I can't say thank you enough for being introduced into this great community of ours ( as I am now an integral part of the steem eco-system 😉 ).
First up big shout out to my man who told me about the steemit community in the first place, it took me a while though, I can still remember him saying "it's the same thing you do on facebook (lol, it is not), but just like with any other thing you're not used to I was slow in adapting. I guess we ( d-light and I ) didn't even know much about steemit at the time because as I started participating more I have now come to realize what I have been missing all along. Now let me tell you why I say so:
CREATIVITY
Creating content is not an easy task, the ability to be patient, sit down and figure out how to put my thoughts down in an appealing form with which people can relate to or benefit from is a skill in its own rights. Steemians are a creative set I can attest to this ( at least the ones who don't do copy and paste... 😁 ). I have learnt a lot by scrolling through tags and seeing how people put in the effort and take the time to make sure what they finally publish is appealing to their audience as well as informative. This has encouraged me to try my best to be creative with my posts as well to benefit fellow steemians.CONFIDENCE
Writing time and time again, getting peoples opinion, criticism and views on my writing has proved to be a great source of improvement in the way I write and has encouraged me to write more, at the outset gathering my thoughts together to make a meaningful post used to be a feat. But over time I have found it more easy to express myself, especially through short poems and stories.LEARNING
I cannot over emphasis this part of steemit I have learnt a lot in the real sense of the word "learn", I think it is worthy I mentionCOMMUNITY
I started this journey as I earlier mentioned based on, I haven't had any dealings with you directly so far, but I have read through numerous entries for this contest and I want you to know you're an AMAZING person, showing so much widespread love to people is a feat on it's own and you've earned my respect in a massive way. Thank you for this untalented-adjustments contest and hopefully I will get some mentorship from you on how to be like you and bring more joy to fellow steemians eventually ( ☺ ).
My journey on steemit has been an awesome one and I believe it can only get better. This is to everyone who have been a part of my story (directly or indirectly), THANK YOU so much, you're part of why I am a better me today and that means a lot to me.