I must admit that when I entered cryptoland, I was vague about what I wanted to achieve other than the generic "to gain wealth" idea by trading responsibly and I have chopped and changed strategy so many times depending on which way the wind has been blowing. I have seen gains and losses and to be honest I am not further on than I was when I started, although I do now own a significant amount more BitCoin than I have ever done before and I have some assets that while currently suppressed (as is the entire market), are promising a bright return.

However, in the last few months my goals have coalesced and I have set out a vision for 2030 and some other very specific goals on the way.

Yesterday, I achieved the first of those goals. Back on 19th December I became aware that Free,bitco.in was closing down and, many of you read the post, I was worried that I would miss out on any promised payout simply because I hadn’t achieved the 30,000 BitCoin Sats threshold and so rather than waste four years I decided to push. My aim was to achieve my goal before the faucet closes down (date unknown) and I actually calculated a date for me to achieve this based on me rolling five times a day and only achieving a single sat per roll, even though higher rolls are very, very occasionally awarded. Rolls are allowed once an hour maximum. The date my Excel churned out was the 8 August 2026 and I was 1141 Sats short.

The only significant change was that I moved my activity to my mobile phone which was a lot more accessible and thus I found myself able to roll at least 10 times a day and often more, so I was already well on target and then I rolled three or four second tier rolls that awarded between 20 and 29 Sats and I was closing in fast. It was probably about three days ago when my target dropped below 200 Sats required and I knew I hadn’t had a bigger roll for a couple of weeks and thought I must be due one and then this happened:

A third tier roll – award 290 Sats - and I smashed through my target almost six months early.

So, what I have learned is that specific targets yield specific results because they create an energy of their own which actual brings more focus and more attention.

So what is next on my list?

Well 2030 is still someway off, so in the meantime I am keeping my attention on my race between the tortoise and the hare (read my post) in which I am aiming to achieve one free Solana and one free LiteCoin by the end of the year. It seems that LiteCoin is extending its lead with it currently closing in on 0.67 and Solana is closing in on 0.20. However, I have just converted some Cointiply and CoinPayU tokens and Cointiply in particular will not be ready to pay out again for a couple of months. At the moment the dollar is buying more currency. I have yet to cash out this month’s Publish0x to the benefit of Solana and DutchyFaucet is almost at 0.01 Solana which I will draw soon as well as adding the currency of the month. My LiteCoin on Dutchy Faucet is nowhere near being ready to be drawn on.

So, to sum up, what recent experience has taught me is to set specific targets and use them to bring a laser-like focus on achieving what you want.

As always stay safe and well my friends.