Hi there, my name is Michael X.

I am a husband, a father of two (17 boy and 6 girl - ya it's crazy), entrepreneur, visionary, and all around fun guy to hang out with! Want some real talk - scroll to the bottom of my post...

Some Family Pics:

More about MichaelX

I have been a member of the BitShares community since early 2014. Heck, I even have PTS laying around somewehere(I never got out :p). On the bright side, the PTS probably got me far more than what i anticipated...

_This picture is a bit old - my hair is much longer now and I have quite a few more tattoos (I had 6 back then...)! _

This was right after I cut off over 2.5 feet of hair to donate for locks of love. I always try to donate items and money to charity as much as possible, and have been working on structuring a charity based blockchain business with my wife that has a degree in social work/family therapy.

One of my other hobbies is GARDENING! I love my garden, and I spend a ton of time there making it perfect. I eat 2 meals a day from my garden, as does my family. I grew everything, I sourced seeds, I trucked in the soil, I know what is in my food and I love it. I love teaching my daughter how to grow food and sustain herself, to assimilate the sunlight...

Garden

Garden and wife

6" tall Kale

YUM

MORE YUM

I have several businesses I am involved in, you can read more about me in this post about my celebrity lookalikes, this post about how to get rich and internet famous, and this MONSTER post on how to do public relations for any startup, business, steemit, your posts, etc.

I have lots of hobbies and interests!

I love music! I have gone to over 2000+ concerts in my life, and I plan to quadruple that before I die! I have lots of pictures, etc, but one of my favorites is me and Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips:

I like to travel for work and fun. Since I have internet based businesses that are not location specific, I can travel and work. I can have meetings with friends in exotic locations and write it off (we really DO WORK while there)! It's fun, but I will tell you that I had to work my ass off for it. Years of work and sweat to get there.

But it has paid off.

View From my place in Sint Maarten

I have been able to meet some of the most interesting people in the world

Kevin Harrington from Shark Tank even stayed at our house in Saint Martin:

I love to have fun with friends, and usually end up traveling to 10-20 countries a year on average with them, or my family. Never in my life growing up did I think I would be able to do these things.

Austin, TX 2015

Curacao 2016

Aruba 2016

Saint Thomas 2013

THIS IS MY REAL HAIR

Saint Martin 2014

Saint Martin 2015

Honduras 2015

Hijacking Willie Nelsons Tour Bus Austin, TX 2015

Grand Cayman 2016

My house in Sint Maarten 2014

I am not scared of lizards Cozumel 2013 - we have tons in SXM

Lizards from Saint Martin

Lizards from Saint Martin

I LOVE TO SKI:

Idaho 2012

Idaho 2013

Pleased to meet you all and to be here to contribute! Please tell me if we have anything in common so I can follow your posts!

My goal is to help make this place the most amazing place ever!

I look forward to meeting all of you.

Stay Awesome,

Michael
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DISCLAIMER:
I have been there. My first marriage was a wreck, I ended up losing everything I owned, slept on couches in the year 2000, and went through hell for years afterward. I have lost it all. And gained it all. And lost it again. And back and forth. Do not worry about such things, they do not make a person.

I have been there. I know the hunger. I know the pain. I know the reward. It is all the same.

JUST LIVE AND BE.

Pleased to meet you.