My 2019: The last 2019 Showcase Weekend: My personal favorite posts of 2019

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Showcasing my best work of 2019, or should I go for the undervalued ones?

So I spent an hour or longer going through my posts to find the undervalued ones. I had the feeling that the rewards weren't showing as they were in Steemworld, but I wasn't sure until I noticed a post hitting 200 bucks where I'm 100% sure that it never hit that amount. Some investigating showed me that there seems to be a difference in posts pre-hardfork and posts after the hardfork. At that moment I decided to do the complete round again and eventually, I had 3 posts that I found worthy but undervalued and of course (not important) those three would be inspirational enough to write some intro about as well.

When I collected the links to the three posts including the header images, I went to the contest post from @anomadsoul to check the requirements. I always do this before I actually start writing for a contest.

This is quoted from the contest post:

1.- Scroll and navigate your blog. All the posts you made in 2019. Pick the best 3 posts you made this year, preferably underrated (low payout).
2.- Make an original post talking about what each post talks about, like a brief review of it, and include a link and a picture to the post. Do the same for each of the three posts.
The idea is to make a short compilation - with some information about each post - of your best work of the year

So it turned out that my best writings and the term undervalued don't seem to match up. I've chosen to pick my personal favorite 3 that took me quite some time to write as well. I have to admit that I want to deliver the perfect blog in the end, but I'm always making it hard on myself by being too hard on myself by thinking it's not done yet. I shall try to work on that the next year, and try to improve being time-efficient while writing a blog as well. That's all for next year though, here I present to you my top 3 personal favorite posts, all due to different reasons.

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Andrea Bocelli live in Budapest

Although this review is published on my alt, by accident that is, I can't leave this one out of the top 3 favorite posts of last year. I missed the concert for two years in a row while he performed in Budapest, and I was expecting to miss this year's one as well. Thankfully, I gave it a try by e-mailing the organization to ask for a collaboration. I was thrilled when I found out that I got 2 free tickets and finally would see this inspirational man perform live here in Budapest.

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The night was memorable and honestly, a totally different experience compared to other concerts. I got teared up several times and goosebumps were there as well. If you are curious reading the full review, you can find it here. It's probably the post I spent the most time on before publishing it as I needed to dig into many pictures and videos, but couldn't finish the post in the end because of a missing name. Ouch.. :) I had to tell myself that this was going to be the best it could be, as I spent too much time doing online searches already at that point. I still enjoy the post a lot, especially when I listen to the videos of the concert.

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I quit smoking 8 days ago and feel so much healthier and energized

Early September, I finally quit smoking, this post is one of my favorites as it's shown me that I can do anything when I have the right mindset. I often lack of self-confidence that I can accomplish something, while this particular moment of me deciding to quit smoking is one great example that not every goal is that hard to accomplish. I just decided one day that I would not smoke anymore, mind you, the evening before I had been smoking like usual! I was determined this was it, and so it was.

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We had spoken about quitting just weeks before, with we I mean my boyfriend and me, we would stop a certain Monday as agreed. Then the Monday arrived, we both didn't feel it was the right time. Just weeks later, I was ready to quit.I never looked back, and I'm convinced that I will never touch another cigarette. It's probably the other way around, that I will continue to push myself on a healthier journey like going to the gym as soon as I figure out what the best option is for me financial wise. This was the best decision I've made in 2019, and therefore it's in my top 3!

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Review | Playmobil Funpark Malta | Highly recommended for the whole family

This one is in my top 3 favorite posts due to several reasons. First of all, this post was almost a year overdue! We went to Malta in December 2018, and for some reason, these pictures were left untouched on my laptop. When it started to get a bit colder and we saw more rain, I bumped on this post and instantly felt like being at Malta again. Lovely weather and we had a lovely time in general. It was a short (3 day) holiday that I'd love to do all over again.

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Of course, not important, these last hours at Malta we spent at Playmobil Funpark was great, even for adults. :)

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Hope you enjoyed this compilation, see you next year!

~Anouk