I cannot believe a month has gone by since I started here on Steemit. It's amazing how fast time flies when you are so immersed in something new and complex. I have spent around 40 hours a week on Steemit since I started. I have learned a lot, but I still feel like I have a long way to go.
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What I Have Achieved So Far...
I know I have mentioned it before, but i'll say it again...Steemit comes with a huge learning curve. I feel fortunate that I had a basic understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech when I started here. Without it I think my brain would have melted.
In the last month I have:
- Went from a reputation of 25 to a repuation of 52
- Made 587 posts/comments
- Gained 269 followers
- Followed 217 accounts
- Convinced 8 friends to sign up for Steemit
- Bought and earned 167 Steem that I powered up (mostly bought)
- Attempted to make my posts nicer by learning how to use Markdown and StackEdit! (which is totally new to me!)
I, like many other people first came on to Steemit and saw the huge payouts on the posts. I think anyone who says they don't dream of getting those huge payouts is lying. Being a small business owner and often suffering from lack of funds, I certainly imagined Steemit supplementing my income from my small clothing business. It took days of reading before I made my first comment, just because I was too intimidated. But once I started commenting and reading I felt fine. Everyone I have interacted with has been really nice, and helpful! I know that everyone says this, but its true..."come for the money, stay for the community."
I have talked to some really great people that I would like to get to know further, and I already have thoughts of joining some Steemit meetups in the future!
What I have Yet to Achieve...
I have big dreams for my future here on Steemit, and I think Steemit could change the world of Social Media forever! I know that it is going to be a ton of work, and I have decided to try my very best for 1 year to and see if I can be successful here. I do have goals for the first 6 months of my membership here. Since I have 5 months left until the 6 month mark, here are my goals:
In the next 5 months I would like to achieve
- 1000 Followers
- 1000 SP: Bought or earned (838 SP left to go)
- 25 quality blog posts a month
- Try a vlog (terrified to do this lol)
- Improve the layout of my blogs further
- get 10 more friends interested in Steemit
- Join a community to meet more people, and get further involved
- Find and support more charitable Steemit initiates
I am trying my best but I know that I can do better. I have yet to really choose a focus for my blog. I would like to start writing about my business which is reselling clothing (thrifting, saving money, flipping items) but I haven't done much writing about it yet.
I downloaded the discord app and I know that there are very lively communities here on Steemit but I have been too shy to join any as of yet. I would like to at some point though and meet other Steemians from around the world!
I am going to try my best to learn how to write better content. This has been a huge struggle for me, sometimes it takes me hours to write a simple blog post.
I need to manage my time better. I tend to have a one track mind, and so my clothing business has fallen by the wayside a little bit. I wake up at 7 am and I am on Steemit all day, when night time comes around I have to force myself to work on my business and I'm already tired from being on Steemit all day. I will have to work on this!
Oh, and one great thing about Steemit is that I check my Blockfoilio way less now since I'm checking Steemit instead! Its taking my mind off of the bear market!
Anyways, thank you to everyone who has followed me, upvoted me, and encouraged me over the last month, I appreciate it so much! I have met a lot of great people, and I hope to get further involved with the community and spread the word of Steemit, and change the world! I don't know what it is about Steemit, I am usually a pretty pessimistic person, but this place has turned me into an optimist! -Emily