"I finally did it!"

#PokemonGO: After 3 years, 6 months, and 8 days I finally got to level 40! Often times it felt like it was never going to happen; there was even a time where I thought my experience meter was going in reverse. I started playing the game July 7, 2016, the day after the game launched in the USA. For a year straight I played with friends, I even kept playing after the updates when many left the game. Come August 2017 when I started my MBA. I felt like I had no time to play PoGo. I would turn it on very intermittently. Sometimes months would pass at a time and I wouldn’t even touch the app. Until September 2, 2018 when I met a new guy they hired at my work. After a short convo I learned he played PoGo. After a longer convo I learned he was a very dedicated player. Spending hundreds on dollars on the game, something I never thought I would do. He showed me how much the game has changed and all the new details. And I got re-interested! A week later was moltres day. He invited me to come out with his friends during their raid train. They had bought enough raid passes to raid for the whole 3 hours. I had the 5 free passes and one premium. After getting 2 shiny Moltres’ out of the 6 raids I was so invigorated with the game again. I started to play a lot more. It started out as once a day for a few minutes. Then it turned into a couple hours a week. Next thing I knew I turned it on wherever I went. I started to go out of my way for raids and gym battles. Spent a long long time shiny hunting. I became a more dedicated player and finally tonight I achieved level 40!TL:DR I got to level 40 about an hour ago. Something I am very proud of even though I started the day after launch.Edit: clarification. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/2FS8Knf