I owe you guys.
I owe my followers, I owe the platform, I owe the new folks who have come on to Steem over the past week and made awesome Intro Posts that I just plain haven't gotten to see.
I knew when we came in to the New Year that things would be a little hectic. I took a promotion at work that was going to require more time and effort. We have a big conference coming in to Nashville this week and volunteer hours are eating in to my time, and cleaning up from the holidays is a bit of an ordeal as well.
To Be Fair, I did Warn You
I did say I thought it would be the weekend before I had time to get to a Fresh Five. But now, Saturday is gone and I still have nothing to share with you guys.
So this is my I.O.U. to you guys. I am going to TRY to dedicate a portion of my Sunday to getting down in to the Introduceyourself tag and get another Fresh Five put together for you. I have a thought to actually do a double edition and try to do 5 within the 24 hours of Saturday into Sunday, and find Five for Friday into Saturday.
This is a Hope, Not a Promise
I believe in the Fresh Five. I believe in the mission of welcoming new Steemians who show promise in a way that makes them feel welcomed, and if I am lucky, also makes them feel empowered to really dig in to Steem. But I also know that time is at a premium. I still struggle with time.
So I will do my best. I will get you a Sunday edition if I can.
Considerations for the Future
If I continue to find myself unable to fulfill my duties with the Fresh Five, I may see if it is a project that someone else would like to consider taking over from me. So be thinking on if you feel like the Fresh Five is a project you'd be interested in taking on. I can promise my full support if and when I pass it on. That means pretty regular resteems and Full upvote from me which is over $5 for as long as 
Those who have followed me from the beginning know, this is not the first time I have considered if I have time for this project or not. You also will note that I came back with a pretty good run of Fresh Five posts. I hope to be able to give you the same result this time. But I do have to admit, as much as time was a struggle at that point, it is even moreso now. Particularly, the job requirements of my new position are way more time intensive than in my previous position. I actually have Sales Goals now, and that's daunting.
As the great So-Crates said "The man who knows everything, knows that he knows nothing."
I know a few things. The one thing I do know is that I don't know what the future holds for me on Steem. I know I intend to continue to work on user retention in Steem to the best of my ability. If that is by continuing the Fresh Five, or some other retention initiative, we'll see.
Sometimes, all we can do is pound of the floor and scream our frustrations...
So while we figure it all out....