I got here due to a "co-worker" of mine. At that point, we both worked as "Community Discussion Managers" (we had no direct title for the things we did, so we came up with Community Discussion Managers ourselves.) on SEOClerks, which is the largest SEO Marketplace.

My friend (or co-worker), made a post about a new, cool social media platform and I have to say, most of the people who responded to that post were naysayers. - I on the other hand, had no interest in cryptocurrencies at the time and even though I had heard about bitcoin, I never ever bothered with some "bogus made-up currency", which I, at the time really believed it was.

I had heard many things about bitcoin but I am "old school", so I liked the thought of having real money, which was the reason I never bothered with it.

Long story short, at the time he introduced this cool place, I had already been sick of facebook for a very, very long time and I thought:

Sure, I can take a look.

And to tell you the truth. When I first arrived here I saw insane payouts. And I'm not even talking about $200 or $500 posts... I'm talking about $3000 or even $5,000+.

I saw tons of girls posting their introduction posts with a big, fat photo of themselves flashing their "goods", and they got well-rewarded for it. - Sex sells, I know, but seriously.. Why on earth would people give a random girl $2000 for a boring photo they could find for free on google?

It took me a while before I finally realized how these things worked. - You didn't spend your own money like you would buy a service. (Which I'd be doing for several years as a freelancer).

I spent tons of time on Steemit, which I've been doing pretty much since that day, and I published a couple of articles. Some of them made me a dollar and others made me more than $500... - So it was without a question, the best experience I ever had online.

After a couple of weeks, I started to realize that the money actually didn't matter too much. Sure, I was obviously amazed about the money I could earn but I loved the opportunity Steemit gave us all, more than anything. - And that's why I'm still here.

Sometimes struggling and sometimes feeling a bit low and sad... But I figured, that I can't compare my own results with other Steemians. - What I can do, and what I've been doing, is to compare my results from today, with the results I had yesterday. - That's the only thing that have worked out for me.

And by doing that, I compete with myself instead of others. - That's my recipe "Steemit recipe" - And I'm thrilled and still as amazed and thankful for the opportunity I've been given, just like I was when I arrived 16 months ago.

So long story short, I joined for the money but I stayed for the community.