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An important topic to think about when attending Steemfest: budget

As soon as the date for Steemfest 4 was announced I started making a plan to save up cash in different ways, not only earnings from my posts, but all sorts of micro fundings that would not put a high pressure on it if one thing wasn't going to succeed. Unfortunately, my needed budget will be a lot bigger than only cost of the Steemfest ticket, and also includes a pretty expensive plane ticket from Budapest to Bangkok. Add to that the accommodation and some money to spend in Bangkok so I can at least join the ladies to do some real partying, right @misslasvegas @mumma-monza? (Sorry if I didn't tag you, all the ladies are welcome lol).

I'm not too worried about the budget for the accomodation (I booked that right after the announcement, but didn't pay it yet), and also not worried about the money to spend in Bangkok, as I think it might be cheaper than Budapest. I was worried that I might also need an expensive visa.. But then I remembered that @misslasvegas mentioned having a Dutch passport is one of the best to have in the world when it comes to getting visas. So I looked it up and when you hold a Dutch passport you can enter with the visa exemption rule. Some rules apply of course, but isn't that always the case?

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The financial status 3 months before Steemfest

To be honest, I envisioned it a bit more positive a few months ago. Where there's real life, there's also real problems sometimes, and because of a miscommunication on both my boyfriend and his managers side, there was a not so nice surprise of costs that couldn't be declared according to policy when he came back from a business trip. Sucks big time, because that's more than 100 euro down the drain, which I really hate. But I moved on, it is what it is and we can't change it anyway. And so there were other things as well, not worth mentioning but the earnings haven't been too high on my side during the summer due to all kinds of reasons. Either way, I still refuse to give up on Steemfest in Bangkok, because I know a LOT can happen in my favour just in a few days. Nothing is impossible, and who knows, maybe tomorrow I get hired for something that pays well... It's a challenge, but I have faced much harder challenges so:

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I wish I had a crystal ball to see what the next months will bring

On one hand I wish I could have a look into the future, to see how I will manage to raise funds the next months.

On the other hand, not knowing what will come on my path, and what opportunities I will find, makes it exciting as well. I always love when an opportunity to make money crosses my path, and it would be kind of boring to know all of them on forehand, right? What's exciting about that? Plus there will be plenty of opportunities to also win tickets for Steemfest and maybe even accommodation in the next months...

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Double challenge writing daily on two accounts

I did challenge myself to write a post every single day to get the 30 day challenge badge from Steemitboard, I actually double challenged myself because I'm also doing the same on my Steemmonster content related account @anouk.nox.spt. So far so good, and needless to say probably, but if you feel like sponsoring my road to Steemfest a tiny bit with upvotes, you're more than welcome to visit both profiles.

That's it for now Steemians, until next time! Thanks @anomadsoul and @blocktrades for always doing these awesome giveaways!