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What Has Gotten Me To This Point?
Having just celebrated my one year anniversary on the steemit platform, I have been looking forward to what the next 12 months will be bringing to the Golden D Homestead Table.
What do I envision? What will I accomplish? Who will I help (more like who WON'T I help)?
For the past month I have really sat back and analyzed how I got to where I am, all the people who have lifted me up and who have been mentors and my biggest supporters. Let me tell you... the list is long
Some days, as I sit down to my laptop, sipping my hazelnut coffee and reading Discord messages, new posts that @ginabot has alerted me to or just opening up documents to get started on the @qurator Daily newsletter, I release an elongated breath and thank the Heavens above for my good fortune, the support I receive from fellow steemians and how blessed I am to be where I am at the moment.
Keep in mind, all I do over the course of my steemit work day can feel like a juggling act, an endless to-do list and even that I'll never get caught up... but I always do.
From finding five Qurites for the Daily Newsletter for #qurator to getting statistics for the @ghscollective reports to getting my own posts in order for the day or week, I am constantly at the laptop pecking away. And when I wrap up the day, I can look at all the tasks I've completed and feel fulfilled.
But I remember the early days of steemit when I was fumbling around... trying to figure out what to say and write, or how to make my formatting just a little better; I felt discombobulated.
Now I spend my days in between newsletters, curation, commenting and posting and chatting it up on Discord. Golden D Has Got Her Groove!
But still... more was missing.. and I figured it out. D-E-L-E-G-A-T-I-O-N
In the past I have delegated to people... and now I am turning my delegation sights on groups... communities... organized pages with challenges... I want to make sure anyone on the platform can reap the rewards I have to offer.
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I have found five groups, pages or communities to delegate to. The amounts are different and the delegations will stay where they are indefinitely; unless something drastic changes or the delegations are used to cause harm upon others and in a way I would consider malicious.
- @qurator-tier-1-2 has received 100-SP from me - Simply because I have been a part of the @qurator staff team for over eight months now and I 100% stand behind what qurator stands for, what the qurator witness is doing and how many members (over 1400 now) we have helped along the way.
- @altlife has received 100-SP from me- This is a page run by @pennsif who hosts a Friday night Alternative Lifestyle MSP-Waves radio show; which I have been a guest on numerous times and LOVE the format and all the engaging guests (and host). The topics are unusual and the guests share their lives- you need to check it out!
- @canna-curate has received 75-SP from me - some of you know I recently came out of the cannabis closet and started sharing my grow tents and room as well as being an official MMMP (Michigan Medical Marihuana Program) card holder. As a sufferer of an auto-immune disease I can see how cannabis can help those in pain; whether chronic or acute.
- @cookwithus has received 50-SP from me- EVERYONE knows I love my kitchen on Golden D Homestead and I am always in there cooking up a storm and inventing new creations. While I have never participated in one of the #cookwithus challenges and weekly contests, I have been a supporter of the group for months and I feature many of the recipes on my Saturday curation post.
- @ghscollective has received 300-SP from me. This was actually a transfer of delegation from @freedompoint to the page where they want to Unite, Educate, and Encourage individuals in all aspects of self reliant living around the globe. I am a homesteader at heart and lover of all things self-sufficient, self-reliant and about helping others.. so this was an easy delegation choice.
So now what for future delegations?
EVERY time my personal SP goes 50 over my personal baseline set of 2000, I will be delegating 50-SP to either a new group, page or community on steemit and in Discord.
ie. Right now I have 2801 SP less the 786 I have out in total delegations, leaving me with about 15-SP (which keeps me above the 2000-SP base line). Once my SP account reaches 2837, I will delegating another 50-SP.
But why do I have to keep 2000-SP in my account at all times?
Call it my OCD in high gear... I like even numbers and that is the number I want to keep as my base line... for now.
So now.. my new goal is to gain SP over the next few weeks and month(s)... so every time I have that 50-SP, I will be contacting someone and saying, "Hey, you want an SP delegation?"
I may choose to add to a current and existing delegation, or I may find a new group, page or community; one never knows. After deciding to take this route in the upcoming months, I am content with my conclusion on how I want to start the second year of my steemit life. I will be making quality posts, continuing to advance and all the while helping others along the way. yeah, I am feeling good about this decision
So in preparation for my next 36-SP coming in, hopefully sooner rather than later... who would you recommend I consider a 50-SP delegation to? Are you involved in a group? Page? Community? Could they use 50-SP to help reward their members and followers? Tell me who and why I should add them to my short list.
