Where my Steem Journey began

I came to Steemit in August 2016. Before that, I was working for one corporation as a hitman, but not as a top-notch or anything, not like Jean Reno in "The Professional." I was sent to clean only the small fish and often in a sewer. So when someone told me that I can just post some make-belief stories and get paid for it, I thought "Wow! That's pretty cool!" Plus this was a great alibi too. When Police would ask me where have you been on such date and in such a time, I'd tell them "I was working on my Steemit post!"

My initial challenges & how I overcame them

At first, I had some trouble with the Markdown language. Damnit! I cannot do this, it cannot do that... One can understand my irritation as I was used to HTML. Boy or boy, you only understand how good you had it once you lose it. But hey, if a man can adjust living in a concentration camp, he can adjust to Markdown. After that, I had no problem and I was making some nice dough for a couple of years. The problem started later. I'd say around 2018.

Before I usually had 50-100 readers, but starting from 2018 they reduced to not more than 10. I could swear, no matter what I've done I couldn't break that barrier. As if someone shoots my readers! I mean I understand when you do this when it is your day job, but why did they choose me?

So once again, I am at the square one. Much worse than in 2016. But hey...Who said it should be easy?

My Steem blockchain knowledge

Blockchain knowledge? I mean I understand the general concepts. I know what a block means and I know what a chain means either. Never been interested in going deeper than that, nor did I felt the need.

My Steem favourites

After a while, I realized that I need to join some sort of a gangster group. Sure enough, when I joined Freewriterclub my Steemit life because better. Not that I got more views on my daily posts, but this club has writing contests and it allows me to participate in story writing, something that I actually enjoy doing, besides killing people. So, when I write for the contest, I get much more views and, at times, get Curie prize, God bless that!

My golden nugget advice

Advice? How can I give advice, if I am doing so shitty myself? Hold on. Let me think...I guess my advice is - don't be like me. Be friendly, communicable, love people, interest in what other people say and think. In other words, be a cheerleader, not a hitman.

My Steem hood & its peeps

I did meet some nice people, and had pleasant conversations. But I am not going to say who they are. Why? I am afraind my formet boss might have an intereast in them.

To Conclude…

And so that’s a wrap from me – My Steem Story!

I am tagging the following five people to join in too! It's because I am actually interested in who they are outside of Steem. A professional interest, if you wish...

@phil-glaz
@deeanndmathews
@kssenia
@deirdyweirdy
@kibela

 

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HOW TO JOIN IN:

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:

1. Create a post titled: “My Steem Story – By @your.user.name”

2. The first three tags in order are to be as follows:
   #hive-114105
   #powerhousecreatives
   #mysteemstory

3. ONLY make use of the cover image provided in this post.

4. Keep the same formatting and placement (intro, footer
   instructions etc.)

5. Replace the personal photo with one of your own.

6. Tag 5 people to join in on the initiative.

7. Share your post to twitter.

8. Share your twitter link and Steem post link in the comments of @jaynie’s “Steem Story” post.

POST INSTRUCTION:

Write a post which shares and gives adequate response to the following headings:

• Where my Steem Journey began
_{(How you first discovered Steem and your very first thoughts and impressions “as you landed”.)}

• My initial challenges & how I overcame them
_{(Share a bit about the difficulties you faced at the beginning, whether it was navigation, post creation, engagement – whatever – how you resolved them and how differently you feel about it now)}

• My Steem blockchain knowledge
_{(Give a little bit of background on your blockchain knowledge when you began your Steem journey versus now.)}

• My Steem favourites
_{(What are the things you do mostly on the blockchain – is it blogging, vlogging? What front ends do you like to make use of and what content genre’s do you generally focus on?)}

• My golden nugget advice
_{(What advice would you offer to those that are unfamiliar or new to this space)}

• My Steem hood & its peeps
_{(Share a little about the communities you belong to, discord servers you frequent and perhaps a handful of the awesome people you follow)}

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Until next time...
Much Love from Fresno, Ca
mgaft1
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