My participation to @rocking-dave challenge!

Hello dear friends!

This post today is a different one from my usual blogs. It is actually a compilation of my posts from 2017 that I will be submitting in participation to @rocking-dave's challenge.

I was nominated by my good friend @yahialababidi and I happily accepted! (By the way, he is an author of 7 books and also a poet. You might wanna check his posts out)

@rocking-dave's challenge by the way, is to compile a list of your favourite posts from 2017 and pick only 5 of them. For more information about this challenge, please check his post here:

https://steemit.com/my2017top5/@rocking-dave/join-my-first-steem-challenge-contest-your-2017-top-5-and-win-sbds

I also wanna thank @rocking-dave for coming up with this wonderful challenge! Oh and by the way, I nominate the following people to participate in this challenge:

1. @turtledance24 (come out of your shell man, and accept this challenge! hehe)

2. @futurethinker (i know you already know who will win this challenge because you're from the future hehe)

3. @jajdgenius (share with us your wonderful posts here boss!)

4. @brainyblaze (my intelligent friend, please bless us with your writing prowess :) )

5. @yushaina (stop studying for now and make this post! but don't make it too lengthy okay? hehe just kidding)

My personal favourite top 5 posts from 2017:

So, without further ado, here is a compilation of my favourite posts from 2017 in no particular order:

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1. It's time to upgrade ourselves!

No no no, I'm not talking about upgrading ourselves to have the ability to shoot laser beams from our hands like Ironman. Or being able to fire multiple missiles from our body. What I mean by upgrading, is improving and working to become a better version of ourselves. Again, let's be clear about one thing, this blog is not about becoming Ironman okay?

2. Evernote, the best app for note-taking and organizing stuff

It used to be whenever an idea for a blog comes to my mind, I would use the pre-installed note-taking app on my phone to write it down. It's not great but it gets the job done. If ever I need some reminder for my things-to-do the next day, I would use a separate app that has the time reminder functionality. There are times when I come upon an article on the web that I find to be helpful as a source of information for a future blog and I would use the bookmark feature of my browser to save it.

3. Here's how to stop being judgmental to people!

Right now, as I'm writing this piece inside a coffee shop, just across my table I couldn't help but notice two ladies taking pictures of their food with their phones.

Now the judgmental side of me is already thinking, "These people must love to show off about their life. Even their food they have to post about it online".

But at the same time, the non-judgmental side of me is also thinking, "Hey stop that! You don't know these people! They're probably food bloggers for all you know and they're gonna make a blog about it later!"

4. My story of how being open-minded led me here

First, let me back up a bit to the year 2014 when I was still working for a company. That was the year when I was first introduced to Bitcoin. I remember my officemates telling me about it and telling me to make an account on a website that rewards people with Bitcoins after performing certain tasks. I remember myself just feeling meh about it. I was like, "Bitcoin? What the heck is that? Isn't that a scam?"

5. Want to be more productive? Then try the Pomodoro Technique!

Are you constantly switching your browser tabs to check on your social media accounts while at work?

Do you tend to lose focus easily while working on something and instead waste your time watching some Youtube clips online?

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So there you have it, my personal top 5 posts of 2017! Hope you guys enjoy it! Cheers!