...and when I say: try, I mean that I'm going to do it!
OK, that makes no sense, or does it? I think I have to explain myself a bit better.
When I first joined Steemit (ALL the way back in June of last year, lol) I had NO IDEA that it would change my life so drastically. I don't think anyone on the platform would have thought that when they first started out.
Now, I am not a whale, or even a dolphin, heck I'm not even a minnow yet, I'm still a tiny little red-fish.

Source: pixabay.com

There are Steemians who started in the same month, and grew much bigger in this time than I did, but that's OK. I will get there eventually. I'm sure of it.
I have a family and household to run, a freelance job and all kinds of side activities (mostly Steemit/Crypto related) and even though I do spend a whole lot of time here, I just can't commit to spending more hours here (yet).
I did enjoy the perks of leasing SP for about 6 weeks, but now those orders don't seem to be filled anymore, so I'll have to live with the little SP that I have (of which I even delegated half lol).

Anyways, I'm trailing off subject a bit.
Not long after I joined I decided to go to Steemfest in Lisbon and I did.
I paid for this purely with cryptocurrency and Steemit income even though I hadn't been in the game for very long yet.
It was a $70,- of SBD investment into a few other coins that eventually made me the biggest chunk for the trip. It was amazing! And the trip was more than worth it. Amazing people and an amazing experience.

@DollarVigilante aka @JeffBerwick and Anarchapulco

I was following Jeff for some time. He is one of the reasons why I'm on Steemit. I found the platform by 'accident' because I was researching the coin, and then there was one of his videos that I had missed earlier and his message was clear: Get your butt on Steemit!

Not long after I knew I was going to Steemfest, I heard about Anarchapulco. You can read all about it here:
https://anarchapulco.com/
It seemed very interesting but at the time, I could only dream of actually going. The price for the flights and stay would be crazy and it was a crazy dream, scary even. But then in the back of my mind I hear Connor McGregor speak:
"If your dreams don't scare you, you're not dreaming big enough."

So I'm going to dream bigger.

Source: twitter.com/conormcgregor5

Anarchaforko

Not long after my return to Ireland, I read a post by @lily-da-vine about plans to 'fork' Anarchapulco...
See the website here: http://anarchaforko.com and find the tag here on Steemit to read some updates.
The plan was not to compete with Anarchapulco, but rather be an addition so to speak.
I loved the idea and I have great respect for the people behind it, including @lily-da-vine. Now, it would be a dream to go to Anarchapulco, but why not catch two birds with one stone? I mean, it's not like I'm going to Mexico every day.

I was excited about Anarchapulco, but I'm probably even more excited about this.
Why?
First of all, there will be Steemians at both events. Great, awesome Steemians. That alone would be worth the travel!

At Anarchapulco there will be speakers like Ron Paul, Larken Rose (yay!), Adam Kokesh, Dan Larimer (yup), Dayna Martin (I'm a fan!) and so many more and there is a bootcamp I would like to attend.
So it will be awesome.
But at Anarchaforko, we are all encouraged to participate. There will be no speakers lined up, but it will be more of a flowing event. I love the idea and I love that I get to spend more time with more amazing people.

Source: wikipedia

My first 'offerings'

At first I had no idea what I could contribute to Anarchaforko. I thought about it and thinking never really gets me very far when it comes to inspiration. Then, a few days ago it hit me.
Of course there is something!
I'm a hypnotherapist for Pete's sake...What is there to think about?
I can definitely do something with that.
Besides this, I practice and have been working with Ho'oponopono and for some this might seem 'out there' but I am quite certain that it brought me where I am today. Here on Steemit for instance.
So, just throwing it in there: there is definitely something to contribute. I haven't exactly figured out what to do with it yet, but that will come. I'm sure of it.

And besides this, I work freelance as a writer, so I'd say there will be enough to write about for that so it's not two birds, but three birds with one stone.

How do you like them apples?

I like!

Not one, not two or three but FOUR birds...

To most of the people who know me here and in person, it will come to no surprise when I say that I am looking for other places as an option to relocate to with my family.
I've been through some trials and tribulations here in Ireland lately (and it wasn't the first time) and to be honest: I've had enough. Now, I am not saying that I'm packing up everything and leave right away, but I like to expand my horizon a bit and see what's out there other than this.
Believe me, there is still a lot of work to be done here in Ireland and I am not just going to abandon my plans here, but it's good to look ahead a bit I think.

Five birds?? Man, this woman has completely lost it!

Another thing that came to mind is this: It will be an amazing (learning) experience for me and the kids to go to a place so much different than what they are used to. Yes, I am going to bring them. We'll be going for three weeks, as I think it would be a waste of money to only go for a week or so. If we go, we might as well make the best of it don't you think?

And besides, we'll be able to do some promotion for Steemit too while we're at it. This will be awesome!

Source: pixabay.com

The hurdles

Yes, of course, this plan has many holes and hurdles.
First of all: money. I know, I made it to Steemfest, but that was nothing compared to this.
The cost, even low budget, is pretty steep.
Of course, the main hurdle will be the flights. After that, I am not too worried.
Accommodation should not be the issue either, and food is cheaper than here so I am not worried about that either.
So I have to work on financing the whole trip.
I am in the same 'hole' as before with Steemfest. I own cryptocurrency but it's all pretty much tied up and for most coins it's not the right time to sell and some I don't want to sell.
So I have to make some choices, hoping that something will come up soon like it did with Steemfest (I booked the tickets a week before we left!).

Since I don't have the answer now, I am throwing it out into the universe and know that the answer will come.
So there you have it. It's out there.

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Justification

I know there's no need to justify myself to anyone. Especially here.
However, I always feel the need to justify things to myself.
So here we go:
I think it is completely justified to spend such an amount of money for a trip like that for the following reasons:

1. I will be 'working' (writing) while I'm there, so some of the funds will come back to me.
2. We'll be promoting Steemit while in Mexico, so we will be contributing to the platform.
3. It will be an enlightening and amazing, once-in-a-lifetime (or two or three if things work out as planned lol) experience and there will be the opportunity to meet some of the most amazing people one could ever meet.

That's it. That's all I have. For now...

I would love to hear your input on this. What do you think? Could I do the impossible and make it there or have I completely lost my mind? Whatever it is, I can handle it.

If you made it this far: thank you for reading. I will keep you updated.

Love & Peace

@misslasvegas