As you can tell from my drastically reduced posting frequency, life has been a bit hectic lately. Thankfully, these days my hours are filled with incredible stuff. Almost each of my waking hours is occupied by thoughts or ideas about the HardFork film series. At times it feels like a total immersion in this futuristic world. Making a film is much more of an intense of a process than writing a novel. As our team is learning, building an entire world from scratch is both extremely fun and also very hard work.

For the first time since I was a boy I am beginning to feel glimpses of true freedom and security instead of constant worry and doubt when I think about the future. A couple of days ago, in the midst of busyness, I happened upon a rare moment where life stood still. It was though suddenly the pull of gravity became three times stronger and for a second my head swam.

I had just finished making flight and hotel arrangements for SteemFest2 in Lisbon. I chose a flight that connected in Paris when an overwhelming feeling of euphoria (or more accurately a "holy $h!t" moment) hit me. I realized another of my dreams had come true because of Steemit.

Granted, we’re only at the Paris airport for six hours. From what I’ve read, this is the absolute bare minimum needed to make a quick tour into the city. Even if my wife and I decide not to try our luck and do the power tour of the City of Light, at least we’ll see the Eiffel Tower from the plane.

For some people a six hour layover in Paris would be no cause for excitement, it would be just another day...I’m not one of those people. I didn't take my first flight until I was twenty-four. I'm someone who pursued being a successful author for so long without a break that even I began to believe it would never come true. Just a few years ago traveling to Europe was only a wish that may not have ever come to fruition. Before I found this platform I had nothing more than a loose vision of a dream, Steemit has brought it all into focus.

I never want to stop feeling the awe for all of this or the gratitude for all of you who've supported me. My time here on this blockchain has been a mind blowing journey. It’s been an honor to be part of history in the making. I feel the core HardFork team is challenging me in some wonderful ways and elevating me, by proxy, in the process. The intelligence, hard work, and dedication I’m seeing from the younger members of our Hardfork team make me feel more optimistic about our future in general.

Some very exciting things will be happening in this next year (some of them I can’t yet reveal.) Even though I’m not posting as often, I hope you stay with me for the ride. After a long span of dormancy, my dreams are coming true. I'm excited to share each and every one of my upcoming, "holy $h!t moments" with you. : )

With Gratitude,

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