Three years a Steemian

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'Live and share your best life' is the motto of the newest Tribe on the block, and their arrival coincides nicely with the three year anniversary of my (first) account. More on both below.



So much has changed since account #67657 arrived in August 2016, on Steem and in my own life. That's cool though, I'm open to change and as it is inevitable I'd say that is a good approach to have.



Since 2016, I've lived in 5 different residences, on mainland Spain, an island in the Mediterranean, and at present I'm back to where I started, the UK. I've also had a couple of interesting employments - jeweler, barman, and IT guy at the United Nations, but the majority of my time has been spent here on Steem - earning, having a laugh, being frustrated to hell, and trying to do what I can to bring people along for the ride. Oh, and I've met a fair few of you guys too.



Talks about meeting Steemians, presents photo of one no longer producing content

Despite the current current market conditions, I would say that this is one of most interesting times to be here.



Less FUD more fudge please

Changes to the (clearly broken) rewards mechanism and of course the Steem-engine tribes have really rekindled the interest in creating and curating content - it's just a shame we lost so many along the way. I don't blame people for fading away - prices, life, no longer enjoying things, are just some of the reasons, but hopefully those of us still kicking about (like the vast majority of the below) will see the fruits of our labour some time in the not so distant future.



Steemfest 2018 - Krakow. Photo by @justineh

Life(style)

One of the first posts I ever submitted to the blockchain (although not tagged with #life) was a pretty forthcoming account of some not so happy times in my life that happened almost a decade and a half ago. With 3 years experience here now, I can see the post as not being the ideal intro but i'm not embarrassed or ashamed about it - it was honest, open, a window to my life back then.

Luckily, those days are long gone and I've had a much better times since, and I've shared a fair number of those here also. I have 20 #life category posts to my name thus far, but this is just the first tag and so their are likely to be more knocking around somewhere. A small selection below (which I'm sure you've already read or will right away :P )

Burdened by the thoughts of others you love and the ones that don't care about you at all, it is never too late to make a change that could save your life.

Work/Life balance - The shackles are off again soon!

@abh12345 Life Update : A new adventure with sharks and volcanoes likely!

The eternal heartache of a distant dad

Lunch with mum, and everything else I've eaten today

We love Steem, and a beer :)

Dog walks, Grandparents, and Steem all the way

On work, relocation, and when it doesn't go to plan

Which way to sail?

This week I like personal content the most

My 20 posts with the category #life are but a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of posts using this tag as their first, and so I guess it was inevitable that a Tribe arrived with focus in this area.

CategoryTop level Post count
photography937188
life628425
bitcoin409473
news369228
cryptocurrency345812
steemit332858
kr331623
spanish330402
art324952
dmania282023
food265658

From what i gather from the opening post from @one.life here, photography, life (duh), and food are all clear topics to present in a #lifestyle tagged post. But to be honest, if the content is related to you, any subject has scope. Producing art today? Learning Spanish or Korean? Oh, you were in the news!?....

So as you may have guessed, I've bought a bunch of LIFESTYLE tokens (we only got 5 in the airdrop which is cool as there won't be a mass dumping), created @abh12345.life, staked some tokens, delegated some SP to power the voting, and have already done a little curating on the tribes front-end https://www.one-life.io

At present the New feed isn't terribly busy, but I see this changing in the next couple of days. My tip would be to check the feed of your main account if you plan to create an alt for this tribe (so for me this is https://www.one-life.io/@abh12345/feed) as this would save following the same accounts.

As far as the token, the initial sale price was 0.08 - 100,000 tokens. These have all gone and the second tranche on sale at .12 (50000 tokens) are also being sold through rather quickly. I actually messaged a few friends this morning suggesting that they collect some of the first batch - no-one listens to me though :)

Anyway, I'll not dwell on the token, it's all about the content, and I hope to see my friends/followers including this tag, where appropriate.



Life is good on a bicycle

As for today, I visited my old gym at the university and it kicked my ass. It feels good though, I've been a lazy git since I arrived back in the UK with no bike to ride and no beach to visit, and I hope that when I'm settled (with a job and some cash to fund membership), I'll make the gym a part of my weekly routine again.

