As we enter the holidays and approach the new year, I realized it’s clear that I have the best gift I could ever ask for, the chance to be a part of a true Movement.
It’s all I ever did ask for. Growing up in a tough situation made me feel left behind and longing to be a part of something cohesive. I wanted a chance to catch up; I wanted a chance to belong.
Of the many opportunities that present themselves, most of the branching paths lead to dead ends or diversions. When the water’s rising fast safety nets won’t save you; you can’t fall behind.
So as the clock ticked faster and faster so too did the stress that time was running out. Everyone who grew up with the internet is acutely aware of this pressure to perform evermore complicated tricks with fewer chances to practice and the loss of your safety nets.
I worked hard and made lots of sacrifices to get a great ACT, get into a great school, get a great internship, but none of these could provide the immense amount of acceleration necessary to surpass the bar. There’s no consolation to be even a gram short of the pound of flesh due: it’s all or nothing.
It’s exhausting to perpetually think in these terms. No roses to stop and smell or rose-tinted glasses to see through. So when even from a pessimistic perspective Move, a blockchain-native upgrade of Rust, shined like solid gold, I knew I had to go all in.
But this brought forth a new kind of loneliness. I believed in Move so much everything I’d seen before felt like a lie in comparison. When I quit my internship and dropped out of college, most people told me I was making a mistake.
I knew the train had arrived at the station. All I wanted was to call out to the whole world to come aboard and go for a ride together. It’s been a long journey and a lot of ups and downs without horizontal change, but now we’re really moving. And there’s so many awesome people right alongside us.
So I have to shout out some of the next generation of young gunz all in on Move:
@0x54e @BRKTgg
@zakvasilias @zkhelixlabs
@GlenMoves
@EchelonMarket
@routexio @movernance
@semona0x @vomeus_xyz
@adammoves_
@meridian_money
@AndrewCapasso_
Thank you the chads at
@Aptos and
@SuiNetwork who have made it all possible for making the impossible possible with Move, and to the whole team, ecosystem, community, and everyone else
@movementlabsxyz @moveecosystem @GorillaMoverz carrying the torch. Together, we’re building something we can truly believe in and be a part of. LFM ❤️