If you are reading this, I wanted to say Thank You! It has been an eventful week for me on Steemit. One in which I have probably had a lot less sleep and spent a lot more time at my computer, being so excited by this platform.

🌟The highlights so far for me in this wonderful world of Steemit have been: 🌟

👬 1. The Community👯

I have connected with some really nice people during my short time here, who have supported me and helped me. Thankyou to people like @Vinnu, @Kryptoknightk Hive account@dontstopmenow Hive account@princessmewmew and Hive account@gingerninja who have helped me, kept up with my posts and given me words of encouragement, like these, that make me feel all warm and fluffy inside:

Shout out also to Hive account@decentralized who has also encouraged me, said nice things to my husband, and sent a few randowhale votes my way when I first started, which I was so excited by.

📝 2. Getting in Touch With My Creative Side 💡

Steemit is an eclectic place where you can write about pretty much anything. I entered a poetry contest this week, which was great. I sat down thinking, this will be weird but lets give it a go, and I had so much fun. Here is an excerpt of my poem, if you want to read the whole thing you can go here:

💌 3. Making My Husband Proud 💋

My husband Hive account@rlamasb is really into crypto and all of that cool geeky stuff, which I have never really been into. I recently bought some crypto just over a month ago because he wouldn't stop talking about how great it was, and now I have seen the benefits. I like blogging, he likes crypto, Steemit is basically the lovechild of those two things, so really this has been a perfect thing for us to bond over. I have also learnt a lot about crypto, and want to continue to gain more knowledge through reading your guys posts and watching videos on here.

💥 4. Seeing My Posts Do Well 💥

I put this highlight last because it's not all about the money, despite the fact that I used a clickbait title talking about how one of my posts made $400. Well, almost... $393 haha

This post only did so well because I took some inspo from @Decentralizd's post about Streemian and also because I won a 100% whale vote on a newbie contest (not the poetry one lol), so I don't expect another $393 post anytime soon!

Obviously not every post will make money, and that's not what blogging is about. Sometimes I just want to share a blurry picture of my dog, or talk about how excited I am about something. I am not thinking about how can I make some money, because I have a regular job for that. But Steemit has become this cool little computer game that I love to play during the day at work and in my free time, and of course it is super exciting to see your posts doing well.

Any tips I have I try and share with you guys in my Steemit How To posts, and I will continue to do that as we all grown and learn together

Honestly one of the most rewarding things for me is the comments I get back on a post, rather than the $ value. I love hearing that you guys have read what I've written, or a guide that I put up has helped you in some way.

What have been your highlights of Steemit so far? I challenge my fellow newbie friends to make their own highlights of their first week on Steemit! 💙 Thanks again for reading, following, upvoting and resteeming when you do, it makes me so happy!