The game doesn't duplicate a real-life situation, but it comes close enough to give you knowledge and courage. - Steven Greene
Nicely said, Steven.
So here I am: trying to come close to THAT real-life situation.
As @roelandp announced in his latest steemfest update the event is coming closer and closer. I bet he's currently the busiest person in this community, even though everybody who's going to be involved in the schedule might be sweating right now :-)
In only two days I will catch my flight to Lisbon which seems completely unreal.
Can you hear my heart beating? :-)
@surfermarly rehearsing her steemfest presentation at home
The countdown has started: 3️⃣-2️⃣-1️⃣-Steemfest!
It doesn't matter how often you rehearse a scene, when you go on stage everything will be completely different.
Yet, the training at home provides you with a good portion of confidence and it will also calm you down when the time has come. Repeating a speech over and over again also helps you to feel it and not just memorize words.
That's at least the plan :-)
I would have loved to surf today in order to blow away the cobwebs, but the Ocean in front of my local spot is flat like a plate.
To distract me from my excitement I designed a new banner for my blog, aiming to match it with the new chic and clean facelift the steemit UI experienced a couple of days ago. I hope you like it? :-)
New banner design of @surfermarly's blog
Yet, nothing is actually able to distract me from the upcoming event.
Yesterday I finetuned my presentation and exported the video I'm going to show.
Furthermore, I prepared my laptop (incl. finding a solution for some technical issues), printed out some record cards, installed the 'presenter' (remote control) and started to pack my bag.
The weather forecast is quite confusing to me, so I 've actually no idea what kind of clothes to take with me. In the end I decided on packing a decent range in able to be prepared for whatever circumstances. Now my hand luggage is almost exploding - lol.
Today's morning I checked in my flights and printed out my steemfest ticket.
I think I'm ready... at least on the operational level, haha!
Probably the best way to prepare yourself for an extreme situation is: to be dying to live it :-)
I really can't wait to be there.
In less than 48 hours I will catch my flight to Lisbon (including a short stopover in Madrid).
Right now I'm quite relaxed since I got everything done in time. But I can only imagine how I'm going to feel on the 1st of November.
It's going to be overwhelming to personally meet the people I've been in contact with via steemit for more than one year now.
When you wait for something and then it finally takes place, usually it feels completely unreal. A lot of hugs will be needed to bring me back down to Earth :-)
Cant't wait to see you there,
Marly -
PS: Save the date: 2nd + 3rd of November! Also bookmark this link to the livestream: youtube.com/steemfest. More information from the steemian @shourai who will produce the livestream can be also found HERE.
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Will be rooting for u in the audience Marly hoot hoot!! No sweat, we're family right?
Kick ass!!
Aaw, nicely said! Yeah, family :-)
See you tomorrooooow!
Awesum Pics & Post!!
How exciting! Safe travels and knock 'em dead with your presentation. I am hoping there will be live streams for those of us at home!
Have a great time.
Yeah, it's gonna be a thrilling ride :-)
Yes! Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/steemfest/videos?view=2&flow=grid
See you on the screen though :-)
I got you....thanks for the link....i have to streem live.......enjoy.....
Of course you do. Here's the link to bookmark:
2nd of November 12:35 UTC (subject to changes).
See you on the screen :-)
Wow...sweeeeet...thanks again....
All you can really do is prepare the best you can. And like catching that next great wave, sometimes you've just gotta let go and go with the flow, wherever it wants to take you!
Have a safe trip and a great time at SteemFest! :)
Nice analogy, @alexpmorris!
I think I'm pretty well prepared for that flow :-)
Thanks for the encouragement and see you in the livestream!
nice dp
How rein! Wollen wir üben :-)? Wann fliegst Du denn? Schade, dass ich den Live Stream gar nicht mitbekommen werde da ich unterwegs bin mit fast keinem Internetzugang - das wird super, you will rock the place!
Oh, wie schade, dass Du es nicht sehen wirst!
Fliege am Mittwoch und bin dann abends beim Get Together vor Ort.
Haha, das ist lieb. Kann das Ding aber schon auswendig, passt also :-)
Du kannst ja dann das Video on demand anschauen.
