Having just celebrated my one year anniversary on the steemit platform, I have been looking forward to what the next 12 months will be bringing to the Golden D Homestead Table.
What do I envision? What will I accomplish? Who will I help (more like who WON'T I help)?
For the past month I have really sat back and analyzed how I got to where I am, all the people who have lifted me up and who have been mentors and my biggest supporters. Let me tell you... the list is long
Some days, as I sit down to my laptop, sipping my hazelnut coffee and reading Discord messages, new posts that 
Keep in mind, all I do over the course of my steemit work day can feel like a juggling act, an endless to-do list and even that I'll never get caught up... but I always do.
From finding five Qurites for the Daily Newsletter for #qurator to getting statistics for the 
But I remember the early days of steemit when I was fumbling around... trying to figure out what to say and write, or how to make my formatting just a little better; I felt discombobulated.
Now I spend my days in between newsletters, curation, commenting and posting and chatting it up on Discord. Golden D Has Got Her Groove!
But still... more was missing.. and I figured it out. D-E-L-E-G-A-T-I-O-N
In the past I have delegated to people... and now I am turning my delegation sights on groups... communities... organized pages with challenges... I want to make sure anyone on the platform can reap the rewards I have to offer.
I have found five groups, pages or communities to delegate to. The amounts are different and the delegations will stay where they are indefinitely; unless something drastic changes or the delegations are used to cause harm upon others and in a way I would consider malicious.
@qurator-tier-1-2 has received 100-SP from me - Simply because I have been a part of the @qurator staff team for over eight months now and I 100% stand behind what qurator stands for, what the qurator witness is doing and how many members (over 1400 now) we have helped along the way.
@altlife has received 100-SP from me- This is a page run by 
@pennsif who hosts a Friday night Alternative Lifestyle MSP-Waves radio show; which I have been a guest on numerous times and LOVE the format and all the engaging guests (and host). The topics are unusual and the guests share their lives- you need to check it out!
@canna-curate has received 75-SP from me - some of you know I recently came out of the cannabis closet and started sharing my grow tents and room as well as being an official MMMP (Michigan Medical Marihuana Program) card holder. As a sufferer of an auto-immune disease I can see how cannabis can help those in pain; whether chronic or acute.
@cookwithus has received 50-SP from me- EVERYONE knows I love my kitchen on Golden D Homestead and I am always in there cooking up a storm and inventing new creations. While I have never participated in one of the #cookwithus challenges and weekly contests, I have been a supporter of the group for months and I feature many of the recipes on my Saturday curation post.@ghscollective has received 300-SP from me. This was actually a transfer of delegation from 
@freedompoint to the page where they want to Unite, Educate, and Encourage individuals in all aspects of self reliant living around the globe. I am a homesteader at heart and lover of all things self-sufficient, self-reliant and about helping others.. so this was an easy delegation choice.EVERY time my personal SP goes 50 over my personal baseline set of 2000, I will be delegating 50-SP to either a new group, page or community on steemit and in Discord.
ie. Right now I have 2801 SP less the 786 I have out in total delegations, leaving me with about 15-SP (which keeps me above the 2000-SP base line). Once my SP account reaches 2837, I will delegating another 50-SP.
But why do I have to keep 2000-SP in my account at all times?
Call it my OCD in high gear... I like even numbers and that is the number I want to keep as my base line... for now.
So now.. my new goal is to gain SP over the next few weeks and month(s)... so every time I have that 50-SP, I will be contacting someone and saying, "Hey, you want an SP delegation?"
I may choose to add to a current and existing delegation, or I may find a new group, page or community; one never knows. After deciding to take this route in the upcoming months, I am content with my conclusion on how I want to start the second year of my steemit life. I will be making quality posts, continuing to advance and all the while helping others along the way. yeah, I am feeling good about this decision
So in preparation for my next 36-SP coming in, hopefully sooner rather than later... who would you recommend I consider a 50-SP delegation to? Are you involved in a group? Page? Community? Could they use 50-SP to help reward their members and followers? Tell me who and why I should add them to my short list.
