It's been 1 year - so I should probably do that post that every 1 year old does.

I only discovered that I was 1 year old by chance

I was checking Steemd today to see where my voting power was at and I happened to see that my account was 365 days old.

What a surprise! I knew it would be coming soon but I had no idea that it was today. I've been so busy with real life stuff over the past couple of months that I haven't even been all that active on Steemit.

But seeing that my account is now 1 year old makes me wonder what style of "1 Year Anniversary" post should I create?

• Should it be a "this is what I've learned" post?
• Should I brag about my amazing 1.3k SP and make all the planktons feel inspired about the amazing wealth you can build here? _{(please detect my sarcasm.)}
• Should I boast about my impressive reputation score? _{(It's not even a purchased reputation score.)}
• Should I talk about how Steemit has changed my life and made my cheeks blush with happiness? _{(You're probably wondering which cheeks I'm referring to.)}

I honestly have no idea. I don't think I want to do any of those things. And in all honesty if you wanted to read about how to build an impressive account here there are plenty of others here who are better qualified to do so. _{(apart from the likes of anyone called Jerry or Joe, don't listen to those charming chaps)}

I do have one impressive claim to fame though, my account is entirely built on my posting here on Steemit and DTube. I have never purchased Steem. And this is something that I am proud of. That's not to say that you shouldn't purchase Steem, if you can afford to you absolutely should _{(not investment advice)}. The more Steem you hold, the more your vote is worth. And if you use your Steem Power wisely, your return on investment can be very impressive indeed.

The reason that I haven't purchased any Steem is because I have existed for the past 3 years without any income. And that is also why my posting frequency has been very poor lately. I've been working hard to fix this situation.

And it makes me happy to let you know that I am very close to finding that all important paid position. I have one job offer coming my way and will be completing a pre-employment medical for another position this week. And that will hopefully mean that I have another job offer coming my way shortly after.

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And even better, the second job offer is for a position that will let me live in Adelaide again. And that's been the goal for some time now. Living back home with my family would be amazing, and something that I haven't done for more than 10 years.

So it's this real life stuff that has prevented you from reading an amazing and articulate "1 Year Anniversary" post. I truly love this platform, and would never leave it, not even for CLive's shitty Lino thing _(wankers). So I should be raving about how awesome Steemit is and inspiring you with messages to keep posting frequently, with quality material, and espousing the potential for huge wealth and crypto wet dreams here. But I won't.

Instead, I'll simply give you an update on my real life stuff that will hopefully lead to an even better update in a week or so.

So, since I haven't brought you any impressive pearls of wisdom, perhaps you can drop some wise bits of Steemit advice in the comments. How should one live out there first year of life on Steemit? How should a person grow their account to much more impressive levels than mine during their first year in this lovely little place of ours?

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