Congratulations @moderndayhippie for entering the world of the digital nomads. I have just wasted five days following something called "dolphin school." For some reason I thought it was a four day course but it was ten. The main point seems to be to commercialize your posts. The writer has a high reputation and used to be a dolphin but spent all the money he made and now is trying to use others to support him because no one likes his writing anymore. Just my opinion after following him for five days. I should have spent more time and energy creating original material and following people I like who really give a care. I registered with moonbot and will go to the moon. I will keep publishing poems and stories and not worry about gimmicks like: "I will make you a dolphin in ten days. Just follow me and resteem this post." God help me.
Have a great time in Costa Rica. It is the point when you have nothing to depend on and you are completely out of your comfort zone that you come to experience the powers of this universe. This will happen moving to a different country, having kids and a few other life events that teach us we are not in control. Enjoy the ride.
It sounds like you are safe in Costa Rica now. Wonderful to hear from you. Thanks for welcoming me always and putting up with comments like that one. You have a lot inside and I can see it in your writing. It really gets the point. It moved me to start recording and DSound. That post made almost 40 SBD with no upbots. But mostly because DSounds supported it.
I don't know about Steemit bloggers but anything will help.
I am following you and love your support and encouragement. I was moved when you set your voter before getting on the plane. Without you I would have stopped posting long ago. Kungfu panda ramen would have been my last. But I'm here two months later and starting to paint and record.
We are going to the moon together slow and steady.
slow and steady is fine with me ;)
I am soooooo happy your dtube post did so well! That is crazy awesome.. I feel honored that I helped to push you to try harder and to continue on steemit.. Trust me, ive wanted to give up a bunch of times too, but I just see the value in the steem crypto and refuse to pay for something I could earn by blogging.
I realize now that steemit is a great outlet, yes a bunch of work, but also a place to be with like-minded and supportive people. We are all trying to show our creative sides and steemit has really brought out the best in me. I know i have a lot of work to do before I am where I want to be with my writing, but every day I do a post I am getting better. I have so much in my head that it is hard to put it to paper, so much of it gets jumbled up, but I am learning decipher it better by the day. I have always hated school so writing has never come easy for me, people like you always keep me going with the great comments and support. So thank you too my friend ;)
Unfortunately i cant get you into steemitbloggers until next month when they open the registration back up but I honestly think it is the least beneficial group of all the ones I am in.. It is great for followers and sometimes appreciator gives me a nice upvote because I am part of that group, but other than that, i don't see to much value in it. Qurator and thesteemengine are much better if you ask me.
You really did your best. I'm in no hurry. I just powered up so I'm getting close to minnow but I realize I could have used minnow power up. Next time I habe some extra steem I will buy a share. Steemdunks was great. It was DSounds that gave me a great upvote not dtube. I don't think you have to be a great writer to make it here but a consistent writer will do fine. I find your posts interesting. Where did you learn markdown? I like the way you align pictures into the text.
I read this article about 3 months ago about markdown.. I don't resteem much on my page but this one was well worth it, i reference it constantly!
https://steemit.com/howto/@carrieallen/pimp-your-post-a-beginner-s-guide-to-making-your-steemit-posts-look-awesome
Sorry to hear about that bro, at least you figured it out before you wasted any more of your time. I had saw that school and was kind of interested but then started reading all the things that had to be done and it sounded like way to much work for me lol. I think we are both just best to keep doing what we are doing.. You will catch up and pass me on steemit for sure, you are a much better writer than me. So just relax and in due time we will both get there ;)
I see that you got on moonbot and you are part of qurator now which is great! Do you want to be in more discord groups? I could probably get you into steemitbloggers if you want (you have to be invited to that group), they are pretty supportive. Oh, and thesteemengine is a really great too, if you havent already joined there.. Let me know if you are interested in either of those.
I will definitely enjoy the ride, and I am sure you will be there with me through it all! You really have become one of my better friends in life, even though we have never really met.. lol.. crazy world we live in.. I never thought my internet friends would be better and more supportive than the "real" friends I have.. take care brother.