***Greetings to you all Steemian,*** I couldn’t just imagine that I’m really getting closer to my desired Steem Power. My goal has always been to get up to 150SP in order for me to participate in the on-going CryptoAcademy courses. Now, when I woke up early yesterday morning, I discovered that I have a little payout from one of my previous posts. I quickly claimed the reward and then went to the SBD market to buy more steem with it. Below are a few screenshots to show what I really did in order to get more steem power.
![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRkY1e6gZV4UgWj1aJzEQZxtwmXskQhMLpHBGadvy7onK/image.png) My wallet before power up
The image above shows my wallet before the power up process. When I saw that I had 0.634 SBD in my account, I thought it wise to quickly purchase more steem with it for power up. So I clicked on the market button and inputted all the SBD balance I was having.

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Then I clicked on the **buy steem** button to proceed, where I was shown the confirmation screen for the transaction, so I could crosscheck to be sure of what I really wanted to carry out. I did just that! ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVXVWVTF4tsH11shWf5C1uQLsXbMeejDhdMULUGU9WW8g/image.png)
Then I clicked on the **OK** button where I was required to input my active key, which I did also.
![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU25dnhP9dioxNpZBqX5Zf1TF1Q28dsJRwJbnHDYjWEzs/image.png)
Then, boom, the transaction was successful. Here, displayed, Is a new liquid steem.
![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQw6DtXsd9SxwcrZ6ruMarxuh1Kzshf7LRYq2BxLCyFRj/image.png)
My honorable SBD became empty, showing &0.000. Now, I am left with powering up, which I did instantly.
![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmS2AmqEobCJ3EXT5SF6RJWEwUf7vRreJ1D3a2cyHDbfjh/image.png)|![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcWfibKj1koJc5VryctMQR8aejn5qS5e1q2G8v4jD8xNo/image.png) -|- After carrying out the operation displayed in the picture, I was required to confirm and authenticate the transaction. I did just that as shown in the screenshot below. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZP7VGemj8j6pKALZtbzdiQPjnGeUcuauqr6MogvG74H4/image.png)|![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfD7sE4J7LY4fVnaxUGsz5uQ9sGBNRzbyHKydec5PQEbT/image.png) -|- Immediately I inputted my active key, the powerup process was done successfully. Now, I have a new amount of SP displayed in my wallet. I couldn’t image how joyful I felt seeing that I have crossed 100SP. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcRNq9LveL8HkAUv4KM3gNg8xxjyqp916w8afdgngirUv/image.png) My Wallet after Power Up ***Thanks to @steemitfoods for putting up this contest. It has really helped me gain more steem power.***