Happy belated new year to anyone who cares, and new month I guess.(Suffocation)
<p>Suffocation. It isn't a pretty word, its a very horrid one.</p><p>Suffocation in plain terms, is the art of relieving enough oxygen from a body to cause disfunction or disruption of bodily activities, through applying enough force or strain or through chain reactions. </p><p>With that out of the way, I'd like to get into the main type of 'suffocation' I'm talking about. Do you ever feel like you're too clustered up, like the whole world is squeezing you tight, or in a sense, the whole world is squeezing you too less, like it's ready to let go of you anytime and every time? Well you're not alone in this way that you feel. </p><p>Even if it's not much, I'm also in that same sort of situation. You may not know me, and I may not know you, but at least that kind of relieves a bit of the burden, right? I'd like to hope it does. For me it feels like the world is squeezing me too less. Like I'm just a miserable little phantom that will fade one day, unseen and unheard.</p><p>Like I've written in my previous insights, the world is cruel- so very cruel, and yet it is dazzling, it is hideous but still so beautiful, it is very cold but so pleasantly warm that you wouldn't even be able to believe it. This world is poetic in its own beautiful and twisted way.</p><p>Basically, I guess what I'm trying to say is, everyone is finding it hard to breathe maybe because we are forgetting how to. At times the greed or avarice we feel blinds us into feeling like we have nothing, when we might already have a lot, and just want so much more. Let's all take one step back and have a little look at our lives- if we're here now, doesn't that mean we've come so far, i mean we've come this far. What we have, may or may not be enough, but hey, its something- I'd rather have that than lose everything. </p><p>Breathe in and breathe out... there you go, doesn't it seem so much lighter when you see that you've gotten here. But don't be deluded, this isn't the stop point. If you stop for too long, that would only mean you're in a procrastination phase, which is kinda very close to laziness, so let's get our priorities straight. </p><p>Don't worry, you'll be fine. I won't be so naive as to say that the first step is all it takes- no, no, no, it takes more, probably a lot more. But I think, we'll be able to handle it, I know we'll be fine.</p><p>To conclude, not many will read this, and that's fine. But to those who <em>do</em> read this, and feel like I'm typing this to them, I want you to know that you will never be alone, so don't let the 'suffocation' win. We're bigger, stronger and sturdier than we think. We just need to try harder, to try hard enough- how hard you ask? Hell if I know. I'm just a nineteen year old dude trying to scrape up his sorry butt into the life of a more presentable human being/writer ( yes, I'm an aspiring writer). But one thing I <em>do</em> know, is that hard work will forever be rewarded- I mean it's cause and effect, a literal law of <em>THE UNIVERSE!</em></p><p>So please let's all work hard and fight on. We'll be okay... You and I both. </p><p><br/></p><p>I apologize that I haven't posted anything in a very looong while, to anyone who cares, that is😅. Happy belated new month and year once again, and please take it easy with this year's valentine, guys😑. I apologize is I sounded presumptuous or condescending, in any way shape or form in this.</p><p>Well that's all from me. </p><p>Kuro out.</p>
Happy belated new year to anyone who cares, and...
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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