We all or at least majority of us still remember that fascinating bull run when STEEM was trading above 8 USD, quite a few of us i am not even talking whales, must have felt pretty rich or at least elevated when we could make "real" money just by creating content, some even probably went full time. It was actually quite viable especially in countries with lower income. 

It was hard to imagine bear market of such magnitude, 'çause back then guys were joking they'd sell their house if STEEM dropped to 1 USD. Some probably even did. Most of us inevitably have an idea: 
-What if i sold all my stake at 8 USD, imagine how much STEEM i could buy back now!

Nevertheless, disregarding the price community still growing, at least good actors, and this bear market presented the opportunity to work on blockchain based products and ecosystem is maturing little by little. SMT's finally rolled out, Communities are on the verge to be released and all of this presents so many opportunities for those who already are here whilst absolute majority of people are not even aware of this new paradigm.

I even started learning to code, since i have a few ideas of mine i want to implement, where i see a lot of value  that could be captured and utility to be created. And yes, i still feel a huge lack for utility in the whole ecosystem if any real utility at all. 

<center><h4>But the main question here is, are you still HODLING?</h4></center>[![Deimante2718.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWvqaRvwhqqmHACVcFpJaKQAE2nnMyq1powYU8F9p3rvD/Deimante2718.jpg)](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWvqaRvwhqqmHACVcFpJaKQAE2nnMyq1powYU8F9p3rvD/Deimante2718.jpg) Click to enlarge

When i was doing this photoshoot with Deimante, i actually tried to imagine, what hodling feels in this market. So there is nothing dirty about this image, just my imagined version of it. Luckily she was quite flexible and i have this shot on my desktop to remind me and give me patience and courage. I am sure quite a few of us lost some money in the process but we are still here and it's just money. In secret and not so secret hopes of another bull run that will hopefully dwarf the last one we continue to hustle. 

I am not sure if anyone would read this to this point, but it feels good to have kind of a diary for myself where i can ramble about things, but i am splitting my rewards 50%/50% in order to accumulate some STEEM in order to buy some ENG to create my own coin and integrate it with my website [BeScouted](www.bescouted.com) for the photographic community. 

Have a great day fellow steemians and lets continue to work hard for future generations :) 

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