Drück mir die Daumen :-*
Klaro, alle Daumen und Fußnägel (lol) gedrückt - bin bei Mama ab morgen und auf Standy-By für Business Termine around Frankfurt - irgendwie nervt es, dass ich nicht dabei sein kann, so langsam juckt es schon :-(
Hab ich doch gesaaaaaagt :-) Du wolltest ja nicht auf mich hören, hehe
Fußnägel gedrückt? Igitt! Hahaha
Genieß die Zeit bei Mom.
haha, danke, ich versuche es - muss Dir noch die Instruktionen fürs Fest schicken, wie auch @twinner - gebt Gas, findet viel heraus, seid kritisch und lasst Euch nicht vollabern :-) - kenne das von eigenen Events, man geht hin und hat Punkte, die man kritisch diskutieren möchte, aber kommt zurück ohne das erledigen zu können, ist völlig geblendet ob der fantastischen Strategie und somit Sektenmitglied lol
Sektenmitglied? Ich notiere mal: "Sekt"... 😅
Davon gibt es dann hoffentlich ausreichend. Kann sicherlich auch einen VOR meiner Rede gebrauchen. LOL
Ansonsten lass ich das mal alles auf mich zukommen :-)
Viel Spass - mit Sekt kannst mich jagen :-) - ihr schafft das schon
Wilkommen du heist ? Ich komme aus Panama.
Ey! Si eres de Panamá también podemos hablar en español :-) Pero gracias por los esfuerzos de hablar en mi idioma. Saludos desde Lanzarote
Ich komme aus Alemana
Haha :-)
So excited for you. It’s getting real now.
#cantgetnosleep
Haha! Thanks for your empathy :-)
Wishing you the very Best Dear
Meanwhile, @surfermarly, I decided to make a contribution in my little way to SteemFest 2 through my Act of Creativity, but it got little publicity. I would appreciate you checking this out, and letting me know what you feel about it. Thank you as you do.
https://steemit.com/steemfest/@ufxpression/steemfest-2-take-a-look-at-some-designed-t-shirts-which-could-be-used-for-the-event
They're really cool! You got my 100% upvote on your post :-)
O guess these two would be my favourite designs:
You should have done that before, then we could have purchased the shirts from you. I bet there would have been a lot of people wanting to wear them :-) You could plan that for Steemfest no. 3 next year.
Have a great day!
nice T- shirts
Awwwwn...Ok I would do that. Thank You.
Successful life tips for you my friends
https://steemit.com/life/@devdas/how-to-be-succesfull-in-life
Why I haven't found you before? Haha you are so cool I can feel your good vibes from here, I know you will make it great I'll be watching you on the live stream on YouTube! Hoping you the best! Maybe next year we can meet I actually made up a post about Lisbon haha
We're a lot of people here :-) Nice to meet you now, and thanks for the encouragement!
Btw nice post of yours about Lisbon, you got my upvote :)
Steem on
Thanks, travel safe! :D
Preparation is key to confidence for this sort of stuff, I'm sure you'll be brill!
See you shortly! :)
Thanks for your lovely words, Asher!
See you in two days, wooop wooop :-)
Judging by the quality of your posts and your preparation you will be just fine👍🏻 Enjoy Steemfest we look forward to the review.
Thanks for your lovely words, @dukexox! That's the best motivation :-)
Keeping you posted...
Enjoy the steem fest for us, remember you are the expert do not stress for this, you know your topics, breath hight and go a head, good luck in this amazing event, we are here waiting for your news about this.
Best regard @galberto
Think in the ocean before star your presentacion, stay well.
Thanks for your lovely words and encouragement!!!
Nice one :-) I will do that!
Thank you so much for understand me.
I do not forget never this world.
:)
The new banner is ace, I think I need to re-do mine now lol
Safe trip :)
It's always a nice creative task when you don't know what else to do with your brain energy, haha :-)
Thank you!
I was forever creating all sorts of logos, mottos and designs during the height of the Eggmotor craze back in 2009/10. I probably spent more time messing with shapes & colours than building & flying ;)
So you are the real expert then! Great :-)
simple dp but attractive and very nice.