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You are doing good things on Steemit and helping some great communities. I wish people would think more about delegations because SP just sitting in your account does not help the platform at all. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you! I am always looking for ways to give back and pay it forward. I know some may think... 50-SP? That's not much.. but to me.. that 50-SP could push an account over their next milestone to have more voting power. It could give them the boost to continue what they are doing. Every li'l bit helps in my mind.
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Yes, that is very true! If every member of the group delegated only a small amount of SP to their community it would make a big difference to the community and what that community could do.
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Happy belated Anniversary to you my friend, I'm really sorry this is coming very late but it is better late than never. I really wish you more stellar success in all your endeavors on this platform. You have been a great source of inspiration to me in few months we met during DM's research for @fulltimegeek
Enjoy your day...
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Thank you!! My anniversary was just this past Friday and YES FTG was huge reason for where I am today; without his philosophy and delegation early on... I am truly grateful to him and all the other SOGs I have come to meet along the way. I am using his thinking in all that I do on here.. instead of saying WWJD?.. I say "What would FTG do?"
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Wow, lmao!
It is really nice to hear that he is doing great and amazing thing on the steem blockchain. He's such a great and amiable man. Besides, I saw him finally when he released a video on his next step towards helping the community. Hope you saw that post?
He is really funny...
I guess I would adopt that too, What would FTG do?
You ain't on discord again, hope all is fine?
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You are a very busy girl @goldendawne. We appreciate your time and support greatly. Thanks for everything you do to help us and others in the steemit community! 💗
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YOU'RE VERY welcome! I was thrilled when I came across your page and Discord group!
Looking forward to some great future plans and curation!
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Can you suggest me we're can I delegate my small sp?
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As I mentioned in a previous comment above.. you have to have your heart into the group, page or community you'd like to delegate to. See my comment above to tonymullins.
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Well done @goldendawne! Awesome to see someone creating their own success on here. I'm very new to all this and trying to understand it all. I'm really enjoying the learning curve and connecting with people along the way. For me, it is more of a creative outlet, and a way to try produce content I feel will help people out.
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Very well said! When I started on steemit last year, it was a place for me to write again. A blog for me to return to my writing passion. From there it has blossomed into so much more; more than I could have ever imagined.
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You are one generous soul here on Steemit, @goldendawne!! I have seen and came across many of your Curation on the q-blog. Your delegations have definitely benefited many. Having 2000SP (and more) within a year here is crazy, to me it's huge!!! Congrats on that and also thank you for what you are contributing to this platform to keep it going! 👍👏😉
Now to suggest a group for you to consider your next delegations, I would want to propose @steemitmamas who are a bunch of mamas learning and writing on this platform for a variety of topics, from parenting to crytocurrency involvement. We also strive to highlight awesome posts from the mamas in a small humble weekly curation, encouraging quality posts and engagement. We support mamas from across the globe to empower ourselves that mamas can write and mamas (who work and stay at home) have great things to offer! :) You may check us out at @steemitmamas to see if we are worthy of your delegation. It is still a rather new community.
So glad you got the member-boost today!
#steemitbloggers
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Oh I have definitely heard about @steemitmamas! SO MANY great writers in there! I believe I was in the Discord group too.. I'll have to double check on that.
THANK YOU for your suggestion and I'll most definitely keep them o my list!
Also thank you for your kind words!!
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You have heard of us? That's so cool!!! We welcome any mamas!!!
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Happy anniversary Dawne.
Keep doing great stuff. And thank you for your support of the radio show and @altlife.
Host of The Alternative Lifestyle Show on MSP Waves Radio.
Editor of the Weekly Schedule of Steem Radio Shows.
Founder of the A Dollar A Day charitable giving project.
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You're ALWAYS AND FOREVER welcome @pennsif!
We've been through some ups-and-downs on the platform since our time joining steemit last summer, haven't we? Prices see-saw, retention goes down... but we have stuck in there
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Maybe I am you during your earlier days here. I also go through those challenges but I keep writing as passion leads.
It's nice to see you giving back again and again, steemit is lucky to have you
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Oh absolutely! My reborn passion for writing and publishing/blogging is what originally brought me to steemit... and it has been a whirlwind ever since.