Alright, enjoy your day, and happy Steem anniversary to me!

Oh and @one.life, who are you guys?!

Cheers

Asher

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Tanti tanti tanti auguri!!! (it's italian)
Congrats man!!!
I will send your gift this monday ;-)

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Thank you for the best wishes and special gift coming soon! :D

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Good grief, another tribe!!

Congrats on the anniversary!! Three years. It seems gigantically long and ridiculously quick all at the same time!

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One a day, just like a healthy digestive system :)

Now if you'd said 'gigantically long and ridiculously thick'.....

But yes, agreed!

Have you started on the blacks yet this evening?

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Haha, that would have been an entirely different conversation!!

I have indeed, finally after getting through a disastrously long bedtime!!

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congrats @abh12345 on 3 years and still steeming along
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Yep still trucking away, and enjoying it too. Thanks for the shades 😎

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Congratulations @abh12345! We've had some idling voting-mana available, so here's a small vote. Onto the next 3 years!

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Cheers dude!

Was wondering if idle voting mana could be used to cast some healthy downvotes in future?

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Are you referring to idle voting mana, idle downvoting mana or both?

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3 years is lot ... I hope next years come same big :)

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That's a lot of hours here for sure, cheers!

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Steemian for life. Congratulations bro

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We'll see, Steem has certainly been a major part of the last 2/3, cheers!

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I never read your first post and it's heartbreaking one.. you only got 0.000 like many newbie on January 2018 😀 happy steemitversary the third @abh12345

You are one of the best angel I know on steemit, your jokes and the way you critized something important and I learn a lot from you.. how engagement is the most important thing to consider on steemit and being part of community. You made those confusing graphics with pie and bar looks fun!

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... you only got 0.000 like many newbie

Yep. There is no magic bullet :)

Thank you for the lovely comment @cicisaja! :D :D :D

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Congrats on three years, It may be because my steem anniversary is also in August, but it seems to me that the month of August has had far more people reporting on their steemiversary. Of course it could also be due to the fact I see it as the month I joined so I may have a tendency to not see other month anniversary post. Still, I think I joined in the right month. Seems to be a lot of the august people still kicking the steem can around for some fun.

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Thank you.

I've seen a few starting to pop up as well and that could be for the same reasons you have given. August is a good month though :D

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Steemian for life. Congratulations bro

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'one of most interesting times to be here'

That's quite a subtle way to express what "messy" stuff we might be up against.
Well, let's just wait, maybe it's not that bad.

Anyway, congrats with the milestone. Andduhhh, Cheers to that.

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heh, well translated :)

I do think it's the case though, the Tribes especially have brought some renewed excitement for me.

And yes, I have a beer and will cheers to to that :D

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Happy Steem Anniversary!

i'm gutted I'm not one of the friends you told about the life tokens. Although you were probably just scared I'd ask a load of questions. 😂

Since a lot of my posts are lifestyle ones (I actually used the tag today without knowing it was a token) I will endeavour to investigate futher tomorrow.

You've also got me curious about your intial post since I wasn't here then so didn't read it. Will have to find that one too.

I'm glad you stuck out the three years. My own experience on Steemit would have been far less rich if you hadn't been here and meeting you at Steemfest was a huge added bonus.

Heartfelt thanks for all you have done to help educate me but especially for making my Steemit life so much more enjoyable than it would have been without you.

💙 💙 💙

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Thank you!

I woke up at 4 am this morning and do what I usually do, which is a terrible habit, and checked Steem and Steem-engine. Noticing the LIFESTYLE tokens and having heard about these the other day, I read the post and saw that they had a plan regarding how the tokens would be rolled out. I think I spent 600 STEEM, which is pretty insane and all the liquid I had.

If it makes you feel any better, none of the 3 people I DM'ed bought a single token at .08, and I don't think you would have been awake at that time. Sorry!

The initial post is linked, it's a bit sad but serves as a good reminder to me and so I wont change it - even to correct the spelling mistakes and grammar.

My own experience on Steemit would have been far less rich if you hadn't been here and meeting you at Steemfest was a huge added bonus.

