I've never met another Steemian...

...apart from the 2 I've introduced to Steemit myself.

In November though, this is about to change BIG TIME!

Having been a member for 13 months (out of a possible 18), you would assume I'd have plenty of Steem Power, and classify myself as a long-standing member of the community. The truth is though, I joined a year last August, wrote 1 or 2 blogs, moved to Valencia in Spain, met a girl (hi @osm0sis !), and real life things took over somewhat.

That was it until around March/April this year, when BTC started it's move from around $1200, that I found my Steemit passwords and logged in again. Things were a little different since I'd last had a look around. @aggroed had started the minnowsupportproject(MSP), @exyle had just began Vlogging, @kaylinart was firing out blogs like a good-un, and @surfermarly was sitting on her skateboard-chair, setting the world to rights and showing us how to mix Steemit with pleasure, and a Surfboard.

These members were the ones I looked up to when I 'rejoined', writing and talking about their lives, with or without a little Steemit.com mixed in. And so I thought then, I'll give it another go and see what happens. Soon I was interacting with many Steemians, new and old, writing blogs about Steemit, myself, cats, travel, Steemit, music, food, and err, Steemit. I wouldn't have said writing is one of my strong points, but I was actually starting to enjoy it. And even more so these days.

We had a good early Summer, Steem rocketed to $2.8 in what seemed like no time, and amazingly this number was being broadcast by my Steemit introducer @stephenkendal, for months prior - I'm still astounded on how accurate this call was Stephen!


_{Stephen calling $2.8 way in advance!}

The Hard Fork numero 19 landed during this period as well, and the rewards pool and voting powers went well - mental to be honest. Some posts were hitting multiple thousands of dollars, and I'm sure you could have made a fair wage just commenting on blogs. Although, I didn't see 'Nice Post' hitting $50, like some of my (clearly well thought out!) comments did.

The user base (be it Bots or 2nd accounts) grew massively over the summer, which sparked chatter regarding 'communities' as a potential method to slice n' dice content. Curie was joined by other curation projects as 'we' all felt that some great content was being hidden under the raft of posts hitting the Steem Blockchain.

I also felt that while the influx of new users was happening, the more senior community members were stepping up their game to help support the new wave. I'll name @stellabelle, @surpassinggoogle, @aggroed (again) here, as well as @ned because of the delegation of Steem Power he shifted to the far east in August to help grow content writers in this part of the world.

August was also the month I finally managed to get my girlfriend to join our club. Desire to write blogs, or just a desire to not lose me to the Computer without much idea of what I was doing - I think it was the latter, at least to start with. @osm0sis is now however, posting a couple of nice blogs each week in the photography and travel tags, and this is a great way for her to share her photos with the world and create long-lasting e-albums. We are both currently sitting at the table, on Steemit - she has just posted in fact :)

So! Anyway, back to November and this meeting other Steemians. You may have heard about this event.. Steemfest 2? Well yeah, we are going! Add a British and French national to the list Steemfest, our tickets are booked. I've just finished ordering the event tickets via my Steemit wallet. Have you ever bought tickets to an event in 3 seconds? Nice!

I actually don't know what to expect, the vibe from last year's attendees is something like 'you need to go!', so that sounds pretty promising to me! There are a host of guest speakers, and not just Whales - some Dolphins, and Minnows to keep it real too. And, we get to drink some beer and play a bit of pool, and being British, those are two things I'm not too bad at ;)

Being serious for a minute though, we are going with a slight agenda. And that is to mention (to as many people as possible!) that we are heading to Nepal, the following Thursday, to dedicate our time, skills, and Steem, to people who need a boost. Hey, if i can 'tag a whale' here, i'll be super happy. The support of just a few dolphins - just as good. We shall see. Lisbon is a cool city, and I'm really looking forward to the event.

If you are going, we shall see you there! If not, I'm sure there will be plenty of blogs giving out all the info as it happens.

I hope you've enjoyed a brief history of 'my' Steemit. As always, i'm appreciative of any feedback, so comment below and I'll be sure to get back to you.

Thanks for reading today!

Asher