I have now been on Steemit.com for over 4 years and 7 months and when I first started on here I spent nearly 2 months learning about how everything worked.
Now that to you may seem like a long time but back then there wasn't much information on how the blockchain functioned, now if you simply go to the FAQ section you can get a good understanding of it or you can check out a post by the Steemit Team here Guide For Newcomers which also explain a lot of it.

Once I figured out how most of this new blockchain technology fitted together and the enormous opportunity Steem brings I just knew I wanted to be part of this project regardless of the many people around at the time who were not seeing it's huge potential or just how fun it can be.

I mean really what can I say except I was hooked and wont lie.. I still am hooked as being on Steemit is a ton of fun!

I'm a big believer in having goals, as I think this way it gives you something to look forward to, something to be proud of, and during my very early stages on Steemit it quickly became a personal goal of mine that I wanted to reach and become a Steem powered Dolphin. This means holding around 5000 SP to support the Steem currency.

At first it seemed like a reasonable but also very tough long term commitment and goal.
I always knew it would take a lot of time.. but honestly I never thought it would of taken as long as it did lol... well at least the first time round as many things have changed on the Steem blockchain since back in the early days when I first started.

I think one of the saddest change's was the whales no longer.. "or atleast rarely voting" on content, this was because firstly they didn't feel people were locking-away enough of their SteemPower to preserve it's value which is understandable "but hey whales you know you could of voted on me I never powered down, not once, yup since day 1 for like over 4 years no powerdowns" but secondly they discovered they could just delegate to bot's and I don't mean like a voting bot but instead a "bidding bot" as this in turn would be saving them a ton of time from curating.

Well the bidding bots are now mostly gone, but trust me guys when I say it used to be a lot of fun around here when whales were actively voting more, back in the day there was a big initiative to write or share something interesting everyday incase a whale might enjoy it for whatever reason and upvote your work.
Later it became clear that you either had to be part of some secret inner circle, or a community of some sorts, or to be taking part in a contest, most of these all want very specific things or rules which must be followed in order to win which I felt often ruined some of the freedom and creativity for many content creators and many agreed.

While these days things have got much better for many folk as we now have the New Steemit Team who are often out there busy getting involved with the community and giving people fun tasks which they can be rewarded for when taking part, and yes while it's not a perfect system "because I'm not sure one truly exists" it sure beats some of the other options.

Anyway moving on and getting to the point of this post, it's to announce that there is a new Quad Dolphin in the block, yes that's correct I have now finally reached the 20000 SP mark!

Ridiculous Silly Dolphin Hat

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Images By @simonjay

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Yea I had no idea that 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 often spoke "about this weird being a dolphin thing" and so she thought of me when she saw this crazy hat. Apparently the store was having a clear out, and so selling them dirty cheap, so she brought one as these, as they were soon to be dumped because nobody was buying these fish hats!?

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

Anyway I already had a few people ask me if I was going to power down any extra SP earned once I reached this point? And the answer is of course... NO.

I have always wanted to be a Dolphin and well now a Quad Dolphin, but I wanted to get here because it gives me the opportunity to give more back to those who have helped me reach this far and to of course those who have supported me in the past or any long time followers.

But not only that it gives me more SP to play with and so when I do find any posts or comments that I enjoy and upvote hopefully this time "unlike back in the day before reaching Dolphin" the author will receive abit more than 1 pence.
With more SP a vote can add more value to your created content but I cant do it without your support so please continue supporting the strength of this account as I have no interest in powering down from Quad Dolphin.

Anyway of course the next question I got asked was "What will I do next considering I have now reached one of my bigger Steemit long time goals?"

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

"pssst! what about whale?"

As for Whale I feel it's impossible for me personally, unless the Steem price did dramatically fall down again to a really low price for heck knows what reason, or there was a sudden huge amount of support each and everyday from whales.
So heck no, forget the "Whale Status", not going to happen as I don't see either one of those 2 scenarios ever happening.

And so it is done? The journey's end?

The end? No the journey does not end here as my new quest from today now begins, my new quest will be on becoming a "Quintuple Dolphin"
Which means this time round getting to 25000-SP! which I feel will still be possible for me to achieve at some point in the future.

I would normally initially start with getting the next dolphin badge but this time around unfortunately the next Dolphin badge will be at the 25000 mark lol, so perhaps I will aim for the halfway point at 22500 or something.

I would very much like to reach Quintuple Dolphin in 2021 before the year ends, so I will try and get there for Christmas 2021. While this is basically impossible to reach when calculating the average gains it as already been done before twice.
We managed to reach our goal at the beginning of November last year this was of course thanks to the "Steemit Diary Game Season 1 and Season 2" which I took part in and so a big thank you to @steemcurator02 and @steemcurator01 who continue to provide fun ways for users to engage or earn rewards. They also have another educative event going on right now you can go here Steemit Academy to learn more about it as it's now on the 2nd season and still going strong.

Anyway I also wanted to thank any whales who have upvoted me along the way an helping me get this far and of course as you probably already know I continue buying abit of Steem here and there when possible. I also had alot of support last time when I first began my journey from 15000 to 20000 as a boost in hopes of getting me to my goal.
So ideally it would be nice to reach target even before we hit November. Regardless a big thank you to those who initially voted as that helped me reach Quad Dolphin today!
If from today I can earn a few whale upvotes along the way before Christmas arrives then it might just be possible to reach 25000 SP by December 2021, yup that will be our new goal going forwards.

So yeah guys hop-on-aboard this new Quad Dolphin powered ship and join me on my quest to Quintuple it's power, and heck if you stick around long enough I'm sure you will get rewarded along the way also.

To get us all into a real flying start any %100 up-vote's or SBI's is very much appreciated, I will also will be buying some more STEEM at least another 30SP to celebrate and help push for this goal.

Secretly win a %70 Upvote with over 14000 SP From Me
You can win the Upvote by simply doing ALL 3 steps below..

1. Upvote the post at %100
2. Write on the comments box "Done"
3. And finally answer the question- Will Steem go up or down within the next 22 hours?
   There will only be "one winner" and any edited post are automatically disqualified, but hurry you have 22 hours for placing your valid entry!

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Our Ship Is Now Quad Dolphin Powered 🏆

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

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