Now What?
Last week, I announced I had eclipsed 1,000 SP in a year from posting, commenting, curating and contests. Now, I'm back with another milestone announcement.
Back in September, I bought STEEM when it fell below $0.70. After that, I told myself I wouldn't do it again unless STEEM fell below $0.50, which it has done substantially in recent days. So, when it did, I bought some more.
In doing so, the amount purchased, a little over 1,000 STEEM, put me into baby dolphin status. I was previously trying to estimate how long it would take me to get there through earnings here on the STEEM blockchain, and figured it would at least be February or March of next year if I was able to keep up October and now November's earning pace.
In the end, I guess, market forces were such that I bought my way to dolphinhood, just like I did to minnowhood earlier in the year.
In truth, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Part of it might be my cold. I'm just kind of worn down physically right now and can't really appreciate what I've done.
Or it could be I feel like I'm cheating, which is dumb, since STEEM is every much an investment platform as it is a social media one.
Yet, there is something to be said for earning your way, a feeling of satisfaction that what you've been doing is actually bringing results. And I have felt that, particularly the last couple of months.
Regardless, here I am, and it took less than a year to do it.
I suppose I could also blame my lack of feeling like I've accomplished something on the fact that STEEM is so stinking low right now (less than 39¢ as I write this), but for those of us who weren't smart enough, fast enough, fortunate enough or whatever enough to get in on the lower prices out of the chute, this has been a great opportunity to pick up some pretty cheap STEEM before the value shoots back up.
No, I don't know when that's going to be, and my trying to predict when it's going to happen again would be akin to trying to pick the next Mega Millions lottery winner, or whatever the heck that thing is called.
It's going to happen when it happens, that's all I know for sure.
So, if you want to celebrate with me, by all means, leave a comment below. We can talk about the good old days (like last week), when I was still a minnow, or whatever.
I do have to say, though, I am looking forward to my monthly report for November because of reaching 1,000 SP before year's end, and now dolphin status. We'll see if I'm in any more of a celebratory mood by then.