I have now been on Steemit.com for 5 years and 8 months, when I started on here I spent the first 2 months mostly just learning about how everything worked.
Now I know some of you maybe thinking.. "that's an awfully long time!" But understand that back then there wasn't much information on how the blockchain functioned, plus I was relatively new to all this blockchain techy stuff.

If your new "now" it's much easier these days to learn as you can simply head over to the FAQ section, because to be honest there now you can get a pretty good understanding on how much of it works.
Or you can also check out a post by the Steemit Team here Guide For Newcomers it's pretty accurate and will explain a lot of it.

Haha but it's unfortunate and obvious that many people on here still don't check out these 2 great resources on Steem related knowledge. Or perhaps it's nothing to do with knowledge instead they ignore the facts and replace them with pure greed. This is a shame as that is often what seems to get in the way of many people actually doing well here even possibly earning a decent 2nd income. Not only that but by not constantly cashing out rewards it would more importantly be supporting the system, a system that treats you better than the one we have in real world right now, but then again it gives those who are interested like me to still have a opportunity to try and make such things happen.

Anyway once I figured out how most of this blockchain technology fitted together and the enormous opportunity Steem brings I just knew I wanted to be part of this project, this was regardless of the many people around at the time who were not seeing it's huge and valuable potential... or even just how fun it can be, and to honest I think this will always be a thing here but in the end I don't think it matters much as those who do will probably greatly benefit from it.

I mean really what can I say except I was hooked and wont deny still am hooked as being on Steemit also brings with it a ton of fun!

I'm a big believer in having goals, as I think this way it gives you something to look forward to, something to be proud of, and something to measure, so during my very early stages on Steemit it quickly became a personal goal of mine that I wanted to reach and become a Steem powered Dolphin. This means holding around 5000 SP to support the Steem currency.

At first it seemed like a reasonable but still very tough long term commitment and goal, remember back in the day this was much more difficult and valuable as Steem was worth around $4.00!
I always knew it would take a lot of time.. haha but honestly I never thought it would of taken as long as it did, as many things chopped and changed on the Steem blockchain from when I first started.

I think one of the saddest change's was the whales no longer.. "or atleast rarely voting" on content, this was because firstly they didn't feel people were locking-away enough of their SteemPower to preserve it's value which is very understandable once you know how most of this works. Lol but hey whales you know you could of voted on me I never powered down, not once.
It might be shocking to some but it's true that since day 1 for over 5 years now not a single powerdown as been performed.

Anyway secondly what was discouraging and disappointing was many whales discovered they could just delegate their stake to bot's, but wait I don't mean like a voting bot but instead a "bidding bot".
But why would they do that you say? Well as this in turn would be saving them a ton of time from curating and of course they would still be earning, the big problem was that this move was taking away all the fun for the many content creators including myself.

Well the bidding bots are now mostly gone, but trust me guys when I say it used to be a lot of fun when whales were actively voting more, see back in the day there was a big initiative to write or share something interesting everyday just incase a whale might enjoy it for whatever reason and upvote your work.
Later it became clear that you either had to be part of some secret inner circle, or a community of some sorts, or to be taking part in a contest, but most of these events all wanted very specific things or rules which must be followed in order to win which I felt often ruined some of the freedom and creativity for many content creators and many agreed.

While these days things have got much better for a lot of people as many of bossy bitter whales left and we now have the New Steemit Team who are often out there busy getting involved with the community and giving people fun tasks which they can be rewarded for when taking part in them. And yes "the elephant in the room" while it's not a perfect system "because I'm not sure one truly exists" it still sure beats some of the other options.

Anyway moving on and getting to the point of this post, it's to announce that there is a new Super Dolphin/ Septuple Dolphin/ Super User/ on the block, yes that's correct I have now finally reached the 35000 SteemPower mark!

Why "Super Dolphin"? Back in the early days of Steemit people who reached 30000 SP were often coined the "Super Users" of the system as the investment was now considered a heavy one, and since 30000 SP was still within the Dolphin realm it was often celebrated as reaching the "Super Dolphin" mark.

Ridiculous Silly Dolphin Hat

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Yea I had no idea that such a hat even existed until a friend of mine came to me with this silly hat as a gift.

She told me that I often spoke "about this weird being a dolphin thing" and so she thought of me when she saw this crazy hat. Apparently the store was having a clear out, and so selling them dirt cheap, as they were soon to be dumped because nobody was buying these fish hats!?

I mean I can't think of why not?... lol

Anyway I already had a few people before ask me if I was going to power down any extra SP earned once I reached this point? And the answer is of course... NO.

I have always wanted to be a Dolphin and now a Super Dolphin, but I wanted to get here because it gives me the opportunity to give more back to those who have helped me reach this far and to of course those who have supported me in the past or any long time followers.

