Dear Asgardians, Thank you for actively participating in the contest and congratulations to the winners! Every participant’s video vividly demonstrated the main idea behind Asgardia’s Unity Day celebration: “One Humanity, One Unity”. Based on the public voting, we determined the winners in three nominations: The first prize, an invitation to participate in the Asgardian Science & Investment Congress, goes to Ivan Rosel, Asgardia’s Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The second prize, a set of branded Asgardian souvenirs and a branded Asgardian power bank, goes to Arturas Velutis, Asgardia’s Mayoral Candidate in Cork, Ireland. The third prize, a set of branded Asgardian souvenirs, goes to Sherri Brueggemann, Asgardia’s Mayoral Candidate in New Mexico, USA. Every participant will also receive a digital badge on their personal profile page on Asgardia’s website. All the prizes will be awarded in October 2019.

By Ross Cheeseright Asgardia seems like a pretty wild concept to some people and as a result, some misconceptions about the Space Nation and its citizens have been formed. The purpose of this series is to share a little bit about the lives of the people who consider themselves Citizens or Followers of Asgardia and to dispel some of the myths that are floating about the internet. I will get the ball rolling by sharing a day in my life, but I would love to see some other Asgardians come forward to share a slice of their lives and cultures, too. My day kicks off at around seven o’clock in the morning, and, like many people - I lumber out of my bed and lament leaving the little cozy den of warmth that I’ve made myself during the night. I take a shower and get dressed - after this, I head straight to the kitchen to fix myself a coffee - Black with sweetener (this is also breakfast, don’t judge me). I’m definitely the sort of person that can’t function unless I have this bitter-sweet morning ritual. Asgardia is a global movement with people all over the world and as I work for the space nation, this means that things are happening even while I’m asleep. Once I have gotten my coffee, the first order of business is to jump online and find out what’s been happening in the world - the first stop on my digital tour is Telegram where I communicate with other members of the Administration and members of Asgardia’s dedicated editorial team. On Telegram, we spend time discussing content, important communications, priorities and planning for upcoming events. It’s a fast-paced environment and working for Asgardia really gives you that ‘busy newsroom’ feel and it’s an enriching experience to be working with so many passionate people - but it’s definitely hard work! After I’ve checked in with HQ and discussed the order of business the next thing I do is crack open my emails. I’m responsible for a few mailboxes, including the press mailbox - so there is always a lot of interesting communications and requests landing in there from people interested in learning more about Asgardia. Finally, before I get to work, I like to see what’s going on in the Space Nation - So I visit asgardia.space and check to see what the latest posts are from the community and then I trawl through asgardia general official on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to get the latest updates from Citizens around Asgardia. All-in-all that process takes around two hours and I like to get to work around 9 am. Working for a decentralized nation means that most of the work I do is done from home - this comes with upsides and downsides of course. On the one hand, I’m able to work from the comfort of my desk at home and I don’t need to commute anywhere, but it also means that I’m always tempted to crack open the laptop and get working on something or dig into another Asgardia project. During the day - my work mostly consists of writing content, attending digital parliament and government meetings, responding to emails, drafting press-releases and reaching out to the community. I like to spend a good portion of my day doing this work before taking a break for lunch around 2 pm. During my self-imposed lunch-break, I like to get out of the house so that I don’t end up feeling like a hermit. I’ll wander downtown and take a stroll to one of my preferred destinations such as Salisbury Cathedral which is beautiful, especially in summer. If I’m feeling particularly flush or meeting a friend, I’ll buy myself some lunch and depending on the day, I’ll swing by the little farmer’s market to buy some supplies to make dinner with. I usually try to wrap up working around 5-6pm - but due to the special nature of Asgardia, sometimes the calendar shifts and I’ll end up going to a digital parliament meeting until the small hours of the morning. The biggest benefit of my job is that I’m always keeping my finger on the pulse of the nation and it really helps me to see the progress that Asgardia is making and I also get a little sneak-peak at some of the amazing things that are being worked on for the future. Once things are wrapped up in Asgardia, I spend the rest of my free time studying - I am in the final year of my software engineering degree and so most nights are spent hanging out on asgardia.space and working on my final year project where I am developing a Virtual Reality Environment to provide a form of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to help people overcome the anxiety created by the fear of public speaking. Between working on my dissertation, having dinner and procrastinating on asgardia.space I burn much of the evening away, but I like to leave a little time to indulge in another passion of mine: Gaming. I’ve been a long time gamer and a general nerd and before bed, I try to squeeze in a couple of hours of game-time. Assuming that there isn’t a digital meeting to attend, I wrap up my day around midnight and retreat to my bed for another good night's sleep. Want to share a general day in your life? Publish your story here and send the link to editorials@asgardia.space for a chance to be published on the website and Asgardia's other social media platforms!