Hello Steemit! – I can’t figure out the name though

My Introduction Post

Before I even knew what this platform was about, I couldn’t help noticing the appealing name ‘Steemit’ a couple of times in my search engine results. Steemit sounded like the gaming platform (I am sorry), yet I knew it was different as it had a very ‘actionable’ emphasis in my opinion. Back then, I ignored the website as a whole and continued gathering information from other websites. However, after becoming more actively involved in the world of cryptocurrency, Steemit gained my interest. I read some articles about the platform recently, and figured out the real use, but I still can’t stop wondering about the meaning and the origin of the name ‘Steemit’ and ‘Steem’. Could someone please explain this to me?

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Who am I?

The question is coming from Bart Kögeler. I am a Dutch, 22 year old business information student, living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Like I mentioned, I found Steemit several times during my endless searches on the web. I guess you could say the mere-exposure effect was the cause of the creation of my profile. I hope to integrate Steemit in my daily/weekly life routine to gain new insights from lesser-known (and of course well-known) people and to provide useful or entertaining content.

I gained a little bit of writing experience when I was writing articles on a Dutch blogsite a couple of years ago, but usually online experiences like that are short-lived as my motivation lets me down after a while. That is why I want Steemit to be different, like some other sustainable changes I made in the past two years, and to experience valuable lessons from it. In my opinion, there is always room for personal improvement, and I even think personal improvement is one of the key things in life that provides happiness to a human being.

Last year in Nubra Valley, Ladakh

What will I write?

Next to some posts about personal improvement, I am also planning to write about some other interests of me and many others. Food and cooking, (digital) music, future scenarios and psychology being among them.

As a newbie, I’m still exploring the platform and all the contributors and their subjects, so I also hope to find new interesting topics and possibly write about them. I would love to connect with you Steemians and enjoy all your content!