Thread:CorgiMom/@comment-31627407-20170407183543/@comment-29989042-20170407195100

Hi Uli, it's so nice to "cyber meet" you. Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a message! 😊 Thank you for your congratulations and kind words too. Congratulations on your very admirable 324!

I can't remember the exact date I first started playing, but it was most likely a little over two years ago. I think it was sometime in very long early 2015. I played a lot, at first, finding it frustrating that I wanted to play much longer than my energy lasted. I did pay quite a bit of money in the beginning, but that wasn't sustainable for me. There were stretches of time I didn't play at all for weeks at a time. I also didn't add any friends back then. About March of 2016, I started playing seriously again, but found the same frustration of running out of energy quickly. I started researching how people were playing this game without going bankrupt, and that research led me to this wiki. I learned so much here and decided it was time to start adding friends. Now I was gifting and visiting, and that helped me level up faster, which fully restored my energy, which meant I could play longer! I do TT too. Adding friends also made the game so much more joyful and exciting to me, that I played even more.

When I told my husband, who doesn't play, that I hit level 500, he wanted me to put that into context for me. How often did I level up? I level up about one level a day, on average. However, for the last two months of server problems, I haven't been playing like I usually do, so I haven't been hitting a new level daily. Hopefully that gives you some idea about how little no one needs to play to reach that level. 😊

I did complete all quests last July, 2016, so I have developed my own personal goals to keep myself motivated. The amazing friends and people on this wiki keep me motivated too.

Thanks again for your kind message! Hope you have a wonderful weekend in beautiful Germany, and cheers from the west coast of the USA! 😊 -Monika🐾🐾