Three years a Steemian

in #steemiversary5 years ago

'Live and share your best life' is the motto of the newest Tribe on the block, and their arrival coincides nicely with the three year anniversary of my (first) account. More on both below.




So much has changed since account #67657 arrived in August 2016, on Steem and in my own life. That's cool though, I'm open to change and as it is inevitable I'd say that is a good approach to have.



Since 2016, I've lived in 5 different residences, on mainland Spain, an island in the Mediterranean, and at present I'm back to where I started, the UK. I've also had a couple of interesting employments - jeweler, barman, and IT guy at the United Nations, but the majority of my time has been spent here on Steem - earning, having a laugh, being frustrated to hell, and trying to do what I can to bring people along for the ride. Oh, and I've met a fair few of you guys too.



Talks about meeting Steemians, presents photo of one no longer producing content

Despite the current current market conditions, I would say that this is one of most interesting times to be here.



Less FUD more fudge please

Changes to the (clearly broken) rewards mechanism and of course the Steem-engine tribes have really rekindled the interest in creating and curating content - it's just a shame we lost so many along the way. I don't blame people for fading away - prices, life, no longer enjoying things, are just some of the reasons, but hopefully those of us still kicking about (like the vast majority of the below) will see the fruits of our labour some time in the not so distant future.



Steemfest 2018 - Krakow. Photo by @justineh


Life(style)

One of the first posts I ever submitted to the blockchain (although not tagged with #life) was a pretty forthcoming account of some not so happy times in my life that happened almost a decade and a half ago. With 3 years experience here now, I can see the post as not being the ideal intro but i'm not embarrassed or ashamed about it - it was honest, open, a window to my life back then.

Luckily, those days are long gone and I've had a much better times since, and I've shared a fair number of those here also. I have 20 #life category posts to my name thus far, but this is just the first tag and so their are likely to be more knocking around somewhere. A small selection below (which I'm sure you've already read or will right away :P )

Burdened by the thoughts of others you love and the ones that don't care about you at all, it is never too late to make a change that could save your life.

Work/Life balance - The shackles are off again soon!

@abh12345 Life Update : A new adventure with sharks and volcanoes likely!

The eternal heartache of a distant dad

Lunch with mum, and everything else I've eaten today

We love Steem, and a beer :)

Dog walks, Grandparents, and Steem all the way

On work, relocation, and when it doesn't go to plan

Which way to sail?

This week I like personal content the most


My 20 posts with the category #life are but a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of posts using this tag as their first, and so I guess it was inevitable that a Tribe arrived with focus in this area.

CategoryTop level Post count
photography937188
life628425
bitcoin409473
news369228
cryptocurrency345812
steemit332858
kr331623
spanish330402
art324952
dmania282023
food265658

From what i gather from the opening post from @one.life here, photography, life (duh), and food are all clear topics to present in a #lifestyle tagged post. But to be honest, if the content is related to you, any subject has scope. Producing art today? Learning Spanish or Korean? Oh, you were in the news!?....

So as you may have guessed, I've bought a bunch of LIFESTYLE tokens (we only got 5 in the airdrop which is cool as there won't be a mass dumping), created @abh12345.life, staked some tokens, delegated some SP to power the voting, and have already done a little curating on the tribes front-end https://www.one-life.io

At present the New feed isn't terribly busy, but I see this changing in the next couple of days. My tip would be to check the feed of your main account if you plan to create an alt for this tribe (so for me this is https://www.one-life.io/@abh12345/feed) as this would save following the same accounts.

As far as the token, the initial sale price was 0.08 - 100,000 tokens. These have all gone and the second tranche on sale at .12 (50000 tokens) are also being sold through rather quickly. I actually messaged a few friends this morning suggesting that they collect some of the first batch - no-one listens to me though :)

Anyway, I'll not dwell on the token, it's all about the content, and I hope to see my friends/followers including this tag, where appropriate.



Life is good on a bicycle

As for today, I visited my old gym at the university and it kicked my ass. It feels good though, I've been a lazy git since I arrived back in the UK with no bike to ride and no beach to visit, and I hope that when I'm settled (with a job and some cash to fund membership), I'll make the gym a part of my weekly routine again.

Alright, enjoy your day, and happy Steem anniversary to me!

Oh and @one.life, who are you guys?!

Cheers

Asher

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Greetings Asher,

Happy three year anniversary!.....Jolie Anniversaire! from @bleujay and @bentleycapital.

Thank you for the introduction to 'Lifestyle'. Steemit in a nutshell. ^__^

All the best to you.

Cheers!

Thank you @bleujay and @bentleycapital, same to you!

Good grief, another tribe!!

Congrats on the anniversary!! Three years. It seems gigantically long and ridiculously quick all at the same time!

One a day, just like a healthy digestive system :)

Now if you'd said 'gigantically long and ridiculously thick'.....

But yes, agreed!

Have you started on the blacks yet this evening?

Haha, that would have been an entirely different conversation!!

I have indeed, finally after getting through a disastrously long bedtime!!

:D

Beers! Time to go see....

Congrats on three years, It may be because my steem anniversary is also in August, but it seems to me that the month of August has had far more people reporting on their steemiversary. Of course it could also be due to the fact I see it as the month I joined so I may have a tendency to not see other month anniversary post. Still, I think I joined in the right month. Seems to be a lot of the august people still kicking the steem can around for some fun.

Thank you.

I've seen a few starting to pop up as well and that could be for the same reasons you have given. August is a good month though :D

Congratulations on a nice 3 yr aniversary.
I like this whole post.
Going to launch my ~.life acct in a while.
See you soon accross those curation vibes.
Greetings from a #8953 ID holder :)

Thank you!

I've seen the onealfa.alts knocking around, are you having fun? :D

#8953, you are truly part of the woodwork!

Happy 3 Asher

I never read your first post and it's heartbreaking one.. you only got 0.000 like many newbie on January 2018 😀 happy steemitversary the third @abh12345

You are one of the best angel I know on steemit, your jokes and the way you critized something important and I learn a lot from you.. how engagement is the most important thing to consider on steemit and being part of community. You made those confusing graphics with pie and bar looks fun!

... you only got 0.000 like many newbie

Yep. There is no magic bullet :)

Thank you for the lovely comment @cicisaja! :D :D :D

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Lol, it was about the first thing that crossed my mind when I came across the new Tribe: "would Asher now create a .life account?"

I think I'll have to start doing so myself, as I'm running out of existing alts :0)

Happy steemitversary!!

Thanks for the list of old post. Now I can satisfy my curiosity by digging in those :0)

Of course he would :) Can't be wasting stake when you've just blown 600 Steem :D

Thank you, and I hope the older posts aren't too bad - probably should have checked them all before linking!

Wonderful retrospective, and...

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Thank you very much Traci :)

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