Today, if i say i am not happy,then i am being so unfair but the truth is ,i am very happy.
My name is Obiagha Chinonso Collins and my 
Hive account@steemit username is 
Hive account@uniquegem. I use to be very broke and i could not pay for my bills, sometimes i stayed a whole week in the house not doing anything, i am a graduate of economics and i have passion for entrepreneur.
My story is a long one but i will try and make it short not to bore my readers. I love my family so much, especially my mum and i have always wanted to give her a better life. Today i am grateful for what steemit has done in my life.
This is my story
I am 7 months old on Steemit. First i would want to tell you how i heard about steemit last year September from 
Hive account@setapart, but i did not take it serious, i thought it was so impossible to just make money by writing. Though I joined. By October last year, i joined the 
Hive account@africaunchained community, a community owned by boss 
Hive account@destinysaid.
This community helps in the growth of minnows like me, the community tells us more about steemit and also aids us on how to make it here. My only regret is that i did not join when i first heard about it but in everything,i am grateful for finally coming through.
The most difficult moments i had was when my first three posts did not yield anything for me so i got discouraged but i was still writing for the fun sake. I had to make do with making the money on steemit. One thing Hive account@destinysaid told me was to make friends with fellow steemians and he also told me that consistency and patience is the key, and i should be commenting on their posts and all that. I was not the social kind of a person but i started seeing myself becoming social and i was wondering how i got to that point. Hive account@destinysaid i really want to say thank you for everything, you are a great leader and i admire your strenght, thanks for the many tips you gave to me,they did a very good work for me on Hive account@steemit. On the verge to be social and make more friends, i met boss lady 
Hive account@ogoowinner. This young woman has a great personality,she encouraged me, gave me a lot of tips and she blessed me to be successful on this platform. I want to say i am happy to have known people like Hive account@destinysaid and Hive account@ogoowinner, thanks so much. Still on the verge of succeeding here, I met some great friends turned brothers, i met 
Hive account@learnandteach01, 
Hive account@hornblende, 
Hive account@tezzmax, 
Hive account@otemzi and 
Hive account@valchiz. Then I got hooked up in Enugu and met some Enugu steemians, I met, 
Hive account@marvelking, 
Hive account@captainshayne, 
Hive account@hpart, 
Hive account@houseofbella, 
Hive account@angelfidel. We then planned on how to make Steemit work in enugu, on the verge of doing that I met my Enugu bosses 
Hive account@theheralds and 
Hive account@sparklez. We all teamed up and organized a very big event 
Hive account@enugu-steem iginite, a meetup that brought so many Steemit dignitaries to Enugu, the likes of 
Hive account@ejemai, 
Hive account@nairadaddy, 
Hive account@ewuoso, 
Hive account@samstickzz, 
Hive account@tojukaka, 
Hive account@ogochukwu and so many of them.
I met a giver, i met a man who has passion for nigerians, i met the boss of all bosses, a man who is talented it was Hive account@ejemai i met. Boss Hive account@ejemai the first day i met you in our Hive account@enugu-steem ignite meet up, i learnt one thing about you, you showed me how to give, you helped me rediscover myself. I want to tell you that i am a huge fan to 
Hive account@stach.
After I made my first cash out, i was so happy, it was like a dream come true to me and that was when i became too serious about steemit. I got a phone and celebrated Christmas like never before. I introduced so many of my family and friends to Steemit, 
Hive account@sweetinnovation, 
Hive account@uniqueknoledge, Hive account@houseofbella, 
Hive account@emenz, 
Hive account@steemfact, 
Hive account@africanchild, 
Hive account@xavijay. At some point, i became a steemit promoter, I saw myself promoting Steemit everywhere I go, I started preaching Steemit everywhere, Some people listened to me while some ignored me.
On the verge of making #enugu-steem project, i met Hive account@hpart ,i was not the person that introduced him but i was really the person that taught him the things he should know about steemit.
I have really preached the gospel to as many people as I can, This is what i have come to love doing. I want to use this opportunity to thank all my bosses 
Hive account@surpassinggoogle, Hive account@destinysaid, Hive account@ogoowinner, Hive account@ejemai, 
Hive account@ehiboss, Hive account@nairadaddy, Hive account@samstickzz, Hive account@tojukaka, and others that escaped my mind.
I want to use this medium to encourage all the newbies who recently joined steemit, consistency is always the key, you are going to excel, you can do it.
Now i know a home is not only where you see your parents and siblings but a home is a place where people care for you and want to see you succeed. Please, I repeat please make steemit your home. Be consistent, Stay for the community and make friends with every person. Do not give up.
I want to use this medium to thank my forever boss Hive account@destinysaid for the good impact he has created in my life on Steemit and I also want to thank the Hive account@africaunchained community for without them I wouldn't have been were I am today. Finally, before I stop let me thank boss Hive account@theheralds for what he is doing for all of us Hive account@enugu-steem, for without him that project would not have come to existence.
