Writting about my 2017 Up's and down before the new year have been on my to do list. I overcame the procrastination when I saw @smyle entry to @anomadsoul #my2017_achievements_and_failures contest. Aside being a contest entry,this post should also serve as an inspiration to anyone who is about given up or is going through series of hardship, don't give up and don't stop fighting.

MY FAILURES

2017 January, I was still healing from the loss of my beloved mother to cancer, I was to resume school in few weeks, I had no money on me and there was no hope of money coming from anywhere. I lost all I had worked for to ponzi like MMM,Donation hub,Twinklers and so many others that I can't recall their name. My mates resumed school and I was still at home hoping for a miracle. I didn't really have support to further my education as my dad's business crashed and my siblings have their own headaches,when applying for direct entry to University of Ibadan,I was super confident that I could take care of my needs because of the money I had at hand and the online business I was involved in,not knowing that it was going to crash. I remember the little talk with my dad when he asked how I was going to cope and I told him not to worry that everything was under control.

When lectures became too serious I had to resume with the little I had. My siblings also lost to those ponzi scheme so there was almost no one to cry to. I went to school with only milk and milo as provision, a period when other students had excess since the semester just started, I was so broke that I couldn't afford buying bathroom slippers, I walked to the bathroom barefooted. I was lucky to meet a nice coursemate who shared some stuffs with me.

My academic performance was low,most times I had headache, worried and and read with empty stomach, adding to the fact that University of Ibadan is very demanding academic wise. My result was below average, this is someone that graduated as 2nd best in my previous degree OND (ordinary national diploma).

I lost friends and reputation, whatsapp became a dreading site, whenever I received a message or call my heart always beat cause I was scared that one of those I introduced to those ponzi sites is up again asking for answers I can't give.

Another remarkable failure I experienced this year is my sister being duped of $195 dollar worth of Ethereum by a guy I connected to her. I put the blame on myself cause I trusted him enough to tell her to go on with the sale. I had previously sold $30 worth of Ethereum to the guy successfully and that to me was enough reason to mark him as genuine. My easy to trust attribute failed me.

MY SUCCESS

The first success I will account for is how I was able to pay my school fees. During dieing minute, I got an email that I received 3 missed donations in a bitcoin investment platform. My downline didn't upgrade to the supposed level so he lost his donation to me,the bitcoin was 0.045 it wasn't worth as much as it does now but it was enough to pay my school fees and settle some other needs. My sisters picked up and supported me.

During the first semester break, a friend that took part in some bitcoin investments with me introduced me to trading, he sent me 0.5ETH to start since I had nothing. ETH was worth about $230 dollars then. I gave some amount to my sister who was also interested and we started trading, with time the value increased. I took part in an ico kyber with 0.3ETH and after launch I got 1Eth. I divided it among my sisters and we used it to enter another ico wanchain, expecting the profit by January. I also did another ico of recent wabi with 0.1Eth and got 0.5Eth in return. I was still trading and making some profit.

During my early days of trading,a friend @iamstash introduced me to steemit, he had a group of about 150 members that where already involved, I didn't know it was all about writing, saw it as just another means to earn more. I joined,did some research, observed and got to understand what steemit was all about. @amec was invited to the group to lecture us on how to excel and some other important infos, I made friends with him and learnt more. My first and introduction post hit $118 dollars, I fell in love with the platform. My subordinate posts earned me cents but because of the love I had developed in the community and my findings, I stayed put. Thanks to @euronation they were my first back bone. My steemit story is a story for another day,let me not go too dip. I am glad I stayed as I have earned bountiful not just financially but social and knowledge wise too.

Some day I got introduced to airdrop, we fill forms,put the required details and get free coins. Because of airdrop I created twitter and telegram account. I have earned so much by just filling forms without paying a dime, presently have about 62 unique tokens. Ethereum blue was one of them,I received 10,000 blue but sold out immediately out of ignorance, today 10,000 Ethereum blue is worth over $1,000 but I won't count it as a loss cause I got it free and still earned something.

Trading has been going smoothly, Steemit rewards have been booming, airdrops have been flloating in,academics have been great. It seems like everything just turned around, so far I have gotten multiples of all I lost and been able to straighten it out with the friends I introduced to ponzi.

Thanks for reading,this is an entry to @anomadsoul contest,thanks for the opportunity

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