Hello everyone. My name is Ryan and I am new to Steemit.
I am a passionate writer and teacher, and I am so excited to have found this wonderful platform on which to meet like-minded people, and share some of the products of my own creative endeavours, while engaging with people who have similar goals, and hopefully, all the while enjoying the added bonus of some economic reward for my contribution.
Although, I am originally from Australia, I currently live in Hangzhou, China, where I work as an English teacher and try with questionable success to learn the Chinese language. I suspect that many, if not, most people will not know about this city where I am abiding, aside from a minority who either have some relationship with mainland China, or heard about it in relation to playing host to the G20 summit in September 2016. This my not be of any particular concern to many of you, but I do hope it can account for the way in which I am bound to give things a Chinese flavour at times.
I will be discussing a range of topics in my posts. These will be based not solely on my own interests, which include language, travel, and politics, but also on my own judgements about just what are the important issues and events during a period of time that, to many of us, represents a dramatic shift in paradigms.
I also LOVE to travel. Luckily, my line of work makes frequent travel possible, and I hope to share some of these experiences with you. These posts are not likely to be fitting with typical travel blogs, and I hope that will not disappoint.
Lastly, I have no doubt that many people here are also passionate about, or know something about cryptocurrencies, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. Unfortunately, I cant claim to be an expert in programming, or any other discipline related to computer science. However, I will be an active learner in this space and on these topics, and I will also be actively involved in discussion about things concerning crypto on which I can make a valuable contribution too, once I am sufficiently informed.
Im not sure what the future holds for everyone, and least of all, myself, but I am happy to be here with all of you, at least for the time-being, while I have the time and motivation to dedicate to this community.