I'm on Steemit since January 2018. My boyfriend 
I wrote a - now in my eyes very poor - short introduce myself post. Then I started to post some tracks but as everybody knows here - you don't get much feedback when nobody knows you and I have to say my tracks weren't that good. I commented on many other people's posts and interacted with many steemians, but nobody was interested in my music (NOW I know why😉).
I started to read a lot of posts about Steemit and how it works. The most popular tip, I'm sure everybody heard it, is that you should post something every day. But I got also the tip to find my niche and stick to that. Now my niche is music - I knew that already - but it is not possible for me to produce a new track every day. So I stressed myself for a few weeks posting this and that, just to post every day. I was even awake at night thinking about what to post the next day. I found it so funny that I made a fun song about Steemit and my stress.
If you are interested to listen you can click here
The good thing was, that I participated in some contests where I met really awesome steemians.
But this all wasn't me.
So I made the decision not to post daily and concentrate on learning all stuff you need to know how to produce better music and how to get a good sound.
Since I made this decision about at the end of April I'm learning and making music day in and day out. And I thought maybe in a year or two my music will be good enough to get recognized on Steemit and if not, I still have the knowledge to make music as this is my passion since I'm a kid. And I can tell you, there is a lot to learn, especially when it comes to sound design and mixing/mastering.
Then I discovered music contests hosted by 
Yes ... and then two days ago BOOOOOM ....I got a 
That was kind of surreal to me.
I was sitting on the couch cuddling with my dog when 
I left my phone with Gina still open on the table and cuddled again with my dog.
Since I left the Gina page open, my phone didn't make any noise anymore and 10 minutes later I looked on the phone again. Without my glasses, I can't read everything on the phone but I saw the number 37 and I thought that I got 37 upvotes which made me excited already.
I searched with my bad eyes for the amount of dollars received from 37 upvotes. Couldn't find it - took my glasses - looked and whaaaaaaaat ??
Gina says I have over 600 upvotes and over 37 Dollars!!??!!??.....I'm sure I stared for about a minute on my phone not believing what I saw.
Then the joy made its way through my brain convolutions.🤣
It was and still is such a great feeling when your work gets recognized. I feel acknowledged and appreciated.
A big shout out and THANK YOU to
I bet there are a lot of Steemians with a similar experience when they got their first
It takes away all the frustration that has accumulated when working hard for posts and receiving almost no feedback.
I also want to show my gratitude to 
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Thank you so much for reading!! Keep on steeming! Much love ..Psio