Once I got over my paranoia, there came a little tingle called "insecurity".

I wasn't sure what, how and where I should write, in fact I have to confess that I met hive through #musicforlife, let me explain: I created my account in Hive but my first steps were in the musicforlife tribe (musicforlife.io) the friend I told them I didn't know about the existence of the other communities so I started there, thinking it was the only one there was. Some time later I discovered hive and its extremities (as I call them) 😊.
The panorama widened a lot of course, there were so many options that I felt like a little girl in an amusement park, not knowing where to start....

At that time I was very excited but at the same time I felt "disoriented" and "overwhelmed", it was a lot of information to process and as my knowledge was scarce, I had to observe a lot to learn, I looked at how others did it, if they placed this or that... it was a little difficult but I advanced little by little and I am still learning.

In the middle of this metamorphosis came "Frustration" and then followed by Stress.

I felt frustrated because some things did not go as I wanted, I had many doubts and the language barrier did not help me much, as I am a Spanish speaker I did not understand certain terms and that frustrated me a lot.... Fortunately I have my friend (the translator) who has helped me in times of crisis.
As for "Stress": The famous text codes were one of my evils... (My nightmare) when I discovered them I was quite surprised of their functionality, it seemed that it was enough to put a few lines and signs to have a good presentation in your posts and that they looked (decent) so I thought until I started using them and I realized that what I thought was far from reality, how complicated it was to get the hang of Markdown, I despaired more than once and almost paid it with my poor phone that was not to blame that I did not know how to use the blessed codes. That's another thing, all my postings are done through my phone so sometimes it gets a bit cumbersome...

Anyway, after going through that whole process, in a few days I felt more "confident".

A sense of "confidence" and "joy" came over me as I gained new experiences:
When I received my first votes for example or when they commented on one of my publications, it made me so "Happy" to know that someone liked what I wrote and not to mention when I received my first payment, I was "euphoric". So much so that I ran to tell all my family that I had collected my first Hive hahaha, they like me had their misgivings about this blockchain so to show them that Hive was "real" and reliable I waited to collect a specific amount and when I did, I bought them each a hamburger and that night we had dinner at a place near my house. I was "proud" to have reached the amount of 10 HBD.
I was finally making progress! However, I'm not going to lie, not everything was roses, I had many ups and downs, mistakes, there were days that I was doing badly, other days I was doing more or less...

Currently I am still learning, every day I discover something new and Hive has a lot to give, it is so wide and exuberant that you could spend hours and hours in each community and not get tired, that was what I liked most about this platform, its diversity, I "fell in love" with the thousands of opportunities it offers and of course the economic support it gives me is also very useful. I live in Venezuela and for nobody is a secret that the situation is complicated in this country, so in the short time I've been here, Hive has been a balm when I needed it most, so thanks Hive, thanks to all who have given me support or have given me words of encouragement, I have come across very acertive and kind people in different communities, are those people who make this platform a beautiful place, so thank you!

Some say that we are in a bad season, with the drop in cryptocurrency prices, the decline in votes and so on. But I started was just in this (bad season) and that has not discouraged me even a little bit, it is true that the profits are not the same as before but you have to have patience and perseverance. As for me, I would like to continue to dabble in this wonderful ecosystem. Acquire new knowledge, improve my skills and maybe in the future become a great writer (dreaming doesn't cost anything hehe).

Well guys these are my feelings expressed in letters, since I arrived here I have lived many emotions and all of them have been full of learning, so I am very grateful. I just hope I can enjoy a little more of this pleasant experience. 😊

Esta aventura comenzó un día cualquiera del mes de mayo, cuando una amiga me comentó que podía ganar dinero posteando, recuerdo que me la quede mirando y le dije: ¿enserio? ¿Solo posteas y ya? Jajaja No lo podia creer, claro que no era solo postear y ya, pero en ese momento yo no tenia idea de lo que era una blockchain y mi conocimiento en criptomonedas era casi nulo. Por mi mente pasaron muchas cosas pero sobre todo había una emoción que estaba latente en mi y esa era: