How SteemFest Changed my Life (or 'The Mention Post' ;D )

Brace yourselves Steemians, super long post coming ! And it's only one of the series -more to come really soon ;)

SteemFest - A Life Changing Experience

I got to Lisbon on Halloween night the 31st, and spent almost 3 whole days at SteemFest. I don't even know where to begin...so this time I will focus on the people I met (mentions here!) and the fun we had while bonding! So...on the social part of it all - for now ;) Ok it is seriously the first time I pause when writing, I am still so overwhelmed and sad this whole thing ended! REALLY heartbroken...

First of all, I'm very sad @creutzy didn't make it. I still think it would be an amazing experience for him as well...But I tried to keep him posted with videos and photos and constant updates. Same goes for @natureofbeing that we had the chance to facetime from the US a couple of times to keep her within the spirit of SteemFest - I mentioned also @yusaymon and @outerground at my previous post about the pop up art exhibition at the LX Factory, who also had their work there!

Thanks and Mentions

First of all, a special mention to @themonetaryfew for baring with me non-stop these days! I know I'm a difficult person to bare haha, and he managed to do it very successfully (but probably he's happy I finally left Lisbon ahahaha :P ) I'm not going to post any pictures of him, respecting his privacy - if you weren't there, he remains a mystery... ;)

Then, a big thanks to @roelandp for organizing this amazing event, and also @firepower (who is an AMAZING dancer by the way!), @foxxycat (who I had the joy to speak in Romanian, yay!) and @juanmiguelsalas for their great help with everything! The locations, the organization, the schedule, the FOOD and everything was PERFECT guys, THANK YOU !!!

Now, going on with the mentions... A very special and heartfelt one for my Berlin girls @sjennon and @things !!! You were the awesome-st girls at SteemFest, but I'm sure you already know that! Good thing is we live close so I hope to see you again before Steem Fest 3 - wherever that'll be! Also, people, make sure to try @spectacles, a super useful Steemit Follower Tracking App created by @sjennon - simply amazing!

I wanna mention the incredible @immarojas, @inquiringtimes and @ballinconsious for their infinite energy!!!! You put a smile on my face plenty of time guys - can't wait to see you again!!! :D

Also, of course, I wanna thank @ned, @sneak, @justinx, @andrarchy and @roadscape for the friendly talks - but I'll do another post, more detailed about that, and Steemit in general ;)

Just a few other amazing people I met there (including some speakers!) were: @jmarques [the... official journalist of Steemfest!], @lovejoy and @wolfcat [who brought their amazing energy from the States!], @everlove [a breathtaking artist!], @felixxx [our favorite witness from Russia!!! Oh wait - Germany hahaha!!!! -what happened with the window in the end???], @pharesim and @wackou [great supporters of my work! Thank you!], @saramiller [amazing girl and yoga instructor! - I hate it that I had to leave Saturday morning and missed class.....], @schererf [or...Sheriff as everyone was calling him!!!], @osm0sis [the sweetest French giiiiirl!], @dan-atstarlite + @jaybird known also as @steembirds [thank you guys for the amazing show! I will be posting more on that soon ;)], @sterlinluxan [a great entrepreneur with an amazing vibe - thanks for the advice and I'll be e-mailing you soon, I do owe you the church picture!!!], @meister [oh the spiritual talk! And project to come - can't wait!!], @hansikhouse [I looooove Korea!!!! Thank you for that, and keep in touch for the rest we talked about ;)], @oscarcc89 [amazing artist - check him out!!!], the best @shortcut EVER and my favorite Italian couple of artists @paolobeneforti and @silviabeneforti !

Last but not least, I finally met my @ocd colleagues @anomadsoul and @m31 - it was great seeing you guys!!! I will talk more about @ocd later on ;) I can't thank my boss @acidyo enough for giving me off those few days I was in Lisbon - thanks boss ;) Also, I wanna thank my other boss haha, @patrice, for the support - I'm back now so I'll get back to my duties properly!!!

I will contact you all (on chat or comments), and maybe some I didn't mention because I can't find your steemit names yet, to talk more about everything and keep in touch!!!

Why was SteemFest Life Changing?

You know that moment, back when we were kids, and we would go to a children's party and we weren't able to break the ice so by the time we started playing, the parents came to take us home?

This is how I thought it would be...That we wouldn't talk much until the last day that we would realize that 'hey, this is fun!'. But guess what, it didn't happen this day - we bonded since day 1 ! Amazing communication, lots of fun, and then sad to go. But the most important thing wasn't that...the most important thing is that Steemit, after SteemFest became more REAL. To me it is not just a crypto social media. It is real life now, because we actually met! We are not just users on an online platform - we are people who went to conferences together, who ate together, who had fun together, who danced - and ok, who got a bit tipsy together haha! This is REAL now - it's not virtual anymore! That's why I was so sad to come back... Because, Steemit makes me happy... I know, it sounds silly, but it's 100% true ! So I'm including some pictures of this fun and I hope no one will ever forget it! I sure won't !!!

Plans and Thoughts after SteemFest

Since I talked to many Steemians and I felt amazing being there, while I get back to my general duties for my blog on Steemit and for the teams I work for, I have some ideas I will share shortly, for new projects - I hope you will all support me, because ... Steemit needs to be bigger than it already is!!! @hansikhouse, @meister and @sterlinluxan I will contact you very soon for more ;)

Enough talking, now enjoy the pictures!

Here's some proof of how much fun we had! Some of them are not perfect and I should feel ashamed as a photographer, but they were just moments, not high class art photography and that's what matters! Most of them taken with my iPhone SE - at the Lisbon post I'll go Nikon ;)

It was great meeting you people, I will never forget you or this event! See you all next year - if not sooner, hopefully! And as I always say - even though I'm MeanMommy...don't forget to smile!!!

Just one of the spectacular desserts...

@things, @sjennon and me having obvious fun the 2nd night at the Snooker!

With @m31, one of my @ocd partners! Glad I met you giiiirl!

So proud with my SteemFest tag!!!

With @hansikhouse - after our Korean talk...Selfie time! :D

One of our exceptional dinners at Lisbon Secret Spot!

Dance night with the @steembirds [thanks for giving me your glasses @dan-atstarlite to look cool!!!], @things, @sjennon and the one and only @firepower!!!

Oh...and the song that goes with this post...I first heard it while there and it's perfect for the occasion!
...No I don't wanna go home, 'cause when you hold me like this, you know, my heart skips SKIPS a beat... <3