DepressiveHacks (DHR&D) Update

Alright, so as we head into 2025 in less than a month, I think it’s time to share some of the things that I’ve been focused on the past few months besides trying to help improve my mental health.

As many of you know, I’ve been writing in web3 for a few years, and I’ve had a difficult time getting freelance writing work. Part of that, I’m hoping, has been because we’ve been in a bear market and people haven’t had the funds to pay for extra labor, especially outside freelancers. However, it is increasingly likely that I will start in 2025 only by being able to platform myself. Fear not, I am not going away, but I am very open to any opportunities to do individual stories for any web3 publication.

In addition to writing, I offer consulting services. I am looking to work on better clarifying what types of work I’m able to help projects with, as I’d like to be able to consult more in 2025 and feel that the time I’ve spent both as a community manager and community member in web3 during the depths of the bear market gave me a unique perspective. I’ve always taken a generalist approach to web3 because I like to learn, and while that has not made me rich in monetary value, it has made me rich in knowledge.

Being able to see how many teams go about trying to create and expand the business behind their digital assets has been a valuable lesson in how to create something that lasts. I’ve watched plenty of startup projects over the past few years ride the roller coaster that is trying to find something in this space, and I think I can help the right people take more nuanced approaches to longevity and success here.

Alright, so if the vision is to do more work here, what’s next?

I’ve had some meetings with some folks in recent weeks about what it would take to create a company. This was a very humbling experience, as I thought that I was much closer to being ready to create an entity than I am. The amount of work that I’m getting at the moment is minimal, but ideally, as DepressiveHacks scales, there will be enough revenue coming in from my labor that I can afford to create a company, which will be known as DHR&D (DepressiveHacks R&D).

The next Forbes magazine coming out will mention DepressiveHacks amongst its Forbes Legacy Pass members. I’m hopeful that this added publicity will help to spread the word about me and what I’ve been quietly building here in web3 throughout the past few years. As you likely know if we’ve met in this wild west space, DepressiveHacks is many things, including an investor, community member, mental health advocate, and friend (fren). I approach being here with as much authenticity as humanly possible, sharing my experiences and thoughts on what’s going on, and trying to help others with their goals and visions in this space as much as possible.

While I certainly don’t intend to end any of those activities, I want to really focus on my skill sets and my labor in web3. Writing and consulting, as well as investing with a long-term time horizon to support builders and founders whose visions align with mine in the web3 space, are the core components of DepressiveHacks that I want to expand upon the most in 2025.

Finally, I plan on continuing to discuss mental health, because we all know web3 needs it. I also look forward to being a community member when time permits, as well as exploring areas of web3 that I’ve not previously educated myself on. I’m very excited to try to scale my skills and labor in a more optimistic web3 market in the future.

As always, thanks for being here. I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds for us all.