My Fantastic Journey into the World of Steem

Days quickly go by and there is not one of them when I don't think that I could be somewhere else, doing something else, probably less satisfied than here. Before I came to Steemit, I used to draw more than write, but then my computer broke and I was left only with writing.

I posted my word-doodles everywhere, mostly on reddit, but I was very unsatisfied. I'm moving out of the country soon and I thought that I would have to find a job somewhere else to keep surviving, and so I would have to simply STOP my dreams of writing, of drawing, of being what I wanted to be, because I would not have time.

Then, Hive account@lunaticpandora came and told me about this miraculous platform where upvotes were money, where I could just throw my creations and have people reward them without losing anyhing. It sounded too good to be true, and in part it was: people don't actively look for my works of art. I have to take it to them.

(Check out Hive account@artzone, by the way, it's a project to reward good artists on Steem)

And in this being too good to be true, I found out that I was not getting upvotes. Nobody was looking at my drawings and my stories, regardless of how much time I put into them. And this was Steemit, the land of magical money. But unlike most of my friends who left after this early disappointment, I decided that I would work for my success. I would throw myself out there, comment 30 times a day if necessary and bring some eyes over my name.

Oh, so much temptation, I must click on Hive account@cryptosharon

And it was around this same time when I noticed that I had a loyal follower called Hive account@purepinay who would upvote my every post! I checked all my posts, checked my rewards, and she came by and told me to use Hive account@upme. And when I noticed, I had 3 SBD in my wallet from her upvotes! All my disappointment vanished in one second and I started boosting my posts right away with these new miraculous discoveries of bid bots, Hive account@ginabot and curation guilds.

I felt rewarded! However, by then, SBD was 8.9 USD. I had around 400 USD in my total rewards. Then February came and everything I felt I had accomplished fell into a pit. I despaired and was emotionally distraught. But I was still walking firmly through the fire, feeling the burning under my soles, biting my tongue and going on, especially since Purepinay had trusted me. How could I have her upvotes in vain?

I decided then that if SBD was not going to make my time worth it with its value, I was going to make it worth it by earning a lot. Regardless of the price, I would keep on posting, and I did keep on posting. Now SBD is at 3 USD and Steem is at 3.3. I have almost 300 SP and more than 100 SBD (including my incoming rewards from unpaid posts). I know that it may go down, but I'm ahead of where I was when I felt like throwing in the towel.

And the journey keeps on till today, and it will keep on for a long time, because I now know that I came here to stay, and if big rewards don't come, I will make them come! :)