Forgive me if I sound like a total noob here. I am not very well educated in the subject of cryptocurrencies. Up until recently, STEEM hasn't really been on my radar. Only sbd and SP. I figured out with my earnings, I could transfer my sbd payouts to a bitcoin debit card called the Shift card, and it has been very helpful! The SP is slowly growing with each payout as well, and I hope to finally get my slider soon. But STEEM? What is this STEEM? My rewards never include STEEM, so what good is it to me. Yeah, I know, a noob.

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STEEM is trade-able crypto, and I learned that it's expected to grow in value tremendously within a couple of years. If you don't invest in it with an outside currency, you have a couple of ways to get it. You could either power down your Steem Power, or you could buy it with your sbd.

I read an article recently by Hive account@tarazkp, explaining why we should be using our sbd to get STEEM. In his post he says:

100 Steem at 3 dollars can help some one for months but, 100 Steem at 50 dollars can help them for years.

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This statement got me. If STEEM really rises that much in value in the years to come, wouldn't you want to be holding some?

So, because of learning this, I have decided to use a little bit of my sbd to buy STEEM with nearly every payout. To do this, you only need to go to the Blocktrades website and make the transfer. If there is another, better way, just let me know. ;) When I get a substantial enough amount of STEEM, I will then power it up to Steem Power.

You may have been like me, thinking well I need the sbd now! Trust me, if you don't do this now, you will be kicking yourself in the future!

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As of right now, Steemit is my only income. As I type this, sbd is only being sold for $1.87. A month or so ago, I was making twice as much. Believe me, I understand the struggle, but I thought about it, and I can still put an sbd or two to the side before transferring the funds onto my card.

If I can do it, you can do it!

Thanks for reading!

Love, snowpea ❤