Heartfelt thanks for all you have done to help educate me but especially for making my Steemit life so much more enjoyable than it would have been without you.

I don't think comments get any better than that, thank you Gillian, it was a pleasure to meet you too!

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Shit, man. Read your opening post and another considering your daughter – heavy stuff. But you've made it alive you seem much better compared to back then. 3 years is almost like a veteran at this point, not many have stuck for so long – congrats! :D

I noticed that lifestyle tribe, too and decided to invest a bit more Steem on this one, being so early on this. Seems like a promising tribe, and the .12 sell wall is already down to 10,000 lifestyle tokens!

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Thanks for taking a look at those posts, means a lot. Not the most cheerful of reads, but some real talk nonetheless.

1000 left now of the .12 sell wall, things are hotting up!

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You are right.
I am using the Steem blockchain since 2017.05.17, so a little bit more than 2 years.
Nowadays I have 980 followers, but most of them are inactive nowadays.
They left Steemit (and the Steem blockchain) long (months) ago.

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Wow!
Congratulations mate!
It's another milestone for such a great journey.
And, yeah.. coming back to gym from long absence would kicks your ass, hard! 🤣
Welcome back to the club.
Cheers 🍻

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Thank you :D

I am destroyed today, and it's saddening to think how far I am away from the weights/times on the machines. Oh well, gotta start back somewhere!

!BEER

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We all know that feeling, I've been thru my ups and downs a few times.
Last year I made a come back after almost a year absence, it feels like being hit by a truck! I barely able to wake up the following day after that 🤣

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Congrats mate. 3 years huh? Damn I feel like a newbie now...

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The grind is hurting my backside! Cheers :D

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Hey, congrats for the anniversary :)

You are one great person and we are lucky to have you here!

Yet another tribe? That makes three in three days that posts on my feed told me about.

https://www.tunestoken.com
https://www.actnearn.com

And now https://www.one-life.io/

It's certainly not boring. Confusing comes to mind :)

Anyways, here is to another three eventful years - !BEER

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Cheers @ervin-lemark

These are certainly interesting times, plenty to get stuck into and/or confused by.

Cheers! !BEER

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You were 22 when you joined Steem? Steem doesn't age a person the same way, so three years here explains your physical condition.

Congrats and I have a pretty picture for you:

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i wish I was - think of all those accrued curation rewards :D

Thank you, that photo look very familiar - I'm sure I have seen a similar balloon with a young lady stood next to it :)

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think of all those accrued curation rewards

2035 seems so fa away :D

Yes, and you will likely see the balloon again January 29th.

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Congratulations, 3 years is enough, steemit is a great place that we would not want to leave.
Your photos are very beautiful, I especially like 1 and 6, they have beautiful natural backgrounds.
Today I was reading about lifestyle, I will be publishing there soon.

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Lol, it was about the first thing that crossed my mind when I came across the new Tribe: "would Asher now create a .life account?"

I think I'll have to start doing so myself, as I'm running out of existing alts :0)

Happy steemitversary!!

Thanks for the list of old post. Now I can satisfy my curiosity by digging in those :0)

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Of course he would :) Can't be wasting stake when you've just blown 600 Steem :D

Thank you, and I hope the older posts aren't too bad - probably should have checked them all before linking!

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Congrats veteran! Bruised but still going strong!

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Thank you. Yes, the wind has been knocked out of the sails a few time but I'm still here with no plans on leaving :)

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I hear about that new tribe, check it out and I have my 5 LIFESTYLE. That's great!

On the side of the Spanish speaking community there has also been a drop in the amount of publications, to my mind clear!

When I look at your publications I see that they are so fresh and natural. I enjoy reading and it is possible to make a connection.

On our side, we are under great pressure regarding our publications, there is little support for those of us who are new to the blockchain, or at least those of us who are barely understanding what it means to be here at steem.

Happy anniversary!

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There will be more drops too, to people who have staked LIFESTYLE tokens.

Starting out is tough, it was hard 3 years ago too (my first posts got 0.00 :) )

Now we have the tribes, it is easy to find a community I think. Good luck!

