Hi everyone, I am back after 20 days. I took an extended break through the holidays to refresh myself and clear my head. The trolls had got me down a bit and I needed some time to figure out where I was going.
There is no way to block anyone on steemit so they are free to harass me and all my followers. This can weigh heavily on you with time. Sure I can mute them and not see their comments but, after trying that for a while, people started to believe the wild accusations against me.
So I figure its best to just keep on writing and just tell everyone in a disclaimer what is going on. And this is exactly what I am going to do from now on.
I was advised on the steemit abuse forum many times to just ignore them and not comment back. But again, my silence is taken as admission of guilt from the community. There are some pretty nasty accusations being thrown around against me and it seems that people take my silence as guilt. Well, that is not going to happen anymore.
So I am going to start anew with my plan for 2018.
I will keep on steeming every day as before. I am going to continue to answer the abusive comments and accusations with my side of the story. I will not let them beat me down.
I love steemit and am here to stay.
The Do It Yourself World and The Off Grid Project will continue with our daily stories of our lives on the homestead.
I left off about the end of October or November with our story and I will pick up there. I hope to catch you up on our lives on the homestead since we moved to our new 18 acre property till the present.
After that I will continue with our daily lives on video and in the articles.
So, here is the disclaimer: