I strip on the blockchain, now gimme your moneys!

What the hell is she talking about, you may ask. Well, this week on the series of Road to Steemfest, @anomadsoul is asking us to write about how we are going to fund our trip, from transportation, to accommodation and tickets.

Most of you probably already know that I am a full time Steemian, so I fund my trip to Steemfest in Krakow like I fund everything in life now, I blog on Steemit, and trade a little. And you already probably know that I take semi nude self portraits, but I also do a lot of other kinds of photography, and writing too.

Along with Steemfest, I have other expenses coming up too, that I did not count into this autumns budget. I wasn't planning on moving to a bigger apartment, but it's happening and I'm excited, but it's also going to cost me some moneys.

I think I mentioned this in one of the first Road to Steemfest posts, that Poland is very cheap compared to Finland, so I am glad about that, especially considering the state of cryptos these days. I'm happy I already got my plane ticket a few weeks ago, and also payed for the Airbnb last week, so those are all taken care of.

I haven't yet gotten the actual Steemfest ticket, which is the biggest expense, because I'm taking a bit of a gamble on it. In 9 days, the prices increase. When they announced the tickets, the price of Regular ticket was around 750 Steems, now it's 1015 Steems, and who knows how much it will be in a week. What ever it will be in a week, I think that is when I will get the tickets, though I hope there is some sort of pump even before that, but the prices might also plummet. I have the required liquid Steem, but the potential it holds is so great, that it sucks to be spending it in low prices.

With current prices, it's a months worth of work just for the ticket, which doesn't sound too tempting. A months wages for a few day event, if it was anything else, I wouldn't bother, but Steemfest is important to me. It hurts me to my core if I need to spend Steem when it's considerably lower that 1 dollar, I have worked really really hard to earn all them Steems I have.

There is of course also the option to get the Plankton or Minnow ticket, which are both considerably cheaper than the regular ticket, but I don't want to do that. Now, don't you think I'm judging you if you get the cheaper ticket option, I am here just talking from my perspective and what I feel like I need to do.

I have gotten so much from Steemit, my whole life got so much better because of it, and I earn a little more Steem every day. Last years Steemfest in Lisbon was a huge turning point in my life, it was an amazing event and I appreciate @roelandp so much for the work he does to make Steemfest happen, and to make it so great. I feel like it is my duty as a full time Steemian, who earns a considerable amount of Steem compared to majority in here, that I need to at least pay for the Regular ticket for Steemfest.

I just need to keep working really hard, just like I have done so far, and I keep hoping for better prices, so I could take a little bit of break from the current insane pace I keep in posting.