If you're new to steemit, take a look at my blog, my wallet, my curation rewards. I'll explain why.. If you look at all of those things, you will see 
is a work in progress.
This is what it looks like before you're a dolphin... I'm not the only example, because there are hundreds of people just like me on Steemit. Want to know how many times I want to submit a story, and I go through the following?
a) I'm not in the mood
b) What I want to write will take way too long to research. I don't have time today
c) What I want to write will need a lot of pictures. I don't have time to take them or find them.
Writing is a craft, and I only do it when I'm in the right frame of mind at the right time. Right about now, you're probably wondering... What's his problem?
MAKE TIME.
That's a misnomer, you can't actually "make time". You can get better at time management yes.. but the reason I only have spurts of time, is because I'm working myself thin.. I do a lot of work for people, that includes friends and family, and a lot of people who simply can't afford to pay me.
In my circles, I'm known as the smart computer geek who knows everything. I don't know everything, but what I do know is how to learn things and put it to use. I use google to learn what I don't know, and I reguritate it to my friends that are shocked on how much I know. I try to explain to them I learn by searching the internet, and when I say that, they look totally dumbfounded.
When I do make posts...
I put my heart and soul into some of them only to find that people find them after the payout period, even with the 30 day payout period, most people don't upvote at that stage. That's ok. It happens to everybody. That's why I'm telling you this... I'm pointing it out so you know it's not just happening to you.
I'm not complaining.. I am affected by the same steem rules as everyone else. Fair is fair.
So it's my mountain to climb, and I'm still climbing.. I do know though, that I want to reach Dolphin level. I want to be able to vote someone up and give them 50 cents when I curate. Maybe if I could even give someone a $1 or two, I think that would be really cool.
I want lots of followers, but I don't want to ask for them, because I believe if someone wants to follow you, it is because they really like the way you write. They like your opinions and they can identify with you.
Lately I've been meeting people on a BeyondBitcoin mumble radio show. On it they talk about Steemit, bitcoin, Bitshares, Peercoin, Gridcoin. If none of that interests you, they also talk about wearable computers, or how expectations of users to weed through complicated user interfaces need to get easier.
If you want to hear the latest one, done September 9, 2016 (yesterday), I'll provide a link. I won't link to it yet, because you're still reading this.... ha ha ha....
That's right. I have your attention. You're probably one of 9 people that is going to see this, so please don't leave. I just no longer want to be a lonely soul on here. Ahhh, I know what you're thinking now. I'm sounding kind of pathetic. Well.. I'm in a weird mood. So this is what happens on rare occassions... I sound pathetic... and it's okay. I can air out my dirty laundry here. (not literally yet).
I have some big stuff planned. I've got notes and partial research done. Stuff you may like... So if you see my name
It's been a whole week since I last wrote. I had to demand my fingers get use to typing again. I have to force myself back into the mood. That's how I wrote this... and you know what... it really wasn't that hard, for one reason. It's what's on my mind, and it's how I feel. Now it's on your screen, and I no longer have to keep that bottled up. :)
So thank you very much for reading this... and if you're new to steemit, you can watch me grow S-L-O-W-L-Y into a dolphin. But maturing into one is a one-way street. For some, it's quick. For me, it's going to be slow, but I'm up for the challenge.
Here's the audio link. I start talking at about 1 hour, 55 minutes in somewhere in the radio archive. So now you know what I sound like.. :)
But if you listen to the whole thing, you will find that there is a lot of great neat stuff discussed in Fuzzy's BeyondBitcoin "every Friday" radio show. :) Don't miss the next one if you like it. I'll probably be there, and maybe I can see you in text chat, or hear you if you decide to talk too.
All of you voting this up, I'm going to keep track of each person that helped me regain my confidence, and I'll make a point of visiting your blogs too. To prove it, you'll see me make a comment on one of your posts at some point. I will return the favor. :) If it goes viral, and I end up with 450+ votes I'm going to print a list of 450 people I will visit and check out.
The magic and potential of steemit is often misunderstood, and even I am learning it with you. Thank you so much.