Hi Nathan.
I think sometimes you're too hard on yourself. I don't see any of what you've done as a failure m8. Honestly, it's all an evolution, and if you've made some realisations about what you want to focus on, that's just part of the journey.
I’m extremely sorry for taking few days to think deeply execution of PushBook and reflecting on what I’ve learned so far.
No need to be sorry. I saw your post where you were really disappointed with people for not taking up 777, and was sad to see how aggressive many people became in their comments as I had a feeling you'd take it to heart. Lol, one thing is for sure... steemians are a strong minded bunch, it's one of the communities biggest strengths. From my perspective, 777 days was just too much of a commitment. I was happy to do 77 days, and even with the idea of maybe starting another round of 77 days of push ups, but 2 and a bit years was a push. I think maybe many thought the same.
Honestly I thought large stake holders of STEEM would participate in this challenge.
You did get some of the old school to participate, people like @ excile and @ meesterboom, both did 77 days I think? But it's true that there's a core of steem peeps who didn't rally behind it, I think that's just the way these things go. Many large stake holders on steem value their anonymity, which might be why.
Burning bridges are easy and building bridges are hard.
So true, I learned this 'hard' lesson many years ago when I lost half of my uni friends after burning bridges with them when i was disappointed with the group's behaviour in bullying someone. The truth is, I could have handled it all different to help that person without ruining a load of my friendships. You live and learn, they say.
Anyway, I'll leave this 'crazy long' comment by echoing @buttcoins sentiment I saw him saying in a recent post where he did 7 push ups. Your enthusiasm and dedication to push steem on twitter is nothing short of inspiring buddy. You should be proud of yourself.
P.s. I look forward to seeing your new ideas on bridging steem + EOS. As always, if you need a sounding board for ideas feel free to msg me either on twitter or discord 👍🙂