I talk to A LOT of Steemians.
For a whole range of reasons from talking about personal things to getting information together for 
And there is one thing I've REALLY noticed.
Quite a few of you are 'upset' with the dolphins, orcas and whales on this platform.
You feel like you DESERVE those precious upvotes.
And are annoyed that you are not being noticed by them.
But are they really the problem?
Or are you the problem?
Drink your own cup of Steemit tea!
By
who'll get a slice of the SBD from this post!
Look, I get it.
You put in energy, time and effort into a post and it's not getting the $$$ that you think it deserves.
Yeah pretty frustrating!
So what is the easy to express your frustration?
Emotionally shitting on the bigger fish who dwell in the Steemit sea.
But this is not a very loving and positive way of handling the situation is it?
If you think about it energy-wise, all you are doing is throwing negative energy their way, and that is not exactly very productive towards getting positive energy back.
And frankly, all you are doing is working yourself up and giving yourself a negative time when the Steemiverse dolphins,orcas and whales are not even wasting one minute thinking about whether or not they should upvote you.
I know this isn't very nice to hear but really it is the truth
How can you channel this energy into moving into space that is productive for you and your Steemit journey?
The answer is pretty simple.
Just focus on you!
And in those four words, lays a world of deeper meaning.
The trick is actually that there is no trick.
You've got to be yourself on here.
FULL STOP.
(Or atleast that's what I think)
Instead of writing your posts and logging off straight away, get INTERACTIVE! Get a-talking with people, join Discord servers and make an actual effort to get to know people (and not because they have a high upvote but because you actually want to get to know them)
Get to know this place inside out.
Where you can find what community and who's a part of that.
Make an effort to put yourself out there time and time and time again!
Put most important of all, is just to really do you and be yourself.
And organically, you will find your Steemit tribe.
Which automatically means you get those upvotes you've been looking for.
Literally there is NO point in getting angry at the bigger fish in the Steemit sea.
Most of them have been where you are and how do you think they managed to get where they are?
Due to being real, being consistent and putting themselves out there time and time again!
So leave them be and focus on you.
You'll be thanking yourself in a year's time.
So now all you gotta do is
JUST DO IT!
I leave you with my fave inspo speech by the incredible Shia Labeouf!
BIG love,
Ashley
My LoveProject is