[09.12.21] Alec's Weekly Update #36
"As if there's not a solace in the world that can mend this, everything will repeat in the end" - Movements
Ow’Do Neighbor 👋
Another week has passed and not going to lie - I didn’t even realize I forgot last weeks newsletter 😂.
Alas - here we are.
_buildspace has been something else. This has probably taken up 85% of my last two weeks (at least it feels that way). My mental state has been stuck on this and amazed by the results we have been getting!
I was in the middle of writing this at a bar while watching the finals for the US Open, but my goodness - that match was INTENSE.
Let’s get into it shall we?
🔥 Hype _buildspace Moments
This past week we kicked off our third Solidity + Smart Contracts course with Farza. Every week we are receiving more and more traction from hungry, Crypto enthusiasts. All these people want is a place to learn about this cool tech! They want to learn what the buzz is all about and more importantly HOW to build something practical with it. As someone who has never been insanely interested in Crypto, I can confidently say that this is our future. The amount of innovation happening in this space right now is ridiculous. The applications of this tech is more diverse than you may think.
The thing I realized is I didn’t feel this way at all until I started building on it. The difference of someone explaining to you “why crypto and the blockchain are so cool” is VASTLY different compared to actually building a full fledged Web3 app. I think thats the magic of _buildspace plus a few other things I want to touch on.
Like I was saying, this past Saturday we kicked off our third session of the Solidity + Smart Contracts course with over 1000 enrollments and over 700 unique visitors on our kick off stream. This has been the biggest kick off yet. Not only that, but close to a dozen people who signed up for this course finished it within 48 hours. Like what… The desire to learn this tech is over-exceeding my expectations and is insanely humbling to see that people look at _buildspace as a reputable way to learn this really hot tech.
We are also embracing the full crypto ecosystem with connecting your wallet to our system and when you finish courses you receive custom created NFTs specifically for that course, customized for you! I feel like even on this newsletter you may be reading this and be very confused. Thats okay! Take some time to look up some of these terms or even better ask me :). Would love to chat more about it so I can solidify my skills in this area!
With all this said - _buildspace is feeling REALLY good and I think we have an actual problem we are solving. We have setup a “Wall Of Love” on our landing page to show off what people are saying about us. This is not even updated with the latest and greatest, but I would love for you to take a look: Wall Of Love
Literally in the moment of writing this sentence - I got another message from someone taking our course saying:
“Finally finished. The best learning experience I have ever had. Thank you _buildspace Team.”
Again, this cohort started 48 hours ago.
🚀 Personal Growth
I’ll be honest - this past month has been one of the harder months for me! It has been mentally taxing, which I expected, but it felt a lot more intense than usual. I think the world is moving SO FAST that sometimes it’s extremely difficult to focus on whats in front of me. I think this is the age old dilemma. How does one balance all this crap that is going on in life?
I do think one big issue is the amount of connectivity we have in our lives. I have noticed the past month my “phone anxiety” has gone up quite a bit. I constantly feel like I need to check it and make sure I am answering everything as quick as possible. Again, this was expected considering how _buildspace has been going. My main goal is always trying to balance this out with healthy habits.
For example - I have been running almost every other day. It’s a great routine and running 2 miles is like nothing now. I’m currently working on trying to make 3.2 miles feel that way while continuing to stretch my mileage (Last week I hit 4.5 miles!). At the same time though, I feel like my eating is 👎. Not entirely sure why, but I hope to solve it soon!
On the other end of this spectrum, this weekend was amazing! From beautiful weather, to paying my respects at the 9/11 Memorial in NYC, to watching the US Open Finals. I would say I am experiencing all of the things that a “Native New Yorker” should experience during their time here. I can’t forget that I also went to my first rock show this past Monday and it was incredible. Mosh pits, crowd surfing, and singing. Something about that gives me a release like no other!
To bring this full circle - I think as humans we always have times in life where we get knocked off the “safe path”, but don’t realize it until we look up and start to realize we are in unfamiliar territory. Maybe for some people this is Limbo or just a completely new space they have never experienced.
For me - it has been difficult to understand what the point of this path I’m on is. But I think thats the magic, don’t search for something that you may not even know will happen - let that thing come to you.
This was a lot deeper than I thought it would be LOL, but alas - here we are. Feels good! I hope to look back on this newsletters and be like, “AH YES, this all makes sense now 🤘".
🤘 Music Of The Week
All I have to say is - THIS PLAYLIST ROCKS. I’m very impressed with myself:
Thanks for tuning into another weekly update by YaBoiAlec. It’s been a pleasure and I hope you all have a great week ahead of you. I am going to 3 heavy metal shows this week so wish me luck and I’ll make sure to include some fantastic pictures 🤘
Salute y Saludes.
Alec