Good day Steemians... Most at times, when we are starting out in any endeavor, we tend to advertently entertain the fear of actually starting out. Another thing that comes to our minds is trying to compare ourselves with someone higher in rank. We begin to ponder on the length of time it would take us to actually attain some certain levels achieved by some certain people. And whether one would keep being a participant in such an endeavor would be dependent on the ability to actually weather through this critical stage! Unfortunately, many would rather fall back than confront these challenges head on.
I am no exception. In this article, I will be x-raying the totality of my time here; the initial challenges, the downtime and how the turn around happened. While also giving a brief insight into why I shall be eternally grateful to the two very first individuals namely 
I never knew there were Nigerian and African participants on steemit at those early days; funny, isn't it?
Being a wanderer Steemian (because I have no introducer) when I found myself on Steemit, I had no idea there were lots of Nigerians and African participants on steemit. I thought I would be the first person from these areas of the world to register for the program. And so my initial plan was to conquer these regions for steem blockchain, provided the program proves its worth.
However, I was proved wrong on my next visit. I found the posts of 
let alone having his contact!Faith is real! the connection between my spirit mind and steemit trending page - a procedural explanation of my fanaticism for Steemit
It is unfortunate that most Steemians would claim today that their being here is not motivated by money. When I heard such claims, I would laugh because I knew most of such people are just being economical with the truth. The first page that I visited when I discovered steemit was trending page, though unknowingly. I was not aware of any other page.
I was thinking it was obligatory for everyone to earn. Hahaha...what a belief. How absurd.
I didn't know that the reason everyone appeared to have earned was because their posts trended.
So I resolved within me that if I try and make up a post, and fail to earn anything; that would mean the system is selective. And I would quit. I did compose my introductory post and within 1 hour, it hits $103+. See red arrow on the image below.This is basically where my fanaticism for Steemit was born.
should thank him for me. He remains the invisible pillar of 
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I am someone who doesn't easily forget good done to me. I had made this confession severally in the past. And I will continue to say it for as long as I am here.
It all started with
At a time when majority of
The significance & demystification of my most impressive stat — number of posts made
The brains behind different front-ends of steem blockchain deserve eternal commendations. By merely looking at one's blog page, it is easy to determine how engaging the blogger has been since joining the program. In the light of this, I want to speak on the two of my most impressive stats — number of blog posts and number of reply comments —,which together made up of number of posts.
Looking at the screenshot image above, you can see that the total number of posts made within the interim, is 2827 made up of 104 number of blog posts and 2713 number of reply comments!
104 blog posts & 2710 reply comments
From the above stats, you need no soothsayer to tell you I commented far more than I updated my blog; something newbie Steemians of today find very difficult to do. They will rather engage in hourly updating of their blogs and then spamming successful bloggers private rooms, begging for upvotes.
And I tell you this truth; if you're not getting noticed, that means you're not noticing others and it will be very difficult for you to establish yourself here.
I am not speaking of upvotes and comments in terms of their monetary value but as instruments of social interactions.
You updated your blog and after 10 hours, you're still getting less than 20 upvotes. Something is eloquently very wrong, and that's: you have not been engaging the community through upvotes and comments. So you need to wake up; if not, you will exit here prematurely.
My prayer is for each and everyone of you, newbie Steemians, to get to the pinnacle of this God-sent scheme for betterment of the entire humankind.
For me, I have not gotten to the height I want to get to, but I am no longer where I used to be. We are making progress
Don't give up. Success is within reach only if you persevere
Starting out in any endeavor in life is always not easy. And so expecting otherwise is therefore an indirect expression of unreadiness in pursuit of any worthwhile goals. This has been the core definition of my person. So in any endeavor I find myself, I usually stayed back even when everyone has left to see if there would ever be a chance for success. Only when all indicators turn red that I would throw in the towel. I am grateful to God that I didn't give up in the face of initial challenges.
Thanks for reading.
