Plotting my way to 10k SP - February

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Having a goal for the year.

I think that all of us who are here now can see the future potential in the STEEM blockchain going forward. I've only been here since August 2017 but have seen a huge change in the chain since joining. Especially in the past six months we have seen more apps coming along, more people using them and a different purpose to the time that we spend using the blockchain. I know that i for one am totally addicted to @steemmonsters and @actifit using both of them on a daily basis.

That is why I have spent so much time active and growing my account over the past year. That and the fact that i really enjoy the time that i spend operating on the chain. I remember starting out my journey here and the struggle to earn every single STEEM token. THe amount of effort it took to earn every one of them makes me have a lot of value in them now even when it's less of a struggle. Those days I couldn't even imagine getting to 500SP let alone dolphin status which i have now. So that is why I want to push even further.

I like goals and targets. I find it easier to reach them when there is a target in the distance. Even in sport I do a lot better in competitions rather than training. I seem to need that focus to put in the effort to have something to win. That is why at the start of the year I set myself the highly ambitious target of getting to 10,000SP. Not easy and to be honest a long shot but i will do what i can to get there. Using my apps and keeping up a consistent effort at posting and engaging to steadily increase my SP every month.

The maths.

I took stock at the start of January and looked at my account SP which was sitting on 6580SP. So if I want to hit my target then it will take a lot of effort.

• 3,420 for the year
• 285 per month
• 66 per week
• 9.5 per day

Big numbers to hit. At the moment I am earning a couple of SP per day so to hit those targets will take a lot of effort. The plan is to try for a lower amount for the first few months steadily increasing that as we move forward and earning over 285 towards the end of the year. It won't come just from posting but if I can win a few tournaments and keep entering different writing competitions and grafting for every STEEM i might get there.

This month I actually managed to go over my target and grow by 330SP which I am very happy with.

Round up for February.

So I am really happy with this month for a few reasons. The first being that it is only 28 days long so that tightens the time frame a lot. Another being that I was expecting to come in below target for the first few months as I would be operating from a lower SP than towards the end of the year where I had been planning to make up the difference.

A lot of it has come form the various apps with the @steemmonsters tournaments having a nice prize pool. @drugwars being in profit and @magicdice paying out a small dividend to me from now on. I can see these being massive going forward as we get a full range of new apps during 2019 so being strategic with them will be vital to growth.

This month has brought me 50sp over the target line and gives me a nice buffer going forward. It does take up a lot of time to keep growing and it's easier in the winter as i spend a lot more time in doors. For the summer this will all change so I will try to push on as much as possible for this month to get towards me goal. Thanks for reading.


Hopefully I can get there by the end of 2019 and STEEM prices can grow again for all of us. If they do I fully want to be in the best position possible. Either way it should be fun trying to get there.