of ideas.

I like this kind of posts because it´s not something I wrote during the weekend and I have it programmed to be posted on certain day at a specific time. No, all of my posts are published live, and I like that, it makes me feel like I´m being a bit more authentic with my readers. Not that there´s something wrong with scheduled posts, I just enjoy it more to write and post, not write, schedule and then the post going live while I may be taking a shower or sleeping.

So yeah, this post you are reading right now, was written at 2 pm Mexico city´s time zone

So, are we weird for being on Steem - you reading, me writing - while all the other normal people who celebrates Christmas are spending time with their family, getting drunk or preparing themselves for tonight´s celebration?

I´m not sure. To be honest I used to love Christmas and it was definitely my favorite time of the year because it meant school holidays, I used to get a lot of presents from my family, Santa Claus used to bring me some other gifts, I would enjoy time with my 20+ family members, enjoy good food and spending time with my cousins and then, a few days later my birthday came, which meant some other - not many, because most people used to tell me ok, this gift is both a Christmas and a birthday present, damn them - presents would come to me; then New year´s Eve came, meaning a lot more food, more celebrations, more family time and more video games late at night; as if it wasn´t enough, in Mexico we have another Christmas tradition where on January 7th, the three Wizard Kings who visited Jesus in Betlehem, also arrive on Mexican households to leave presents for the children who behaved good during the year.

Now you know why it was my favorite time of the year.

So what the hell am I doing writing a post today, on Christmas Eve? Am I really a weirdo that prefers to spend time on the Steem Blockchain rather than eating some Turkey and drinking wine while having a good conversation with a familiar or friendly face. I´m going to say yes.

A few hours ago we were having a small conversation on a Steemian Whatsapp group - yeah, as if discord and steem.chat group weren´t enough - about how low the Steem engagement is right now. Well, it´s obvious, despite the Steem blockchain being full of weirdos - like you and me -, during the Holidays is understandable the engagement drops, after all, it´s family time.

On the other hand, the Blockchain never sleeps

We in @ocd-witness as all of the other witnesses are still producing blocks and mantaining the blockchain; the exchanges are still accepting trades and transactions; the price feed needs to keep updated; our coin market cap is still affected by the daily trading volume etc.

So here I am, still posting and trying to remain active during this bear market + low engagement season.

So, if you celebrate Christmas and you are reading this, then I´m here to reward you - for being a weirdo or for being committed to Steem, I don´t care which one is it.

Tell me in the comment section how are you spending Christmas and why are you here on the Blockchain during Christmas Eve. I will vote on every comment depending on the reply, but I will definitely vote on every comment.

_{Yeah yeah, I know the Tree looks naked and sad but someow I managed to lose the box with all the Christmas stuff, so now I´m having a naked, Spartan Christmas}