My STEEM Powered Holiday update 9.

I am working on a plan to fully fund and pay for a family holiday in July next year with STEEM. These regular posts will update my progress.

It's been 2 1/2 weeks since my last update.

Not sure why it has taken so long to give a new update, I guess I have been busy with other stuff and a little distracted. Still been active, although last week was a bit slow for me. I did hit Minnow status last week and my celebration post was really well supported. Regardless of the outcome of my STEEM powered holiday goals, the target has pushed me to work hard and grind out STEEM wherever I can. My growth has probably been much quicker.

Progress.

The week after my last post, I gained 40 SP. Solid, but a bit below the previous few weeks. The week before had been a 65 SP gain, so I hit a bit of a rut.

So, the week starting December 2 was 40 SP gain. Then the week starting December 10 was a 55 SP gain for the week. During this week I set up an alt account, to house my Hive account@steemmonsters activity all separate from the rest of my STEEM life. I spent fiat on a second starter pack (USD 10) plus I bought a few Booster packs with fiat (another 10 USD). That's the only fiat I have put into any crypto for ages.

So far, this week is good. Between the 2 accounts I am showing a 55 SP gain to date. And it's only thursday. However, this is inflated from the payout from my Minnow post and aside from that it is a fairly lackluster week. Totally due to a drop of in focused activity on my part. I do think I have spent a bit too much of my spare time playing steemmonsters, and not enough posting and commenting.

I did post a steemmonsters post I was quite pleased with from my alt-account. It was an outward focusing post aimed to be shared on Facebook and Twitter to promote steemmonsters and my affiliate link. The post itself did ok, with a bit of a boost along. I was surprised to get a vote from Hive account@neoxian on it, and hope it gets a few more views outside of STEEM. I have just done a new tweet with some hashtags, so we shall see if it gains any views. Has it worked - not so far, no new users (no affiliates for me) from it.

The goal.

My target was to build up STEEM worth $4000 AUD to fund a family holiday in the middle of next year. My family hasn't been on a proper holiday (due to financial reasons/ way too much personal debt) and I was hoping that STEEM might be a way to fund a trip. I will continue to push, and gather as much STEEM as I can. At the current prices, it is looking impossible. But the current prices are also an opportunity, with plenty of STEEM in the reward pool and my SP growth over the last 2 months has been most pleasing. If SMT's do happen in time (I am not really holding my breath on that one) Then there may still be a chance. I shall push on in optimism and keep aiming for the original goal.

Current status.

At present my main account has 567 SP and the Hive account@jk6276.mons account has 23. I have my main delegations to Hive account@actifit Hive account@tipu and Hive account@steem-ua.

The next update will be after new years, I will have a busy few weeks but try to stay as active as possible. Lets just hope we continue to see some more green in the market.

Thanks for reading and have a great Christmas everyone.

John.