Ive been ill and struggling with motivation. Then i discovered steemit.
I am now so motivated and inspired.
I have Inflammatory Rheumatoid Arthritis and fibromyalgia. which has been debilitating for the past few years.
I reached a point where i saw little for the future. Ive not been working full time for a while now and had not been doing as much photography as i use to (I use to be a photographer)
Don't get me wrong i hadn't quite thrown in the towel. i try to keep active and have an allotment and a duck to look after, which i know helps the arthritis. with my illness you have to keep moving but dont overdo things.
Im not going to go into detail how badly arthritis has been affecting me, and how ive coped. thats for another post.
Im going to concentrate on how positve things are at the moment. and how inspiration and motivation can help illness.
I couldnt believe it at first when i discovered steemit, a place where i could post my own photography and finally get some revenue for it? i was a bit dubious at first.. then my intro post made nearly $60. to confirm it was spendable i then turned it into BTC and ordered a takeaway from downstairs lol (i live above a takeaway)
Now i was convinced.
Its ironic that ive now made more from my pics on steemit than all the years i have been sending my work to agencies in the past.
Not only have i been posting my folio of work, but i have been re-working images that have been sat in folders for ages. I'm also actively taking photographs again. which is motivating me and giving me positive mental atitude.
That in turn is improving my health. As anybody with longterm illness will know, being positive can improve the ability to deal with symptoms.
Up until recently i saw a future of not being able to work much. I'm now thinking about the posibility of setting up my own studio an getting well enough to work part-time.
This as not really been an option for me due to the set-up costs. i am not well off financialy so finding a lump sum for studio lights and equipment has been an impossibility.
Until now..i now realise its possible for me to earn enough steem to fund a small studio.. so thats what i now intend to do.
Ok i haven't got a lot of steem at the moment, but im dedicated to steemit and am posting good honest content every day. i believe i'm going to be here for the duration. so given enough posts and time i can see the possibility of funding my studio.
Thank you steemit for giving me hope again :-)