Still On The Fence About Going To Steemfest? // My Thoughts

in #steemfest5 years ago (edited)


Hi Friends!

I am stoked because I finally just bought my flights today! I am going to be getting into Krakow Saturday night - and so i'm there quite early and would love to meetup with people. Not that i'm opposed to wandering around Krakow by myself eating pirogies - but i'd way rather catch a beer with some of you!

Ok back to the purpose of this post. I've chatted with a few people who are still on the fence about attending Steemfest and the thought process has been pretty similar with all of them. They maybe haven't quite gotten the traction they want on Steemit yet and wonder if maybe they should just go next year.

I 100% get that. Attending Steemfest is not cheap. I was lucky enough to win the @openmic and @blocktrades Ticket + Accommodation giveaway - which was a HUGE help, but my plane tickets were still almost $1300. So I get it, it's hard to decide if it's going to be worth your time.

I guess that brings me to my next point. In the wise words of @anomadsoul and @eveuncovered - are you going for business or pleasure? That topic was my favorite from all of the #roadtosteemfest free-write challenges. I honestly think that if you aren't really where you want to be on Steemit - attending events and meeting Steemians in person is one of the coolest things you can do. You never know who you are going to meet and what collaborations and proejcts will be sparked form those encounters.

I've spoken at both Steem Creators Conferences - and can attest to the fact that there is a certain magic that happens when you meetup in person. Steemit does an awesome job of bringing people together - but nothing beats being together in person.

Ultimately though - going in with the notion that you are there to have a good time is such a good way to go in. I mean, your going to be in a cool city, surrounded by hundreds of amazing people - what's the worst that can happen?

Again, I totally understand that it's not financially feasible for many to make it to Steemfest, but if you are on the fence - I think it will be totally worth it.

Ps... there are a ton of giveaways going on right now. Including one from @steemitblog that is going to give 5 people fully paid trips - airfare and everything. You can also check out @roelandp's latest post for a full list of current giveaways.

Love you guys and I can't wait to meet tons of you at Steemfest! <3

Xo, Lea

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Excellent, I'm inspired to go. But for now I have to just hold back. Hopefully we can do one in Canada EH
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Yeah, that would be awesome! I live in Bellingham, WA so Vancouver would be awesome. I know they usually look at the cost of hotels/food as a main deciding factor for Steem fest locations though - so there probably aren't too many spots in Canada that would qualify. haha

I just hope it's on this side of the world next year. Mexico could be pretty cool.

I just saw that you live in Victoria! I love the island and I love that city. Do you ever eat at Fishook? I feel like I went there at least 5x last time I was in Victoria. haha I actually have family up in Comox. :)

hello @coruscate yes I love Victoria and haven't eaten at Fishook, however I looked it up and am going to go there forsure. Love Comox also. Building steemit does take time eh. And it is nice to stay away from the flag wars lol. I'll be watching your vids. Hopefully I'll have some up soon. CHEERS

Just do it bro! Just go have no regrets. YOLO

Have a wonderful trip! Keep us posted about whats going on at steemfest as much as possible pleaseeee

oooh you know I will! <3

Wish you could join us! Maybe one of these years. :)

Awesome.!! Make sure u join the Steemfest telegram group http://t.me/@steemfest

Ooh thanks for letting me know! I'll jump in there.



Ahhhh you're making this so much harder/easier/harder for me!!! I will take a step forward and price it out.

Hahah I was hoping you would see this post! Spoiler alert - it’s probably pretty expensive. 😬

You might have better flight options over on the east coast though.

Hey,
it was very windy in the video, yes :D
so i'm staying in Krakow from Monday on so happy to meet you right there.

Cheers,
@rivalzzz

haha yes super windy. I usually don't film outdoors for those kind of reasons - but it was just too nice today!

Excited to meet you in Poland! I'll have to figure out my phone number situation so I can pass it out to people. I think i'm going to get an international simm. I should be able to find wifi in spots too - so sending me messages in discord should work. I'm under Coruscate#6642.

we get in touch - pm'd you on discord

Couldn't watch this video because tonight my net doesn't want to cooperate. But I think if you have the chance you should go. You are a great member of the community and there are not as many women in the Blockchain so you need to go and represent 😉 and also because you are such a big name in here already it is another awesome opportunity for you to build up your contacts, grow your social network and expand even more coming with more and new projects here on @dtube 😀

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aww thanks Sergio! It's going to be such a cool experience. Are you going?

Unfortunately no money... And no way to take time off to go 😪😪😪😪😪 every night before go to sleep I hit my head against the walls with despair.

But well I guess I will have to keep creating and building myself in here and be relevant. Lol and there will be other opportunities.

But I am very very sad because I was really convinced I was going to be able to do it but this market crisis changed everything. 😪

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aww such a bummer! Steemfest is no cheap or short commitment - so I totally get it. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you next year!! <3

I am already saving for the next year 😉 gotta meet all my idols and fan girl over all of You when I see You in person 🤣🤣

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See you in there :)

Oh how exciting!! Looking forward to meeting you. :)

I sure hope we all have name tags - hahah it's gonna be hard to keep everything straight!

We will, I went to the last one ;)

You will have loads of fun I am sure and I will be going next year to Steemfest 4 and I don't know where its even going to be yet. Enjoy @coruscate

Oh exciting!! Yeah i'm super curious to see where they will hold steemfest next year. One year at a time I guess! ;)

I would go, I just do not have the time...

Totally get that. Traveling to Eastern Europe and then also attending a week long event is a lot of time to commit.

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