Hi fellow steemians,
How are you guys?
I am Linda, 37 years old and I live in The Netherlands. I am married without children.
This platform will be great for me to express myself and to socialize with other people about common interests and thoughts. My interests are travelhacking, exercizing, cryptocurrency and overall developing myself on a personal level, by (self)education.
Starting with cryptocurrency
At the end of 2016 I discovered and bought some Bitcoin. It was the end of the year rally and I have to admit I was in full on FOMO-mode. Until it went from $ 1100 to $ 730 and I fell back at earth. At that point I was still in it, but I started looking and investing in the alternative coins. One of the first altcoins I bought was Ethereum. Again I made a mistake, because I hadn’t heard of Hodling, so I went in and out of coins. When I look back at my excel file of the coins I bought at the beginning of february this year it reminds me not to sell but to HODL! That’s exactly what I am doing now, now that the total maketcap went from 117 billion dollars to 63 billion. The fundamentals are still the same, I still believe in Cryptocurrency. It did/ does however need a correction to continue it’s growth. So I am hodling it out. In the meantime I will educate myself on cryptocurrency and blackchains.
Education
I am in the final stage of finishing my Bachelor education in Social Law. The only thing remaining is the Thesis. I have to say I am dreading it a bit, but I am also looking forward to finishing it, so I can finally say I have my Diploma. The subject of the Thesis will be about neighbour disputes and how a social housing corporation can resolve/ handle them.
Travelhacking
Travelhacking gives me great joy. I love to travel in style for a fraction of the cost or sometimes even FREE. I have even found a legit way to stay for free in the most luxury hotels around the world. If you are interested I will share in a future post. I never book a random holiday when looking on a travelwebsite. Hours, weeks and sometimes months I will search for the best deal before I book and I love that. The itinerary changes all the time. One day I am planning to go to Malta and then the next I going to Portugal. It almost gives me the same joy as the actual trip. Weird right, but that’s just me.
In the future I will post pictures of where I have been and what it was like.
Losing weight
A few years ago I lost a lot of weight. When the scales read 90 kilo, I decided something had to change. It did, after 7 months of eating healthy and exersizing regularly I had lost 25 kilo. Slowly I gained 5 kilo in the first year and after that because of a lack of exersize and healthy food I gained another 10 kilo. Now I am fed up with being overweight again. My goal is to lose 10 kilo by the end of the year. Starting at 80 kilo the quest for a healthy weight starts today. I will use Steemit as a “Stick behind the door” as Louis van Gaal (Dutch soccer trainer) would say ( sorry joke that only Dutch people will understand probably).
Finding a new job
After I finish my degree I am starting to look for a new job as I quit my old one. My last job wasn’t making me happy, gave me a lot of stress and sleepless nights. Maybe it was me or maybe it was the job but I am happy I quit, the best decision I made in a long time.
My personal goals for 2017 are:
- Finishing my Bachelor Degree in Social Law
- Losing 10 kilo/ 20 pounds of body weight
- Finding a new job
- Learning more about Cryptocurrency
This introduction has become a long read. I am looking forward to posting more and reading your comments about my first blog.
Thanks for reading.
Love,
Linda