I was also initially interested to write when I saw that people are getting paid for what they create. This made my first attempts to write purely for the sake of the monetary rewards.

This is until I slowly realized that focusing on long term growth and personal development was far more beneficial. Writing can be way of expressing my thoughts on things that I normally can't in real life. While at the same time, having the opportunity to earn from it.

I started writing without anyone mentoring me. I don't know about communities, the proper tags, and all the necessary things a newbie should know. There was a list of reading materials (posts/articles) that was recommended to me by the OCD team but I don't know how to read them at that time - I thought it was just a carousel of images. LOL.

In short, I learned the hard way.

This makes me a little bit envious to those who are being mentored and guided by people like you. If only had the same guidance, then my growth here on Hive may not have been stunted. 🙂

Up to this day, I am still looking for mentors that can guide on becoming the best person I can be at content creation.

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