My Smartcash holding finally over 1000! My journey to 1000 Smartcash :)

Year 2017 was somewhat a memorable year for me. What seemed to be a low point in my life actually turned into something I gladly wish to have happened sooner. In August of 2017 my family had to move to a temporary rental due to our financial circumstances. We rented a place that was over a hour commute to work for me. That was the best we could afford at the time. (I hope within the next month I will be able to move me and my family back to my parents place permanently until I have enough savings.)

So this past August while commuting to work I started reading "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. A book written in 1937 regarding what Hill believes are the steps to making yourself financially rich. Although it was written before my time most of Hill's ideas I felt were still applicable today.What struck me to the core was his belief that if you have an idea or something passionate you want to do that will make you a lot of money then go do it now. Stop everything else and just concentrate on making the idea into a reality and proceed with conviction.

I had always had the liking of technology and my full time occupation relates to engineering. Yet I never got deep into computers or programming because I preferred the hands-on types of engineering such as manufacturing and building systems. Yet after reading Hill's book I started to brainstorm what I possibly could do to earn more. My parents raised me up to believe hard work pays so anything that related to cheating or stealing was out of the question. I kept thinking desperately for an idea and cryptocurrency came up by accident.

I spend almost 12 hours a day at a computer where I work. What more can I do to to earn a passive income online was my thought. Open a business? I had no ideas how to start one. Open a website? What was I to post? I then had a basic plan for a blogging website and I went forward looking to buy a new computer. My current one is over a decade old. So I searched online for a decent desktop model but was awestruck by the cost of graphics cards. I had hope to purchase a computer that would have the capability for me to work from home and for personal use. I needed a lot of graphics power because I do a ton of computer modeling. I was curious why gpus were expensive and quickly found that cryptocurrency was the culprit. Not very long after that I had changed plans and decided to start mining on my computer and learn more about cryptocurrency.

When I first started looking into cryptocurrency last August at the time bitcoin prices were hovering ~$4k was at all time highs. It was the talk online with what the future would hold for cryptocurrency. I was going through many websites combing for cryptocurrency stuff and was amazed that there was a lot. From mining on cpu to trading altcoins there was enormous amount of information regarding all kinds of coins. By the end of August I had started my first investment in cryptocurrency by purchasing a bitcoin cloud mining contract with Hashflare.

Some where around late October was when I stumbled on Smartcash thru Steemit. When I received my first donation of Smartcash from @hockleyj I was instantly hooked. Two months have passed and I had to go through a couple of small hurdles, but I have now finally saved over 1,000 Smartcash coins.

I started earning Smartcash thru Steemit around November. Thanks to @hockleyj, @hannahlicious, and @lukestokes. Will never forget your generosity. That totaled to 620. Then there is 100 in Hitbtc that had been stuck in the exchange since I bought it. (Rumors have it now Hitbtc is able to make Smartcash deposit and withdraws. I will check later to confirm.) Then I traded some SBD to Dogecoin via @blocktrades and from Dogecoin to Smartcash via Coinexhange. That totaled to ~370. Then on Smartcash Discord I withdraw most of my earnings, 50, and here I am with over 1,000 Smartcash 😁

My Smartcash wallet address: SVLA2nRcFVUsca13yDzRt7X7E4LkfkhWDB
I used a brain wallet curiosity of what I learned from @msg768-
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@msg768/smartcash-benefits-of-using-a-brainwallet

I hope to earn smartrewards starting in the month of March. I had been spending most my free time learning about Steemit and have not put as much effort into Smartcash. Yet I see Smartcash as a great way to store wealth and earn passive income. By the end of 2018 I hope to have saved and invested enough to reach 10,000 Smartcash.

I recommend those who are new to Smartcash to search for it on Steemit. The community is amazingly supportive both financially and mentally ;) There is also chat rooms such as slack and discord you can join to earn and learn more about Smartcash. I think discord is better than Steemit if you had a specific question or concern as the developers of the coin are active participants and you get a response within minutes. There are a ton of Smartcash followers across the globe on discord.

Thanks for reading and Go SMARTS!

If you are new to smartcash and like to learn more please see links below:

Follow Smartcash's official twitter feed https://twitter.com/scashofficial

The Smartcash official slack https://smartcashinvite.herokuapp.com/

Read more on Smartcash official website https://smartcash.cc/

Smartcash Official Wallet https://smartcash.cc/wallets/

Where to buy Smartcash
stocks.exchange https://stocks.exchange/trade/SMART/BTC
coinexchange https://www.coinexchange.io/market/SMART/BTC
cryptopia https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange?market=SMART_BTC
hitbtc https://hitbtc.com/SMART-to-BTC
masternodexchange https://masternodexchange.com/markets/smartbtc
monkeycoin https://monkeycoin.exchange/