This will be wonderful!
Will be live streaming it! : )
Excellent! I'll be presenting on the 2nd of november in room no. 1 at 12:35 local time if you wanna save the date :-)
I'll save the date and hope to watch you via live stream. God bless @surfermarly
Awesome! :-)
Good luck! I am sure you will make a killing.
I will try to... Thanks for introducing me to steemit :-)
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@matthewtimothy/easiest-way-to-get-free-bitcoin
Hope you like my video Marly! Was thinking, maybe we can do a colab about Steemit?!
Nice one, Matt! Yeah, I really like your way of presenting. Also you have a huge knowledge about crypto which is admirable (and a great plus on steemit :-)).
Great idea. Let's catch up after Steemfest. Right now I'm super busy due to the trip/event. Tomorrow I will leave to Lisbon :-)
Would love to do a series about Steemit nuggets
Good luck! Wish I could be there!
Thank you!
Haha, you have the very best nickname of all!!!
Watch the livestream, then you won't miss any details :-)
Have a safe trip Marly! YOu will have so much fun!
Thank you, Brian!!! I'd love to have one of these pool meetings with you in Lisbon. But anyways, we gonna have one next year :-)
Yeah that would have been awesome! Next year for sure!
Hi @surferMarly.... All my best wishes to you dear, for the Steem fest 2. Though I am not able to come there, am sending all my love and best wishes through my son @firepower, who is attending the same.
Meet him if possible... :)
Of course I will meet the legend @firepower :-)
Thanks for your wishes!
Successful life tips for you my friends
https://steemit.com/life/@devdas/how-to-be-succesfull-in-life
Good luck! I'll watch you all live stream, and please show a lot of footages of the foodsXD Food pOOOOORRRRRNNNN!!!!!
LOL - you might ask someone else for that job, I'm not a typical food photographer.
@gringalicious has the best expertise here :-)
Successful life tips for you my friends
https://steemit.com/life/@devdas/how-to-be-succesfull-in-life
Clear defination of excitment!! Perhaps it is quite visible in the post.
Packaging for Travelling to Preparation for Presentation...and above the confidence in yourself. I throughly belive you gonna rock the fest....Get [email protected] gonna surfing at lisbon.
Haha, nicely said @steemflow. You have the perfect nickname for my approach :-)
Stay tuned!
Thanks...blocked my date for your presentation :) all d best!
Awesome. See you there :-)
Hab ne gute Reise und viel Spaß...alles wird super!
Vielen lieben Dank! Ja, alles wird gut :-)
As someone who presents frequently, make sure you have a backup copy of your presentation on either a thumbdrive or on the cloud.
Murphy's law ... If your only copy of the presentation is on the laptop, something will happen to the laptop.
I even have a lightning to HDMI adapter that I have used to present from my iPhone once after something bad happened to my laptop. :-(
Have a great time!!!
Yeah, of course. I will have two backups with me :-) Thanks or the hint anyways!
I even take some batteries with me just in case the ones of the remote control will be getting empty.
Thanks for your encouragement!
@surfermarley Good luck! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I wish I could see it in person. I will check out the live stream for sure. 👍🏾
Awesome! My presentation will be on the screen on Thursday 2nd of November at 12:35 local time (room no. 1).
Thanks for your encouragement :-)
I wish I could be there. If there is one person I'd want to
marrymeet it's you. oopsLOL! I guess it's the dream of every little girl that spongebob himself proposes to her :-D
Let me get that presentation done, then we can talk about marriage and stuff :-))
It's a Maybe!!!
Mark this down as the first Steemit proposal.
Hahaha, we will make history!
Call me maybe :-)
wow nice
Successful life tips for you my friends
https://steemit.com/life/@devdas/how-to-be-succesfull-in-life
we leave tomorrow :)
See you there!!! :-)
sure! :)
Good luck with the presentation. When I've had to do them I always start with something which is a little fun and humorous before I get into the nitty gritty. It results in breaking the ice and making things not seem so serious. As someone has already said, make sure you have a backup on a thumb drive because this will bring peace of mind. Also, try to get a good night's sleep beforehand because, for me personally, I like to make sure that my mind is as sharp as possible, but ultimately, I think the key is to not be too serious and to try and have fun. Once you've finished your presentation, you'll probably be on a complete high and ready to do more.
