My confidence got a big boost by Tara's video talking to people in the streets, it's not the first time I've seen a video like that. I've seen other youtubers advertising steemit to random people in the street, and every-time I had the thought that this person deserves a big payout for being so bold and confident.
It's not like steemit is hard to explain, it's actually very easy because almost everyone is familiar with social media, but steemit is still in beta, and when the question is asked "where does the money come from?", and you have to mention bitcoin, that's when things get weird.
Me siting here now typing this at 1am when I should be sleeping for an early morning rise to deliver water slides is result of my sudden boost in confidence, as I'm not the type to write a blog post, being a vlogger who finds it so easy to turn on the camera and talk. But the emotions I have right now wont look good on camera, as I'm overwhelmed with joy to be involved with steemit at this early stage of it's evolution.
Before the July 4th payout I was "all in" on steem tokens for the bitcoin trading profits, and after the steemit payout my self confidence allowed me to slowly power up my steem to steem power one day at a time, but when the hack happened and the site was on a rocky road for a few days, I cashed out my steem to bitcoin, and a few days later started a power down because I lost confidence. In the unregulated crypto world the only thing that truly matters is my own self confidence if I don't want to lose money.
I am now back in the mindset of putting all my bitcoin back into steem, and get back on the path of slowly powering up my steem to steem power each day, thanks to Tara
