Today is the 1st of May in the year 2018, the fifth month of the year, meaning we are left with 7th months for this year to wind-up and here is my little words of advise and encouragement to everyone of us steemians especially the Minnows like me. Determination, Motivation is the key that put you in motion despite all odds .I recall doing personal meet-up with some of my friends about STEEMIT and most of the feedback I got from them is "steemit is very hard, I need quick money and all that, things like how long will I write and post to get a good number of upvote ,(money), some would say I don't have time to be writing, some I don't know what to write and some, its a waste of time, but the truth is that majority of them are still there doing nothing while am here growing gradually, I remember when and how I started steemit, and where I am now. To me I will say steemit is the best business ever, all it demands is seriousness and aspirations to be among the best ever. Some people remain where they are because they refused to do what others are doing thinking is waste of time or probably they are lazy. Well as far life is concerned ,growth is a gradual process and never static .start doing something tangible today so that you won't regret tomorrow as we still have seven good months to go, as the saying goes make hay while the sun shine .thanks for checking. Steemit all the way.