My largest PowerUp to date!

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Life is flying past at an astonishing rate. Sometimes everything seems a blur, especially when one reaches retirement age. It just seems like a month or two in-between milestones on the blockchain, but sometimes it seems like forever. Still, it is good to mark the time and the achievements, anyway, even when life is a blur. This month, I am blessed to see another major milestone in my crypto journey!

𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚛: 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 #𝙷𝚒𝚟𝚎𝙿𝚄𝙳 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚟𝚎𝙿𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 (𝙷𝙿) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚁𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝟽𝟶, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚄𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝟶𝟷-𝚂𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚗!

One year-and-a-half ago and shortly before the Hive blockchain launched from our legacy blockchain, I celebrated reaching Dolphin status with 5000 staked power in my wallet. After Hive forked, I posted to both blockchains for a couple of months in an effort to maximize my rewards for gaining more Hive Power. Once the PowerDown on the legacy chain was complete, I cashed-out all of my STEEM, buying HIVE to PowerUp. Then, I cashed-out my BLURT & WLS for HIVE and PoweredUp that, too! So, I was effectively able to double my stake, plus a little more, in a relatively short time! Many others on Hive did the same, and it was a wonderful opportunity for us!

Since that time, my account has kept growing, although slowly. My account could have grown a good bit faster, but I fell into the habit of giving-away much of my earnings in contests, tips to folks in Discord, and so forth. 100 HIVE went towards prizes in a contest, 30 HIVE was given away several times to rewards active users in the server, 50 HIVE given to someone whose phone was stolen, and so forth. It's good, I think to be charitable with our funds when we can afford it, really, but it certainly delayed my reaching this level sooner. But hey, I don't regret those things, just need to curb it a bit for the sake of my account. And, after all, I am retired and need to start watching my money closer.

Before I tell about this much-anticipated PowerUp, a little backstory is in order.

When Splinterlands first launched, I bought a bunch of cards but only played a couple of games. I had enough work to do being Moderator or Admin in a handful of Discord communities and a member of many more, in addition to blogging and other activities. Especially when TheTerminal launched, much of my time was spent there keeping the server running smoothly and answering questions. Even though it is rewarding, few people understand exactly how much work is involved in that effort! All that time, my Splinterlands cards were gathering virtual dust by sitting there.

So, earlier this year, I donated most of my cards to @ssg-community for addition to their Monster Deck, the use of which is occasionally raffled as a fundraiser for the Silver Gold Stackers community. I only kept a few cards, partly for sentimental reasons, and partly in case I ever wanted to play another game with my winning team of Summoners and Monsters. It was only after I gave away all those cards I'd held for over three years that the price finally skyrocketed. 😒

I wish to thank @notacinephile and @failingforwards for noticing that I happened to have four unopened packs of Beta Cards that I didn't realized I had! 😱 They suggested that if I was not going to play the game, I might be able to sell them on the market and make some profit on them. Furthermore, I had accumulated some SPS and DEC tokens that could also be sold. Never having sold assets from Splinterlands previously, I was a bit clueless in how to do it, but @notacinephile and @failingforwards patiently talked me through it. It was so strange to be on the receiving end of assistance in my own server-of-help! 😂

From the sale of those Beta Packs and tokens, I cleared almost 1200 HIVE. Wow! 😳 Furthermore, @stayten suggested that I could rent my remaining Splinterlands cards for a little passive income, so I did that and am watching more DEC trickle into my wallet each day — not a big amount, but hey... little bits add up over time! So, big thanks to all three of those folks for the advice and assistance! 😊

With that tremendous boost and a little swapping of HBD for HIVE, I am blessed to have a grand total of 1500 HIVE to PowerUp this month, pushing me over the 20,000 HP mark! 😃 This is also my largest PowerUp, ever! I kept a small amount in Hive-Engine and my Hive wallet, just in case I need it for something else. So, now I am 40% of the way to becoming an Orca, which is mind-boggling to me. 😮 I remember when becoming a Dolphin seemed a too-far-away dream to reach!


~ screenshot from my Hive wallet from PEAKD.COM, with embellishments by me ~

Of course, all of us like to see ourselves progressing upwards in life, at first one pursuit and then another. For me, though, the grandest part of reaching of this level is seeing the value of the upvotes that I am able to give to others. Hopefully, my account will continue to grow so that I can continue to spread HIVE cheer in an even bigger way through my upvotes and delegations!

