I have now been on Steemit.com for over 3 years and so over 40 months and counting.
When I first started on here I spent nearly 2 months learning about how everything worked, you have to remember that back then there was alot less information on how the blockchain functioned.

Once I figured out how most of this new blockchain technology all came together and the enormous opportunity Steem brings I knew I wanted to be part of this project regardless of the many people not seeing it's true potential.

I mean really what can I say except I was hooked and wont deny.. I still am!

I also believe alot in having goals, it gives you something to look forward to, something to be proud about, and during my very early days it quickly became a goal of mine that I wanted to reach and became a Steem powered dolphin.

At first it seemed like a reasonable but still very tough long term commitment and goal.
I always knew it would take alot of time.. but honestly I never thought it would take as long as it did lol.
But this is also because many things have changed on the blockchain since back in the early days when I first started.

I think one of the saddest change's was the whales who no longer or atleast rarely vote for content, this was because firstly they didn't feel people were locking-away enough of their SteemPower to preserve it's value " hey whales you know you could of voted on me I never powered down once since day 1 over 3 years ago lol" and secondly they discovered they could just delegate to bot's and so this in turn would be saving them a ton of time curating.

Well the bidding bots are gone hard to believe it but trust me guys when I say it used to be alot of fun around here when whales were more active, there was a big initiative to write something interesting incase a whale might enjoy it and upvote your work.

Anyway moving to the point of this post its to announce that there is new Double Dolphin in the block, yup I have now finally reached the 10000 SP needed.

Ridiculous Silly Dolphin Hat

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Images By @simonjay

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Yea I had no idea such a hat even existed until a friend of mine came to me with this silly hat as a gift.

She told me that I waffled often "about this weird being a dolphin thing" and so she thought of me when she saw this hat. Apparently the store was having a clear out, and so selling them dirty cheap, she brought one as they were soon to be dumped as nobody was buying the fish hats?

I mean can't think of why not?... lol

Anyway I already had a few people ask me if I was going to power down when I reached this point? And the answer is no.

I have always wanted to be a dolphin and now Double Dolphin because it gives me the opportunity to give more back to those who have helped me get here and to of course those who support me or are long time followers.

But not only that it gives me more SP to play with so I can hunt posts I like and upvote them hopefully giving more people the chance to earn something.
With more SP a vote can add more value to your content but I cant do it without your support so please continue supporting the strength of this account because I have no interest in powering down from Double Dolphin.

I also got asked what will I do next considering I have now reached one of my bigger long time goals on Steemit?

Well I thought about the common next big goal "when it comes to SP" which is of course is the road to Orca.
But I think for this dolphin making it's way towards Orca right now might be pretty extreme..
Still while in my mind I do feel it may reasonable or possible to reach Orca during my lifetime depending how how things go it could be still a very difficult road up ahead.

"pssst! what about whale?"

Whale I feel is impossible for me personally unless the Steem price did dramatically fall again to a really low price for heck knows what reason or there was a sudden huge amount of support each and everyday.
So heck no, forget whale not going to happen.

And so it is done, the journey's end.

And so my new quest will be... becoming a "Triple Dolphin"
Which means it involves getting to 15000-SP which I feel will still be possible for me to achieve at some point in the future.

I will initially start with getting the next dolphin badge first which requires 12500 SP and then make my way to Triple Dolphin with 15000 SP

So yeah guys hop-on-aboard this new Double Dolphin powered ship and join me on my quest to Triple it's power, heck if you stick around long enough I'm sure you will get rewarded along the way just like many of my followers already have.

To get us all started in the right way any %100 powered-up vote's or SBI's to get us all to a flying quicker start is much appreciated.

Our Ship Is Now Double Dolphin Powered

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Source: giphy.com

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-Steem Price-
https://steemit.com/steemit/@simonjay/daily-steem-price-update-31-10-2019

-Month 42 Of Steemit Monthly Reports-
https://steemit.com/steemit/@simonjay/month-42-steemit-monthly-report-15-3-2020

-I Have Powered-Up To Dolphin!-

https://steemit.com/life/@simonjay/powered-up-to-dolphin-22-3-2019

-Favourite Prehistoric Sea Monster-

https://steemit.com/hive-148441/@simonjay/the-discovered-prehistoric-sea-monster-11-4-2020

So if you like this page I need you guys to do me 2 easy things.

1.First please upvote this page.
2.And secondly dont forget to follow me below.

Also since votes don't always = $ and you if want to see more you can send me Steem Power Tips to @simonjay to help support me.

@paradise-found - @karenb54 - @koskl - @hanshotfirst - @mammasitta - @akomoajong - @yusril-xabre - @surpassinggoogle - @whatisnew - @kristy1 have already done this so a big thank you to them all!

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