I signed in to Steemit with a completely different post in mind.
It was going to be a post of first world complaints, minor peeves, and "poor me" anecdotes about work.And when I signed in I saw...
700+ Followers!
Thanks for the pic Snapchat!
WooHooo!!! Are you kidding me?
It's time to CELEBRATE!
On the precipice of celebrating 7 months on Steemit, this is a major milestone. And there's another one right on the heels... I'm only 77 comments and blogs away from having 6,000 posts!
Seven months ago
Not even a year ago I was in-between homes working on the internet from the parking lot of Lowe's and Walmart because they had free wi-fi. My freelance work had all but dried up. I had leads for web design work but no bites.
I remember nearly crying at night with my frustration in learning how to navigate Steemit. There were so many new things that I did not comprehend. Things like alt coin, fiat (which, in my heart will always be a car. Why couldn't you cryptonerds make up a new word? 'just sayin'...), Bittrex, Poloniex, faucets, mining, blockchain... Seriously, I could go on and on and on...
Thankfully I had been blogging for a long time and have some HTML knowledge! But Steemit opened doors of knowledge, friendship, and creativity that had been locked up tight within me.
I've always joked that my (personal) filter has gotten much smaller in my old age - but the truth is - the freedom to post without censorship or fear of retribution has been liberating.
Without my seven-month tenure, I may never have picked up watercolors, acrylics, and drawing pencils. And though I have several personal favorite art pieces, Lady In The Red Dress - my first ever noir art piece made her debut at the first ever Steemfest!
Picture courtesy of @opheliafu during Steemfest, 2016
Steemit is where a dream you never knew you had...
...can come true.
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