Au revoir 2017, you were the best!
I'd like to say goodbye to 2017. It was an amazing year.
Things I'm grateful for:
1.) Always first is family, friends and love.
2.) Bitcoin and its never boring journey. But also this year, I really started to explore other cryptocurrencies, including not only Steemit (yay!) and all the 'free' fork coins but also Dash; which I had first covered on the Keiser Report when it was Darkcoin and then in 2017, the Dash treasury ended up financing part of our road journey, Great American Pilgrimage. On that journey, we got to spread the Dash around and gave thousands of dollars worth away. The value of those coins is up more than four-fold since we gave them away, so hopefully the recipients managed to HODL!
3.) Journeys to new destinations. I've managed to visit 25 of our 50 states this year. Having lived in Europe for so long, there was so much I had neglected to see in my own home country. There is so much beauty, so many stories and just way more there than can be captured in a tweet or a 2 minute headline news story. We also got to see our beloved, Mexico City, before the devastating earthquake. I saw friends, sat in awe of the beauty and art everywhere and even ate ant eggs! Eeek.
Lunch with friends at Bitso!
Ant eggs this way . . .
4.) Finally, I am also grateful for the trials and tribulations, the unexpectedly nasty political and cultural backlash and viciousness happening at the moment, sometimes failing to achieve what I thought I had set out to do and also encountering some of the wrong people or even friends who failed to be as good as they could be. All of these bad experiences have also taught me a lot. Patience, fortitude and never forgetting to be gracious and strong no matter what.
And love. Always love. (See point one above).
P.S. - speaking of LOVE! I had meant to put this at point 3.5 . . . I married Charlie & Courtney Shrem this year! I will write about it more later but it was really such an honor and so surprising how cool it was to get a ministers license and marry two great friends. Here's a photo Max snapped of me performing the ceremony, I don't think I was ever so nervous in my whole life:
[Signed, Stacy]
Max & Stacy. All the very best to you both for 2018. I cannot thank you guys enough for giving me a break in 2016 when you invited me on to the Keiser Report. I will be forever grateful. Have a great New Years Eve. Stephen
Ah, thanks for commenting here, Stephen! It's been fun watching your development via your fantastic and frequent posts here on Steemit. I recommend all subscribe! We need to have you on Keiser Report again in 2018?!? We, obviously, are no longer in the UK but perhaps via skype?
Happy new year Max! I wish you the best!
Glad to see you on Steemit, is Steemit the new Facebook? And have you brought Steemit coins?
Happy New Year.
Jain
The Wife and I have really enjoyed watching your reports on RT (well, on Youtube) over the years. You present a vision of the world that's a little dark and a lot of fun and also pretty damned accurate. Who knew it could make such a compelling mix?
And then you guys got married and it was the sweetest thing ever.
The truth is too wonderful and important to fit into 140 characters. Thanks for sharing yours here, and best wishes for 2018 - we'll be watching!
What a nice list.
Brilliant Stacy. Keep up the great work. I follow you guys with eagerness.
Wow you were a busy girl this year... 25 states... I'll say that 2017 was way way better than 2016 and leave it at that. Thank you for sharing your love with Steemit! 2018 will be our year!
Au revoir 2017 ... Bienvenue 2018 avec plein de bonheur santé et réussite à tous le monde ...@keisrreport
Steemit! Yay! :-)
Being Canadian, I’d love to take that kind of a trip you did across Canada one day!
That would be awesome. Having flown over it quite a few times, however, your country is MASSIVE open spaces! It looks like it would take a long time but filled with such natural beauty.
It’s something you’d have to do over the whole summer! But I’m confident it’d be worth it!