Time flies; and this seems to be even truer as we get older! Been wanting to write this post for a while, but being away in the last week postponed it a bit.
So, a few days ago, I got this message from 
I was travelling when my account got approved, and only started to post in May, but my official anniversary was on the 22nd of April! One year in the steem blockchain! It seems like only a couple of months back, when I discovered Steem after starting to research more about cryptocurrencies, and decided to join in. It's fun to remember the first days, trying to figure out how everything actually worked, and see the evolution from there.
Since then, I:
learned basic html/markdown language: learning to do cool stuff like this, as well as centering text and images, and inserting links, does help in making the posts look better!
Improved my photography skills a lot! The photographic community was the first one I started interacting with here; most of my first posts were photography related (and still are!), participating in the several photo contests that were being organized. Trying to improve my photography skills made me read a lot more about it, and following some of the great photographers here I was able to get a ton of pratical tips that really helped in getting more decent photos!
Learned a ton about different cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related stuff, from all the posts on here, and due to the different communities I started interacting.
And apart from all this... met a ton of cool people! Only virtually, true (yet!), but at least for the portuguese bunch, hope that changes soon, on a future meetup! 😉
Future goals on the platform:
Reach 60 rep- done during the time it took to complete the post!Reach 500 followers
Pimp my steemmonsters card collection
Reach 1000 undelegated SP by the end of 2019
Let's see what the rest of the year will bring!
And since I got all this, instead of gifts in my steemmversary... I'll be the one gifting! 5 SBI shares will be distributed, but three of them already have a destination:
and
are real life friends, and the only ones I could convince to join steemit!
is a project created to help the portuguese community, and has been doing a great job; it is even a witness now! You can check the end of the post for more information on the project. And since a valid project deserves some recognition, an SBI for it too!
As for the remaining 2 SBI shares... giveaway time! Thanks to 
comment if you have less than 500 SP,
If you already are a minnow, tag someone who has less than 500 SP and that you think deserves an SBI share
NOTE: Since the idea is to help someone grow, the user has to be an active user of the platform, and producing valid content.
Still haven't joined Steemmonsters? In what planet do you live in? Click the banner below and join the fun! (It has my referral link; you can go directly to the website if you don't want to use it; either way... join in! 😎 )
