Getting Fit for Steem Fest with Blocktrades- Actifit Report: August 4 2019

Hello friends! It turned out to be an excellent day for steps even though I spent about four hours working today. (If you read my blog regularly and are totally sick of me being a broken record about how much I work, you’re not out of line, and I do apologize!)

I did need to work, but it was not technically a work day, so I took a lot of breaks to do household and garden stuff, go shopping with my daughter, and then go walking with my husband. And here I am at the end of the day with over 17,000 steps. Wheee!

So, a couple quick things and then I will share some pictures from my walk. If you’re not familiar with either Actifit or Steemfest, the very quick primer is that Actifit is only the absolute coolest app ever (IMHO) because you can be part of a health and exercise oriented tribe and get rewarded with tokens (which will one day be worth a LOT). Also Actifit syncs with your Fitbit. So it’s like getting paid to wear your fitness tracker. How cool is that? And you thought your only option was to shell out money for fitness. No, some of the money flow can come back the other way! Go to www.actifit.io for more information.

And as for Steemfest, it is only the biggest, most awesome educational and fun Steem event of the year. And believe me, I go to a few Steem events each year as well as other conferences on occasion, and nothing compares. I am still in touch with many of the people I met at Steemfest in 2018. Some of us chat on Discord, and with others we have an ad hock mutual support system whereby we try to get to each other’s blogs on a regular basis to comment and upvote.

I love that. In addition to being friends and colleagues, we have each other for answering questions and figuring things out. You’re never on your own when you have people who are ready and willing to help or answer questions. There is a lot to learn when you get involved in Steem. It’s all good and interesting stuff, but it can be a little daunting at first. And things change! We have seen change in leadership and structure and how rewards work, for example.

Now if you are reading this and you’re wondering what Steem is, I will prove the briefest possible (and hopefully mostly accurate) description.

You have probably picked up that it’s a type of cryptocurrency. The Steem blockchain powers many different types of apps that you can use depending on your interests. And they all work somewhat the same way — adding rewards to your Steem account value. The social media aspect of Steem means your activity is rewarded, and you have a huge incentive not just to talk about and promote yourself, but also to support and promote others. You can learn more at https://www.signup.steemit.com.

And finally, if you need information about cryptocurrency and blockchains in general, I deliver you to Google. Have fun! Tell your family it has been nice knowing them, but you’ll be disappearing now into a research wormhole and a fascinating alternative universe of investment strategy.

But I digress.

Back to my evening walk! We went out our favorite path which is lush and green.

There are almost always a few other people out walking or biking.

Finally we got to the marina. It was nearly sunset and the boats were all coming in.

Then on the way back we saw some wildlife. There was a woodpecker making a racket on top of a phone pole. Do you see him?

And there were ting black frogs making their way across the path.

We also saw a bunny or two.

Well that was my day. Must be off to bed for my beauty sleep because my work day starts bright and early tomorrow!

Thank you for visiting!

Gardening,Shopping,Walking,House Chores

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