Many people have written about their first withdrawals from Steemit blockchain and what they did with the money. I always find these posts interesting, because it is interesting to know what people have been longing to buy and what opportunities Steemit has given them. Because let's be honest, first earned bucks from Steemit are meant to fulfill some dreams, right?
LET'S PUT MY DREAMS ASIDE
As much as I'd like to fulfill my dreams at some point I have to admit that I have all of the basic things, I guess. For example, my Samsung Galaxy S5 is a pretty old model of the smartphone, but since it still runs okay I don't really see the point of switching that out. I mean, of course, I would like to, but buying a 1000€ smartphone if the current one is working and still looking good, is something that I just can't do. I like to spend money thoughtfully and as I think of this, it's not currently a needed expense.
I bought my S5 pretty spontaneously because I found myself in a situation where I couldn't upload any pictures to Instagram with my old phone. This wasn't something that was needed to do, but this was the sign for me that the phone is not up-do-date with its specifications anymore and it would be best to invest in a new one. This was a right decision. But the thing is.. as I bought myself a new phone my mom got that old phone.
You can only imagine how slowwww and outdated that old phone is if it even couldn't open up Instagram in 2015. Last Christmas my mom needed my help with some phone settings and I must say I did a simple thing in the settings for about 15 minutes, because the phone was just so slow that it loaded every screenpage for a minute. This was the moment that I realized that my mom could really use a faster phone.
MY OLD IS HER NEW... OR WAS
I remember having this deal with my mom for a really long time - whenever I buy a new phone, she gets my old one. She just doesn't need the top-notch things and to her my old is her new. She even told me at one point that she would like a faster phone so I should buy a new one so she could get my current one and I said that I don't really need to buy a newer one, sadly, because they are pretty expensive and I am still satisfied with my current Galaxy S5.
But this idea got into my head a lot. I want my mom to have a better phone because it is just so sad to look at her using that old slow junk. I have been looking into different models of phones to get myself so she could get the old one, but none of them seems attractive to me. I guess I really just don't feel a need to upgrade my phone right now or waste money on that.
This again got me into thinking that... wait! I have been earning some extra money thanks to 
MOM'S BIRTHDAY GIFT
Guess what! Today is my mom's birthday! I have never gifted her anything expensive because I couldn't afford it and I know that to her it is more important that I go home for the birthday than to get a gift. But she has given so much to me and my daughter. She is always willing to spend her last dime on us and she doesn't really buy things to herself. She just gives and gives and noone really gives to her.
Since her requirements for the phone aren't big, there was no need to go overboard with the phone and I picked out Huawei P9 Lite mini for her. I bought the phone and already set it up for her, so when she receives the gift she only needs to put her SIM-card in and the phone is ready to use right away.
I must say that the phone seemed really fast and good in my opinion and as I checked it out a bit, it felt being on the same level as my Galaxy S5 could be. The specs don't match, but the speed of running things was the same so I guess she will be really satisfied. I am even a little envious over the phone, because it looks so beautiful. I picked out the white-gold one and it doesn't look cheap at all. It looks like the top-tier phones do and 5-inch screen size is just perfect - not too big and not too small.
I have this inexplicable happy feeling inside that my mom can get a NEW phone and she doesn't have to wait until I buy a new one to get the old, used one. She definitely deserves to get a new one and I can't wait for the weekend when I go to her and give her the gift. ♥♥♥
