120K Steempower reached! This insane journey.
This morning I couldn't contain myself :)
I bought some STEEM and powered it up to reach the next level of my journey.
120K Steempower.
I took me a long time to reach this.
In fact the last time I made a post like this was 7 months ago when I reached 100K.
In other words you can also say it took me 7 months to earn 2 power downs.
Yes....7 months of blogging and buying STEEM equals 2 power downs (2 weeks) for me.
Hence I have never powered down.
I would never be able to earn it back fast enough.
When it comes to SP I think I done well especially when I look at where I had to start from:
What you are looking at is probably the worst trade I ever made. (0.5 BTC - $325 back than for 82 STEEM).
It's how it all started.
But 5 months later I wrote this on the 12th of December 2016 here:
I had just reached 20k SP. (I remember this period well, I was so excited about this blockchain and told everyone about it but almost no-one listened...it was so frustrating that I stopped talking about it all together except on Steemit. I started to invest in secret, throwing everything I could spare into STEEM not telling anyone what I was doing, except @ezzy).
I invest in Steemit by writing stories and being paid in Steem Power and by buying Steem on the market. Today I bought some more Steem. I am following the plan I set out for myself. I am buying a little every day and I have almost reached my goal of 20K steem. Next Stop 25K.
I only use the money I can do without to invest.
You either believe in a project or you don’t. After using Steemit for 5 months I can say that I believe Steemit has a good chance of becoming successful given enough time. This is the reason I’m investing. I’m in for the long term.
I have no interest in powering down, trying to sell high, buy low, and I’m perfectly ready to lose my money in case that I’m totally wrong about everything.
And that I have. (And notice how I say steemit..and not the Steem blockchain...because steemit was all there was.)
And in all that time since then I have seen it all.
People come and go for various reasons, different Hard Forks, a million different opinions and insane price swings.
It has never bothered me I just kept grinding.
I still do every day.
My believe in this blockchain has not faltered in-fact it has only increased.
So often do you read posts about why this place sucks.
But in the end of the day none can deny that this place has been transformed from that 'little' blogging platform it used to be to a fully grown social media platform with 60K daily active accounts in a little over 2 years with every chance to grow bigger in the future.
I'm not going anywhere :)
Next goal 150k.
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Greetings, great exyle
Excellent score of sp that you hit. I'm happy with my sp 11900 hehehe. However, of course I want to increase that amount gradually. My amount of sp is smaller than your the end of 2016 hehehe.
My next goal is to reach the 20000 mark too. However, I think it will be more complicated, because next year I will begin to remove some of my steem and sbds to help me pay the Bills, because here, things are not easy. This year I joined and invested a portion of my money will be only for accumulation. Next year start to use. I think I come in January/2019 with more or less 13200 steem power on account. It's a considerable value.
I appreciate the post and the encouragement he gives us.
Thank you and good afternoon!
Congratulations on your achievement!
Nice to read words of encouragement @exyle, from a "veteran" whose "been through the wars" of disbelief, doubt, skepticism, etc. And just kept on going ... Means a lot to a "newbie" like myself.
When you catch up on your reading comments addressed to you, you'll find that I followed through on my commitment (an exchange between us in a previous post of yours several days ago ...) and vote for you (blockbrothers) as a Witness.
Your input to what I say there is welcome. It is important to me.
Thank again @exyle for doing all you have done in setting an example for the rest of us.
P.S. Portrait below not meant so much to draw attention to myself, but (to spell it out for others ...) to highlight what our Steem Community represents to us all.
Specifically, supporting fellow Steemians like @skyleap, who drew this, although we live on almost the opposite sides of the planet!
As a result of this great example of what I considered to be a "mutually beneficial transaction," I wrote a business review to do my small part to boost @skyleap's prospects for the future.
Not possible without our Steem blockchain ...
Always nice to see more business on the blockchain!
I also had a logo developed for my blog a long time ago by a fellow Steemian which I used for a long time (but have replace now with our witness logo). It's indeed all possible on here.
I have not seen your vote come in for blockbrothers. I read in your comments to me that you take your voting extremely serious. Remember though that voting on this blockchain is very dynamic. You can vote and take votes away for witnesses at any time. Which makes it 'less heavy' and 'permanent' compared to elections for instance.
I wish you a great day!
Good evening @exyle. While I have returned home not finding a response from you, I was chagrined ( 😞 ) to found out what the problem was, with a little "boost" from fellow Steemian @foxon.
Fixed. Double-checked and confirmed on SteemWorld:
Now finished. As promised, +4.2 MVests committed to your designated Witness, from the accounts in which I have a controlling interest.
Going to go catch up (hopefully, much needed ...) on my rest ...
Thank you for the prompt response @exyle. 👍
Disturbing. This is what I see on the "Voting for Witnesses" page on SteemIt:
You will note it is highlighted. I had to enter my Active key to get this result. What else is there to do?
Good and fair point. And understood. Voting "in here," however, still has serious consequences for us all. I would hope we can agree voting should be well considered and done deliberately and thoughtfully or (at least to me ...) not at all.
Perhaps we can "meet in the middle" ...
All the best to you for a good day @exyle. Looking forward to your reply. Off to my "day job" ...
blocktrades != blockbrothers
Oh ... Wonderful ... 😧 Clearly, this "burning the candle at both ends" is not going so well ...
Thanks for the "assist" @foxon! 👍
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Now this is some encouragement.
I have 350, 119,650 to go!
Congretulations for the great achivements.Your hard work and dedication bring you the great fruit of success.Thanks for the inspirations.
Thank you Maya!
In terms of increase in Token value Steem has not been my best investement with the biggest increase. But factoring in the earnings from posting and curating it is without a doubt my best investment. I also feel that putting my money in SP is a safe place because Steem is not a coin that is in a “deliver or disappear situation” with big promises of what it will do in the future. It has proved itself to work very well and the Steem blockchain is growing day by day so I feel very secure that this is a good long term hold ! I bank on Steem becoming an investment that will do a lot for my future so I’m gonna continue powering up !
Congratulations on your achievement sir. Its people like you that gives us hope of growth here. Your inspiration inspires us to go all out and make it work here on Steemit. 120k reach, much more to come sir.
It is all in the mind mate, if you focus on what you want and you are willing to work hard for it and sometimes also to take risk for it, you will achieve anything you want, good on ya @exyle, happy for you
120K Steempower.
I will reach your level in 2058!
😂
it's a brilliant milestone, you and the @blockbrothers contribute so much to this community, for you to reach 120k is big, something out of the ordinary, congratulations buddy
Thank you!
Excellent result, my friend and I congratulate you on 120K Steempower! You have come a long way and have done a great job on the Steemit, so this excellent result is a real achievement and I wish you good luck for the 150K Steempower! Well done! Thanks Mark