Yeah, the icebreaker. I have it :-) If they don't considered it funny, at least I'd be laughing, haha!
Also I'm a sleepaholic who needs at least 8 hours of sleep to be right on track. So practically I always get enough of it :-)
Thanks for the tips. I think I have them all.
Have a great day!
This article excite me to work harder on my steemit profile blog. Thanks
Hehe, I'm glad I was able to motivate you :-)
Keep it coming.
Ich wünsche dir viel Spaß in Lissabon beim Steemfest und drücke dir die Daumen für deine Präsentation! Upvoted und resteemed :-)
Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung!
Ich hoffe, Du guckst den Live-Stream :-)
Gerne, werde ich machen :-)
There's nothing like the thrill of engaging with an audience who are reacting to your every word.
You will be amazing on the day! Have fun with it and I very much looking forward to your update.
Enjoy!!!
Thanks a lot for your encouraging words, @tallblue! :-)
Good luck for the steemfest and don't worry you will do well :)
nice cartoon dp.
Let it be your best part in your life
OH MY GOD AM SO EXITING. Thanks for all your hard work Can't wait to meet everyone!
That's really good. best wishes for you. go ahead
Make sure to tell us how was it please.
Sure! :-)
Thank you
nice this is great post
beg beg respect for me
fallow me please
i follow you , you follow me.
Surfermarly plz upvote my post
hi.........
nice post....
i'm new here......
please follow me............
@mayabegum
I'll follow you. Have a good day and follow me.
i follow you , you also follow me.
i follow you , you also follow me
A little recommendation for you @tusharvasave:
If I were you, I'd rather write one single mind-blowing comment instead of 10 spammy ones. The only thing you achieve with these "I follow you, follow me" snippets is: annoying people. So please don't do it again.
Good luck
Successful life tips for you my friends
https://steemit.com/life/@devdas/how-to-be-succesfull-in-life
A great post @surfermarly. It was really real situation as many people feel.I like your post very much. 100% my vote for you.
Very good your post. Thank for sharing @surfermarly
Hi dear @surfemarly, very nice to hear that you travel and go for presentation and steem fest. my best wishes for you, you have natural talent and its reward for your hardworking and skills. Good luck.
@supermarly Advance preparation helps to hype our confidence, and making the content of our presentation our child brain will help you to look convincing to the audience. while rehearsing you can as well put a mirror in front you........ i will not tell you what will happen but just try it. @theheralds
really so nice post @surfermarly
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Saludos a Venezuela!
Hey.. @surfermarly really good. best wishes for you. I resteemit you post.
Thanks for your support @dilruksha! :-)
you are welcome D,
Great my dear friend. I am sure you will rock the stage and people will love to hear you at steemfest. My wishes are always with you. Stay motivated my iron lady.
Iron lady? LOL
Thanks for your motivation!
Good jop
@minboot resteem this Post .
Follow me to Resteem!
Everyones excited as the countdown has begun.. looking eagerly for very good outcomes...good wishes to you.. and everyone..
Well said. Thanks for your encouragement!
Pleasure is mine..
nice comment
Upvote for upvote, comment for comment, follow for follow - my job is done I followed and upvoted you already! Check out my Steemit blog here http://steemit.com/@anurag222 - Please follow my lead and do the same for others here in the group. We are all here to help each other out. Steem On! Thanks
https://steemit.com/@anurag222
I don't think so :-) Steemit is so much more than just 'follow for follow'.
ok
How exciting! Safe travels and knock 'em dead with your presentation. I am hoping there will be live streams for those of us at home!
Have a great time.
LOL - that is actually not my purpose :-D
But we're going to have fun, no doubt about that.
Thank you!
PS: Link to the livestream https://www.youtube.com/steemfest/videos?view=2&flow=grid
Continue to work with steemit is very bermanfaan for me @surfemarly good job i am very happy all your post