When you're new or not so established here it can feel like you're writing to no one. Maybe you wonder why you even bother. But here are a few reasons you should keep at it, friend!
Writing is its own reward
Creative self expression is as important as exercising. Writing strengthens your creative muscle. And it's so fulfilling when inspiration starts flooding through! It's nothing short of a spiritual experience.
Every human needs a creative outlet. For some people that's landscaping. For some it's flower arranging. Everyone's a writer. Writing is merely thinking on paper. It helps you work out your thoughts. It's incredible how you can turn something around and around in your mind but then once you get it out on paper - click! Light bulb! You can explore topics and learn as you write, you can share your struggles or your hopes, you can try your hand at writing fiction... Writing regularly helps you to perfect your craft. You'll be surprised how good you get in a short amount of time. Click that pencil button every day and see what come out.
It's an investment
If you're going to write, you might as well post it on Steemit! I know your posts look like they're only worth pennies, but you might as well get paid something, and what if you were to add three zeros to your numbers? Check out this post about why adding those zeros is a likely scenario: The $1,000 STEEM Mindset. We don't know what Steem is going to grow into. But Steemit is at the forefront of the blockchain, and the prospects are tremendous. If you're here now, you're brand new to something really, really big.
Opportunity abounds
People on Steemit are doing things. We're creators and innovators and movers and shakers. There are so many projects and so many projects in the works and so many projects that haven't even been dreamed up yet. You never know when you'll get that big upvote, make friends with a dolphin or a whale, get added to a great project, or join minds with someone and make something awesome happen on this blockchain.
You won't meet people like us anywhere else.
This is such a small and niche world. You can build some really cool relationships with people all over the world.
Plankton, red fish, minnows, there's an opportunity for us in the month of July. You can take part in #MinnowUprising. Find out about it here