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01-Sep-2021



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Well done! What fishy does that make you now? !PIZZA !LUV

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I still hope one day for the really big bee, congratulations on earning it.

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 71 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
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Congratulations @thekittygirl! You received a personal badge!

You powered-up at least 10 HIVE on Hive Power Up Day!
Wait until the end of Power Up Day to find out the size of your Power-Bee.
May the Hive Power be with you!

You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking

Check out the last post from @hivebuzz:

Introducing the Hive Power Up Month - Let's grow every day!
Hive Power Up Day - September 1st 2021 - Hive Power Delegation
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congrats on your achivement that is such a great powerup, almost the size of my whole HP.
I will do mu best so thay at least I can have 2500 HP by the end of the year. : )

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That is really massive power up right there. Congratulations. Wish you many much more


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You deserve it, congratz on the big milestone! <3

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This is so cool and so deserved ! The fact that you had the cards and the help the guys gave I saw in our discord and the amount is Amazing. So on your way to orca !
Keep it up and we appreciate all you do

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This post has received a 100.00% upvote from @fambalam! Join thealliance community to get whitelisted for delegation to this community service.

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You have my respect, that's very generous of you....

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Wicked coolness, @thekittygirl - congrats on such an amazing power up! 🎉🎉

Also I know you've done many power ups on #HivePUD even though you didn't qualify for the prize pool (because you're awesome like that), but I wanted you to be aware that as of last month, I've added a drawing for a few small prizes (thanks to the continuing generosity of @theycallmedan), as a way of saying "thank you" to people who power up even though they aren't eligible for prizes. 😊

Here's to your continued success on the way to Orca-hood! 🥂

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Congratulations @thekittygirl 20K seems like a Light Year to me but I have to get to 10k first even if it's one Hive at a time. ❤️🐈

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Hello @thekittygirl. What a massive power up this month. You'll get the super daddy power bee! Congratulations.

Yes, it has been a long road for you because you are so generous. You could have reached higher levels and resources. But because you are so generous, it has delayed your progress in terms of advancing your account, but not in terms of making new friends and helping out others in dire straits. We all know the financial situation in some countries.

Small accounts have reached out to you, and you responded. You didn't say "I can't because I have to keep my liquid for my power up or to grow my own account." That's what people think of you because you helped build them up first. I personally know numerous small accounts you have helped just on word alone and trust by you that the inquiry was sincere.

I'm happy to see you explained all this in your post. Anyone who knows you will agree.

Now, you as you say, you can slow down the donations and built yourself up. You'll reach Orca soon and can celebrate another achievement.

Thanks for sharing the back story.

Take care.

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That's awesome! I powered up over 1k as well, it's a great feeling! Inching closer to 20k, wonder if I can achieve it this year! With how high Splinterlands is going, that might be possible!

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Congratulations @thekittygirl! You received a personal badge!

You powered-up at least 1000 HP on Hive Power Up Day and got the biggest Power-Bee!
See you at the next Power Up day to see if you will repeat this feat.
May the Hive Power be with you!

You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking

Check out the last post from @hivebuzz:

Introducing the Hive Power Up Month - Let's grow every day!
Hive Power Up Day - September 1st 2021 - Hive Power Delegation
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Congrats on your biggest power up. It is great to see fellow Hivians having the same goals on this chain. I'm sure this place is going to soon give us a good financial independence soon. Many people already reached it. Cheers!

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Congratulations are in order Young Lady, that is quite an accomplishment and will very likely be an inspiration for someone else to follow after @thekittygirl.
It's always nice when one of our infected, affected and effective leaders and knowledgeable peoples jumps ahead of the pack and stays there.

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@thekittygirl,

Congratulations indeed! You continue to be a positive force on the Blockchain, as well as a wonderful role model for what being thoughtful, and helpful, really means. Who knows... maybe @hivebuzz will see your awesome vibe, and give you a KittyPedia badge!!

!LUV @tipu curate !WINE !giphy HPUD

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Hi dear friend
I'm glad you saw and liked my post
I also agree that an important part of life is seeing the positive values we can give to others
Hopefully, your account will continue to grow so that you can continue the card in a bigger way!
We Iranians have a proverb:
God forgives you as much as your heart!
Be healthy, happy and rich

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