First month down, only 11 left to go. Unfortunately for me it's been one of the busiest months that I can remember with a lot happening in my real life that has kept me busy away from STEEM. That means not posting my @actifit every day or getting a blog written every day either. I've managed to keep up to date with my @splinterlands quests but not playing any tournaments which have been a great earner for me in the past.

Part of this is my increased time spend on Discord and Twitter where I have been both helping out and promoting for the STEEM blockchain which is a fun thing to do but takes up time I could be using to write for myself or be more active in the games. I do however think it's important for people to push STEEM where they can and in the end it will be of more long term benefit than me spending all of my time trying to earn if nobody sees what is being built here.

https://steemit.com/blog/@niallon11/marketing-steem-on-twitter-steem-info

I had hoped to really push on from the great results last year and get my account nicely filled up before the next bull run but that might not happen if things keep developing as fast as they have been over the past year. New apps and developments keep rolling out on a weekly basis and it's surely only a matter of time before one of them brings in more people to the chain and gain some momentum.

With another price increase in the run up to "The halvening", it wouldn't take long to see a lot of people return to their STEEM accounts and get back into earning mode nearer to 50c or even $1. That would have a lot of people interested in STEEM again.

2019 goals

To quote myself, early 2018.

"I don't do new years resolutions and never have so what I will go with instead is set myself a target. I had already stated a few months a go about reaching 5k SP by this time next year.
10k SP by 2020. Not easy but achievable. It will take a lot of time and effort to get there but it's time I'm willing to put in. Like I've said before, I will be here until we are all millionaires or the whole thing goes up in flames. Either way it's going to be an interesting year.

So how did I stack up?

From my starting position of 6580 SP through a mixture of buying, gaming and blogging I increased my SP by 225% in the past 12 months.

2020 Target

New year, new game and the target is going to be 30k SP. My happy point will be passing 50K but I don't see that happening anytime soon but definitely in the long term vision. For now I will be looking at the yearly target which will need me to be at the top of my game and earning 750 SP per month to get there.

Big numbers but achievable with consistent activity and a variety of games on STEEM to top up my blogging and posting. If it's anything like the past year the first few months will be the biggest struggle but as the account grows that will hopefully pick up speed and help me to hit my target in the end.





A solid start to the month with growth of 815SP but there was some sales of extra reward cards from my @splinterlands account that topped up the total. I wanted to clear some out while STEEM was low in case the prices went too high and I lose sale value.

All in all happy with the result and looking forward to the next months target. It will be a tough one since I have plenty more events IRL but i'll make the effort to keep posting and keep going regardless. It's all about showing up even when your busy.

Keep it small and keep it simple.