Thanks for the opportunity to participate.

My most useful lesson learnt on Steemit so far was from a post by @phelimit . Link here : https://steemit.com/steem/@phelimint/so-it-s-your-first-day-on-steemit-where-to-start

It's the 3rd piece of advice, COMMENT! His advice was to comment 20+ times daily on posts you're interested in as a form of interacting and getting to know people and is a way finding your niche.

I must admit, 20+ comments a day has been difficult so far. I read and comment as much as I can daily. As well as giving an upvote, though my vote doesn't really carry much power now.

It was also stated that you shouldn't wait till you have a following of about 300 before you start blogging. Blog whenever you feel inspired or ready! Another great piece of advice.

For other newbies like myself, the post by @phelimit has been helpful to an unimaginable degree. Check it out. I hope it would be as helpful to you as it was to me.

I belong to a number of discord groups. But this is the first one I joined https://discord.gg/etsvZT