This year has been an interesting ride on so many levels and while none of it was horrible I am kind of glad it's over. Looking forward to a much better year in 2019. Ending the year with a little freewrite, if you've followed me for anytime you know it's with beer in hand and after I've already had a few...so don't judge..lol.
This year on Steemit I accomplished a few things that I'm pretty proud of including launching a new account for @pifc for it's Curation Contest. This contest was created to allow everyone a place to show how amazing they are by Paying It Forward to others. Each week some amazing people take time out of their week to find a couple high quality posts to feature and help them gain some much needed exposure. We have reached so many people and more then a few have told me via comments or discord messages that they were about to leave Steemit before finding the @pifc community. This means the efforts to Pay It Forward to others has been working and I love that.
From @pifc came the need to find a way to help support some of the high quality producing plankton that would be featured and who took the time to enter the Curation Contest. Many of them creating great posts while sometimes not even reaching the dust level for their rewards. I know some might think that a few extra pennies doesn't help keep someone motivated, but knowing that each post will at least pay out vs all efforts being dusted away helps a ton per those we have helped. The creation of the Minnow Builder Project (@minnowbuilder, @minnowbuilder2, @minnowbuilder3, @minnowbuilder4, @minnowbuilder5) has allowed us to support multiple plankton with free daily upvotes and a few have even already turned into Minnows allowing a new group of people to be supported. While this program is still very small it is having a meaningful impact on the lives of a few. Hopefully 2019 will see this grow into something much larger and we can have an impact on many more steemians.
One thing I hope we can kiss goodbye in 2019 is the Crypto Winter. Really hoping that by Mid year we will be looking back wondering why we all didn't buy way more Crypto while the prices were so low. In my opinion this is the time to be building up your holdings. Invest even a little bit of cash to grow your accounts and other crypto holdings then down the road you will be able to reap the rewards for taking advantage of the simplest investing rule out there, Buy Low and Sell High.
On the personal side I'm just glad the unexpected expenses of 2018 are over with and looking forward to rebuilding my safety net during 2019. Hate not having a reserve large enough to cover me if something happened which kept me from working or to cover unexpected expenses. As those unexpected things seemed to pile on top of each other last year being topped off with the boiler issue it was a really good thing the safety net was there to start the year. Have already started it's rebuilding our savings and that makes me much more comfortable.
To many of my friends (both on and off steemit) have been struck by cancer this year by either having it or dealing with it so I would like to scream "Fuck Cancer" as loud as possible. It may not help @wolfhart, @headchange, @lynncoyle1, @briancourteau, or the others who are stuck by this nasty disease...but sometimes all we can do is scream to release a little bit of our anger. So for 2019 I am hoping those struggling with this get to spend a more time with their loved ones and they have the strength to let others in if they need a shoulder to lean on.
Well enough rambling on from me, time to get ready to party the night away! As I bring in this New Year tonight I will be hoping for all the best in 2019 for my steemit friends!!
I think 2018 brought more people together with the slight decrease in value of steem, it has shown that a lot of people are here for each other not just the money. Cancer sucks, it causes a lot of pain and it is hard to overcome the pain and there is not much that can be done about it, so a good yell at the walls or the trees, or echoing down a train tunnel likely does as much as modern medicine.
We grow we move on, we live until our time has come. We decide what is right for us while we can. happy New Year, and 2020 is just around the corner.
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Slight decrease...lol, you and I have differing opinions on the word slight. But you are correct it's helped show some people's true colors and that helps.
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My best wishes for 2019 are going out to you! It's good to see that your ideas for steemit are working out so well. I have to admit that I haven't read all about the minnowbuilder program by now to understand what it is - but I will do that in the near future :) - I know you wrote posts with explanations ...I will find them :).
Sooo stay well in the new year!!!! See u around :)
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If you have questions on Minnow Builder just ask. Really it's just a daily upvote program that lets you get half the vote value and half goes towards helping build minnows. The math of it has proven to be very profitable for those who purchase shares and we have helped a number of plakton become minnows.
