A New Contest to Celebrate 500 Followers: Inspire Us With Your Stee...

I hit a huge milestone this past week, and gained my 500th follower during my 9th week on Steemit! Wow, thank you guys so much for all your support on my posts, and for liking my content enough that you've chosen to follow me! I appreciate you all so much, and would not be this successful without all of you.

What an amazing journey it's been as I am now in my 10th week of being on this life-changing platform! I call it that because it really has been nothing short of life-changing. To celebrate my milestone, I've decided to do my part to give back to the community, by hosting another contest.

Before I go any further, I have to give credit where credit is due, and I have to thank Hive account@intuitivejakob for giving me this idea to award a BTC Mining Package as a prize for this contest. He talked about it in chats with me before, but he actually put it out in his own post, which you can find here. He said,

The winner of the gameboard will receive a prize pot of my own ₿ (which will be around $63 worth of btc at the time it will be transferred) and a participation unit in a 95% energy-efficient bitcoin mining operation that will pay you in liquid bitcoin, daily.

If you'd like to find out more about that mining op, you can reach me on Discord by adding me, SaipanDamashii#7819.

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Anyway, on to the contest details. As I've said above, Steemit has been such a life-changing platform for me. Not only has it provided me with some money when I needed it in a tight spot, but it has also put so many people in my life who have provided me with such mind-blowing genuine support for all my work. Being on Steemit has really boosted my self-esteem and my belief in my own work, and has provided me with an amazing outlet for my creative talents.

I have been so inspired to really explore my creative spark, and pursue my talents in life, since coming to Steemit. A huge THANK YOU, by the way, to Hive account@stevenalexander for bringing me to this place. Go check out his profile, he puts out some amazing content and you should also consider supporting him if you support me :)

I'm so grateful to everyone over at the @MinnowSupport Project as well, because I would not be where I am on this platform today if I had never been directed by Hive account@gmuxx to join that amazing network. If you're a new Steemian, or you're still struggling to see your idea of success on this platform, I strongly suggest you go check it out by clicking here.

500 Followers Celebration Contest!

Create a new post and tell the story of what Steemit means to you, and how cryptocurrencies have changed your life. Feel free to be as descriptive and detailed as possible, and include any pictures or videos to support your entry. I want to be inspired by your story!
The title of your post must be: Steemit Inspiration - [Your Title Here]
Your first tag must be steemitinspiration and your second tag must be contest.
Upvote this post, and resteem it to help get the word out. The more stories I see, the more inspiring this experience will be!
Submit the link to your post as an official entry to this contest in the comments section of this post.

Prize Pool

1st Place - 1 BTC Mining Package
(worth ~$60 USD in Bitcoin, pays out daily)
2nd Place - 5 SBD
3rd Place - 5 STEEM

I hope these prizes sound good to you all. This is currently worth about $125 or so at current market prices, so I'm hoping that it will really help people out!

Your story must be submitted no later than December 24th at 10 PM Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7). Winners will be announced shortly after!

I will have another person helping me to judge these entries this time around, so bring your most inspiring story to the table! If you do well, you might just inspire him to come join Steemit, too!