2020 has been brought in with fireworks sounding out around the suburb with my wife and I watching from the balcony with a glass of Moët we have had since our daughter was born. We don't have much reason to celebrate often and since we aren't big drinkers, we have quite a few bottles gifted to us sitting in the cupboard. My wife had one glass, it looks like I am going to have to drink the rest while I write.

We didn't buy any fireworks and instead cheap-skated it and went for a walk around the area with our daughter earlier to see what we could. People start early (I think legally from 6pm) and spend hundreds of dollars on sending random little explosions into the air. @smallsteps wasn't a big fan, and she didn't really get into the sparklers either - more for me.

The other thing we did was a traditional practice of melting horseshoe-shaped tin into a ladle and throwing it into a bucket of cold water. The cooling metal quickly hardens into a shape that then predicts what the new year is going to bring. Some people read it directly, others turn it in a strong light to cast shadows for interpretation.

However, we didn't use tin - we went green. Instead of melting the metal, we used pressed beeswax and it worked pretty well considering. Not great, but well enough. It was a very long day however, and this happened late so we haven't done the interpreting part as we want to do that with our daughter and she was getting very tired and impatient.

Suffice to say, at first glance, mine looked like a happy baby fetus playing on a flattened heart.....

No. no.

 
But while we have welcomes in the new year, it doesn't really matter much as the time around the world is irrelevant and the only counter that matters indicates it is not midnight yet.

It won't be long til the first day of Steem vision 2020 and what I hope will shape up to be a brilliant year filled with action, interaction and transaction. Communities are testing, SMTs are testing and Hivemind should be able to support the development of tools and applications that can integrate the two into a compelling and exciting matrix of user experience.

While I know that I don't do much more than write here and support where I can, I am grateful to those who do spend their time, energy and resources to give this place a fighting chance in the future. I would like to say, "you know who you are", but that is not a given. However, I am not going to name people here now and instead will ask all users to make a pledge for 2020 to help the community and most importantly;

Don't be a dick.

 
I will predict that there will be many failures in the last part of the request. I know a few who probably won't make it through January first. Which is a reminder for SPUD - Steem Power Up Day - which runs on the first of every month and I will be taking part.

Normally, I don't do resolutions as I don't really have the motivation to follow them through - but I do hope to get into better shape and health as well as spend more time doing things that are valuable. This includes Steem, but I might start reducing my level here.

According to the Top 100 in Asher's engagement leagues, I have placed 13th on the chain for engagement and have added 10262 comments onto the chain, plus 1009 top level posts. The posts must average 1000 words each, which means I have added about 1 million words to the chain, which works out to about 10x400 page books worth in posts.

But, I find it hard to reduce my time on Steem because I really enjoy it, yet I also know that it is possibly unhealthy as I could be doing something that supports some of that "get healthy" nonsense instead. But, I can do that mañana.

There is always tomorrow and while I am sitting here drinking expensive champagne alone as everyone else has gone to bed, I may as well write a little more as I get drunk for Steem blurred vision 2020.

Happy New Year yadda yadda!
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What are you guys up to?

Taraz
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