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Congratulations on a nice 3 yr aniversary.
I like this whole post.
Going to launch my ~.life acct in a while.
See you soon accross those curation vibes.
Greetings from a #8953 ID holder :)

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Thank you!

I've seen the onealfa.alts knocking around, are you having fun? :D

#8953, you are truly part of the woodwork!

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Happy steemiversary!
I may have to check this new tribe out ... :)
I wish you all the best, to have health and success in life

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Thank you very much :)

Yes, things are hotting up in LIFESTYLE, it could well be a popular tag/tribe soon.

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Happy Birthday.

Looks like I managed to somehow miss mine.

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You should have a notification somewhere but thank you and congrats also :)

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Great post @abh12345. A nice opportunity to get to know you a bit more. I hope all the positive projections about the future of the Steem blockchain come to pass. And that we are all around to see your 6th anniversary post! 😉

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Thanks Rob

6th, i think that's very possible and if I'm here for the 17/18th, i think those projections will have come to pass :)

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Okay then @abh12345 ...

"... and if I'm here for the 17/18th, i think those projections will have come to pass :)"

... looks like you are taking "long-term oriented" to another level ... 😉

P.S. Given my age, I hope it is just uhhh ... a "touch" quicker than that ...

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Steemfest 2018 - Krakow. Photo by @justineh

Ah! you are just a bunch of graceful & stylish youngsters with a long way to go. :)

So as you may have guessed, I've bought a bunch of LIFESTYLE tokens (we only got 5 in the airdrop which is cool as there won't be a mass dumping), created @abh12345.life, staked some tokens, delegated some SP to power the voting, and have already done a little curating on the tribes front-end https://www.one-life.io

Ha Asher! Start saying goodbye to your beloved beach shorts mate. Just Cargo Pants for you from now on hoarder. I mean, where the heck are you thinking that you are gonna carry handy that wheelbarrow of tribe tokens to immediately upvote and 'curate' our posts? Huh? :p

And ¡Happy Steemversary! by the way. :)

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haha, thanks!

Those pants look ideal for hoarding tokens, maybe just a few more pockets required :)

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Happy 3 years! Steem would not have been the same place without you! ❤️

I bought some Lifestyle, too!

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Omg you'r hot... Congratulations on your anniversary is this great platform and I'm sorry for what I said at the beginning, well...sorry not sorry.

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Gratz, we better make you a rocking chair so you can sit down and tell us of the good o days. Cheers!

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Hi! I'm (sitting) down for that :)

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3 years oh boy congrats, it’s been an interesting ride and I think with the life token , you will be here a lifetime, uk bound. But through Steemit a wordwide steemlife, and being part of that is great.

Thanks number friend ,
Blog soon

Oh and have a beer 🍺

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Thank you Britt :)

Numbers man, well that will do I suppose. And the beer? Certainly!

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What is the purpose of creating alts for the different tribes? I have seen a few of them around and I don't quite understand why someone would want to do that and then need to delegate SP from your main account to it.. Just stay in your main account would be a lot easier I think :p

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Happy Steemversary, Asher!

Three years is pretty impressive, and it's been quite the rollercoaster ride, to be sure. Here's hoping you — and everyone — has brighter skies in the years ahead!

Like you, I am starting regain a little of my lost interest thanks to the various tribes popping up... some of them seem to be rekindling some of the enthusiasm of "Old Steem." Time will tell, I suppose... I'm limiting my exposure to a few, for now... but I'm cautiously hopeful that maybe these community driven initiatives can help pull the main gig out of the toilet.

Meanwhile, I just hope it doesn't just all turn into a giant bowl of "tag soup!"

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Thank you very much :)

I'm glad to hear the Tribes have also helped rekindle your interest. It's tough to gauge how they will fare but for now, I'm enjoying taking part.

Tag soup, not my favourite for sure :)

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Congrats to three years on this amazing platform! May the sun never settle and bring you and all of us a bright steem future!

Enjoy some cold !BEER

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Happy Steem birthday @abh12345.

I hope to see you again in Bangkok

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Thank you @arcange. I don't think I'll be able to make it this year, funds are low - next year!

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