Sensei furrowed his brow in concentration. 497k sats. Should he write another post to earn the sats that would push him over the 500k bar?

His mind pressed the brake pedal. He had already posted twice that day - a chart about sleep hygiene and a post about emotional intelligence. He had no lack of ideas about what to post next, but should he restrain himself?

He did read “The Compounding Seeds of Creativity” that advocates how creativity must be discharged regularly. So, by right, he should post another time so that he could free up his mind for more ideas to germinate. On the other hand, he didn’t want to be typecast as an sats farmer even though he kinda was.

Why was that 500k bar so important to him anyway? Did he have to cross it, like now or tomorrow?

The tug-of-war played out in his mind. He frowned while brushing his son’s teeth.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a notification on his SN profile. Why did his sats stash increase?!

Drawing a sharp breath, he refreshed his screen. He was mentioned in Issue 4 of Books and Articles Newsletter. Okay, getting a shoutout in this newsletter was nothing new, but why was he being forwarded sats?

“Oh, I won the top post of the week,” he mumbled. But he was still as confused as ever. His post about the bricklayer parable didn’t net him that many sats in the grand scheme of things. Why was it given a high zap rank?

He searched furiously for information on zap rank. How was it assigned? To what extent did the sats quantity play a part? Would it be higher if Stackers with high trust scores zapped his post?

The web of questions grew. But it was time for bed. He took one last glance at his total sats stacked and determinedly left his phone in the living room. Sensei must sleep well to prevent dementia in future! (#300964)

The next day, he woke up. He wanted to say that he ambled to the living room like a BOSS, but that would be lying. No, sir, he hastened his steps towards the phone. He pressed his sats count. Goal reached!

Moral of the story? Sometimes, the Universe provides for you in unexpected ways.

—- Passing some happy sats to @hodlpleb as a show of support