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Hi @goldendawne! Awesome that you're looking to delegate to some worthy causes. I'm semi-new here so forgive my suggestions if you've already heard of them but:
Shoot, there's another few I'm spacing on, but those are the first that come to mind. Of course further supporting @qurator is a great idea too :)
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Actually I was involved with the newbieresteemday initiative when it first started months ago and until recently. I even had a channel in there for members to ask me questions called "Dear Dawne" and Dave Mccoy and I did a weekly post under the same title. I veered away about a month ago when the Discord group seemed to take a different route; not sure what happened in the group but I am always supporting new steemians, even if not through the group.
But thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely add them to my list.
I will have to check into the pifc and themesopotamians pages.
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Right now we are in a account building phase with the @pifc account. A couple recent delegations make it ready for the first contest which will start next week. But the flagship contest is being run from my personal account. We just finished week 15 and will be announcing week 16 here at 12:01am Tuesday morning (Chicago Time).
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i just had a chance to snoop around your page. Definitely adding to my short list.
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Do you have any advice for smaller accounts like myself with small amounts of sp. Where would be a good delegation of my sp?
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You would have to start looking for pages, communities and/or groups that hold an interest of yours. All of the ones i have delegated to are ones that I have an invested personal interest in.
from cooking/baking to growing cannabis, being on the radio shows and being part of two communities on steemit and Discord that I firmly believe in (qurator and ghsc). Once you think you have found a group, etc, just follow them, comment on their posts and see who their main followers are and how active they are. Maybe join their Discord group and get to know what they are all about and what the are striving to accomplish on the platform.
No matter the amount of SP delegated, even if it's 25- that may push that account over the next threshold for rewards; as they say every little bit helps
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Thanks for the info
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It's amazing how far you've come in a year. I've been here more than half a year and I know how much time and effort I put into Steemit. And that's without curation. So hat's off to you @goldendawne and Congratulations on your anniversary 😊
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Thank you!! I love curation honestly... I find so many interesting posts and people along the way.
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That is so awesome that you've found your groove! I have felt like I found mine every once in a while, but then it slips through my fingers and I lose it again :/
I love that you're so focused on supporting others (and I TOTALLY get the weird numbers thing of wanting to keep it at 2000!)
I look forward to celebrating my first year on steemit, although it is still months away. Maybe I can be as organized and efficient as you are! I feel like I get too busy and start spinning my wheels trying to keep up!
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Oh I am the same way! I have good days/weeks/months.. then BOOM! one bad moment and I feel as though I'm failing.... but I am determined to make steemit my thing and I will be here for as long as steemit will be
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Definitely hear you there! I love steemit, though and I do plan to stick around as well! I love the sense of community that I've found here.
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Thanks for supporting the Steemit community. I'm sure the recipients of your delegations are appreciative. I'd recommend Military Veterans of Steemit. It's a diverse group of military veterans from all over the globe. Relatively new, they church on out some good content on a regular basis. @shadow3scalpel
#steemitbloggers
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Absolutely!
I have donated to the veterans' group and @shadow3scalpel a few times in the past. I am waiting for them to have a contest because I wanted to sponsor the grand prize for them.
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Happy Anniversary @goldendawne :)
haha I think you've always had it, but delegating is a pretty awesome groove addition! My OCD totally understands your need to stick with 2000 also...there's something so clean about an even number like that :)
I've been involved as a judge in a Pay it Forward Curation Contest for weeks now, hosted by thedarkhorse. It's a curation contest where entrants need to curate two posts and as judges (there's 4 of us), we of course read the entry post and upvote/comment on their curated posts as well. It's in its 15th week I believe now. thedarkhorse created a pifc (pay it forward contest) account now where we have been trying to build up SP, so perhaps one day soon the contest can be run from that account.
If you are one day feeling the groove for that :)
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SEE? I'm not the only one...
I have added the pifc to my short list... @thedarkhorse popped in the other day and mentioned a little more about it too.
Just the name alone, pay it forward, calls out to me- lol
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haha no you most definitely are not :)
I'm so glad he dropped by! It's a great concept and of course it is right up your alley :)
Thank you @goldendawne!
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Thank you for whomever shared to your community!!
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Supporting places where you fit in best, great choice and advice @goldendawne congrats on your year, may the new one ahead be a great one.
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I am hoping for another fantastic 12 months coming up in 2018-2019 for me on steemit! I can feel it.. oh yeah
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Wow! Fantastic initiative. I'm a fan of delegation - I'm only 7 months new here, and was delegated 500SP for a 12 month period, less than a month after joining. It has been invaluable in helping me to support others, grow, and get a feel for the platform.
I tip my hat to you.
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What a great way to give back to the community! Congrats on being on steemit for a year!
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