But not only that it gives me more SP to play with and so when I do find any posts or comments that I enjoy and upvote hopefully this time "unlike back in the day before reaching Dolphin" the author will receive abit more than 1 pence lol.
With more SP a vote can add more value to your created content, I haven't even gone into all the benefits that keeping Steem within the system can add but the point is I cant do it without your support, so please continue supporting the strength of this account as I have no interest in powering down from Super Dolphin or the 35k mark.

Anyway of course the next question I got asked was "What will I do next considering I have now reached one of my bigger long time Steemit goals?"

To be honest I of course thought about the common next big goal "when it comes to SP" which is of course the road to Orca.
But I think for this dolphin making it's way towards Orca is pretty extreme and I would get demotivated along what is still a very long road but then again I have to remember we have already crossed the half way mark back when I reached 25k on Nov 7th 2021.
And so having done that in my mind I do feel it's maybe now more so reasonable and possible to reach Orca during my lifetime depending how things go but it could still be a very difficult road up ahead.

"pssst! what about whale?"

Haha no! As for Whale I feel it's impossible for me personally, unless the Steem price did dramatically fall down again to a really low price for heck knows what reason, or if there was a sudden huge amount of support each and everyday from whales which I don't ever see happening.
So heck no, I don't really think towards "Whale Status" even if I do reach Orca, Whale is a completely different ball game to reach.

And so it is done? The journey's end?

The end? No the journey does not end here as my new quest now begins, my new quest will be on to becoming a "Octuple Dolphin"
Which means this time around getting to 40000-SP! this I feel will still be possible for me to achieve at some point in the future.

I mentioned last time I was a little worried about my goal setting of reaching 35k for June but heck looks like we made it "1 week early" thank goodness. Since the support as now been less since November 2021 I will probably take it cautiously and set my target to hopefully reach 40k by December 2022 as I don't think 45k will be possible with this level of support before the year ends.

I would normally initially start such quests with getting to the next dolphin badge but for the 3rd time now the only next Dolphin badge is at the 40k mark lol. Which does make sense but I guess a halfway mark would of been good as it's still challenging to get another 5k SP added.

Or if not another considered "secret goal" in back of my mind could be to instead just focus on trying reaching for 40k before the end of 2022 and then Orca 50k the following year which would be the end of 2023, lol yes that's right I'm beginning to consider this is actually possible now.
But to be honest I'm really not sure either would be possible and if 'I'm just setting myself up for failure.

I would very much like to reach Octuple Dolphin in 2022 before the end of December, while this continues to basically be impossible to reach when calculating the average gains, it as already been done before, 6 times actually lol.
For example we managed to reach our goal at the beginning of November the other year, this was of course thanks to the "Steemit Diary Game, Season 1 and Season 2" which I took part in.
But there was also another great initiative which I had been hinting at as I mentioned how often people were simply just powering down all their Diary Game rewards leaving the value of Steem flat.
And so Club5050 was initiated which means users could get rewarded for powering up most of their earnings and so a big thank you to @steemcurator02, @steemcurator01 and @steemitblog who continue to provide fun ways for users to engage or earn rewards. They continue with their educative event called the Steemit Academy but going on right now along side that is the Steemit Engagement Challenge which is just starting it's 2nd season for communities to get involved in.

I also wanted to thank any whales who have upvoted me along the way an helping me get this far and of course as you probably already know I continue buying abit of Steem here and there when possible. I'm having some difficulties right now but actually with recent dip in price I plan on buying another 600 Steem which I will of course be powering it all up. Not only that but in the next few days I will be powering up another 150 Steem to get the road to 40k to a flying start! Oh and the beneficiaries of this post is set to %100 Steem Power up, so show some support here with your best upvotes and I will buy even more. I also had alot of support from all the smaller fish in the sea so a big thank you to all of you who initially voted as that's helped me reach Super Dolphin!

So yeah guys hop-on-aboard this new Super Dolphin powered ship and join me on my quest to Octuple Dolphin power, and heck if you stick around long enough I'm sure you will also get rewarded a long the way.

To get us all into a real flying start any %100 up-vote's or SBI's is very much appreciated, beneficiaries of this post is set to %100 Steem Power UP, I will also will be buying some more STEEM at least another 150SP to celebrate and help push forward for this goal.

Let's check out this May 2022 thus far for #club5050.

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May 2022 Month Results For #club5050 !!

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1.First please upvote this page.
2.And secondly don't forget to follow me below.

Also since votes don't always = $ and if you want to see more you can send me Steem Power Tips to @simonjay to help support me, not only me but also support the value of the STEEM currency as I have not powered-down a single time in 5 years.

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