Hope you have a great 2019 too!
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This has been a successful year. The amount of people touch in a positive way is unheard of. That’s all on you buddy.
It’s a new year and it will be better than the last one.
We scream, we cry, but most of all we also laugh teoghter. Ain’t that right @lynncoyle1. Stay strong
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So true, man. This year had been a game-changer for me. It was that "something" I was looking for, for a couple of years. That "something" that will change me for the better in the long run, even if it hurts for now.
Hoping the best for Brian and Lynn :)
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I hope that you find many blessings you DESERVE in the upcoming year. You are blessed to have the 90 year olds still here to cherish new memories with. I hope you are able to let yourself relax and have a blast tonight. You seem the type who isn't enjoying himself unless he is working (takes one to know one).
Happy new year and blessings to you and yours.
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I do work hard and enjoy working, but when it's time to play I am more then able and willing to let loose. Still hang out with friends on a regular basis and play hockey twice a week which normally turns into a night out. It's a balance that took some time to figure out, but if I'm are going to work hard I need to play hard too.
Hope you had a good NYE and 2019 is good to you!
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I was not ready to leave but the @pifc community helped me getting out of negative reputation values when I was attacked by some lunatic whale. (Who's still doing the same to a lot of others, unfortunately.)
I am nearly your age... and after listening to the word "cancer" so many times this year, it starts to scare me. :-/
Hopefully, all will end well. I have enough bad luck already with women and money, so let me at least enjoy my health.
Happy New Year to you, as well!
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Your rep score was horrific...but it's good that he laid off and let you recover. Really glad you are part of PIFC and love the artists you highlight each week...some truly talented people out there.
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I think you have done a fantastic job in the projects you have been involved with, I for one am very happy you gave me a chance, and I look forward to growing in 2019.
You are right, fuck cancer, it hits too many lives... I still can't understand with all the new advances in technology and medicine, there is no cure, nor complete understanding of it, it baffles me.
My mother turned 90 in September, still living on her own, with a little help from me, so I totally get you there... and then there are the ageing pets ;)
You are just a "young 'un" yet... at my age I am still trying to keep up with this new techy world! lol.
All the best in 2019, thanks for doing all you do!
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Happy to hear that we have been able to help you a little. Hope that during 2019 you see great success and your Mom stays healthy. It's great she is still on her own!
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Happy New Year buddy! and I would think you were weird if you weren't a few beers in already :) So glad that we met and have become friends here; and I'm with you on the whole cancer thing too! If yelling helps, I'll happily join you!
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Tell Brain I knocked someone out on the rink tonight, he'll appreciate how hard you have to hit someone to do that. Jackass hacked my goalie bad and fighting gets you suspended for weeks across all leagues so I waited for the correct moment to lay his ass out and took my 2 minute penalty...so worth it. Hopefully that will put a smile on his face.
Glad we have met also and do hope one day we share a few beers which will turn into a few more. Feel like we will be able to talk for hours like old friends that can pick up right where they left off even after not seeing each other for a long time.
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Hahaha that's an awesome story! Brian has a huge grin on his face 😊 Way to be smart, play the system and lay him out when you only end up with a penalty!
I love all the friends like that! no need to talk all the time but you just pick up comfortably whenever 😊 And of course more than a few beers would be included!
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Happy New Year friend. What a blessing to have four 90 year olds +. I wish you the best 2019.
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Happy new year to you too sir.
Am wishing you above all things that we both prosper in this new year.
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Happy new year to you too sir.
Am wishing you above all things that we both prosper in this new year.
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2018 has honestly been a big lesson for me. A lesson about how it's okay to lose connection with people as long as you make new connections with other people. You can't keep dragging your past with you forever. You have to let go of it, and welcome the future with your heart open.
Happy New Year, @thedarkhorse!
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It has been a pretty crazy year. You are right being here has been fun and hard. Some of our friends have a lot issue to face and all including you face them strong.
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Crypto winter sums it up great!
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I hope you thoughts wont be reality in this year, and that it Will be a prosper year !
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