How I nearly ran out of Patience on Steemit.

in Steem4Nigeria4 months ago

This is my little experience that nearly cause me a wrong decision, but truly patience, consistency and goal setting is truly the basic for success. There was a time, not too long ago, when I almost threw in the towel on Steemit. Yes, me, the same person who once logged in with excitement, heart beating fast, ready to share my creativity with the world. Felt that the world is now turning again him, that his Worth are not notice, his creativity and effort doesn't worth the energy put in. But you know what?. Patience matters a lot. The say that says " patience dog eat the fattest bone" is sometimes jovially responded that " the Patience dog is now having ulcer" 😂😂

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I had imagined that my posts would get read, appreciated, and upvoted. I thought my words would resonate with the community, and in return, the support would flow naturally. But reality hit me harder than I expected. Post after post, zero votes, one tiny upvote, or sometimes just silence. The kind of silence that makes you question yourself: “Am I even good enough?”
“Is anyone out there reading this?”

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It was a kind of frustration that creeps into my mind and whispers, “Why not just stop?” and I nearly did. My patience was wearing thin, and honestly, it felt like I was pouring my energy into a bottomless pit. I took courage from different people and believe in the aims that brought me to steemit.

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I sat back and reminded myself why I joined in the first place. Steemit is not just about instant rewards it’s about building, learning, and connecting. I told myself that if I gave up now, I’d never know how close I was to a breakthrough. This inspiration was a very powerful one.

I began to see my journey here like planting seeds. You don’t plant today and harvest tomorrow. You water them, care for them, and trust the process, even when the soil looks dry. The truth is, some seeds take longer to sprout, but when they do, the joy is worth every drop of water. Truly believing that mine will be the in the same case.

So I decided to keep going. I started engaging more, reading other people’s posts, leaving thoughtful comments, and appreciating their work. Slowly, things began to change. From comments.

This is my words to any one who may be feeling the same way as I do, If you’ve ever felt like giving up here, trust me, I understand. But don’t. Your voice matters. Someone, somewhere, will read your post and connect with it, even if they don’t upvote immediately.

I almost lost my patience but I didn’t. And that made all the difference. Thank.

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 4 months ago 

Patience is a virtue sir, but most times we need that push to keep us going, and it was always so difficult to see that push in steemit. If you take a look at the hours you take to arrange your posts and then publish them, the effort, the data used and the time spent, then your post goes blind, no vote, no comment, it is one of the most discouraging things. But all we have to do is to find another strategy.

I learnt something from a content creator, he said he used to make contents and had low votes and very less comments, So with time he stopped, weeks later he made a casual post and someone commented, "I've not been seeing your contents again". He was just shocked to reply because this guy has never commented or liked his content. This shows that people are always watching, they are always seeing your posts and that's where Consistency comes in, Consistency is key and giving up is not an option.

Guy I was also discouraged by low votes😅, like you would enter a contest, make a very detailed post then a big person on steemit will just make an entry with few words and get huge votes, you'll say it's favoritism..yess. But I changed this mindset when I saw the work rate this "Big people" bring in. Most of the little contests I try to make an entry I see them there, likee how😂, the work rate and consistency is it. I was determined to have such work rate.

Keep steeming bruh

Peace and Love🕊️ ✌️

 4 months ago (edited)

Bruh , thank you very much for this encouragement, to be sincere, I got tired and frustrated especially after putting in so much effort to make a post, check to ensured AI and Plagiarism free and uploaded some photos with this recent high cost of data in this country, at the end , no vote, no rewards, someone can say, you are not here for rewards, yes true, but since rewards are there why am I not getting. As in how nah😂😂😂😂😂. I wanted quitting, but I hold myself and say, what if I was so close to my time, why didn't I join to benefit from using #newcomer, at least to sub my data usage and compliment my time 🤣🤣🤣. I decided to make that post oooo since I didn't see anywhere to complain 🤣🤣🤣🙆🙆🙆. After making the post, I felt relieved that I have voice out my pains, as Una they encourage me now , I will change my pattern. I celebrated my sign out , my induction, my project defense, even steemit get-together, steemit jersey day for school, no up vote,?. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. But here am relieved after reading this your reply. I really appreciate you 🙏🙏🙏

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MOD Comment/Recommendation:
Thanks for sharing this motivational post with us. We do face such cases most times but what I do ask myself is, what am I not doing differently? Ohkay, I've tried countless posts but no votes. Could it be that I need to do something differently or change my pattern of writing? If you're a business owner and you got no sales for 7 good days, you'll definitely want to strategize instead of locking down the shop. Good to know you didn't run out of patience completely.

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