My Steemit story so far (and a late hello)

Welcome to my new and improved intro post.

Throughout my stay here, I've seen many people posting about their progress. They post when they reach x amount of followers, they post then they have x amount of Steem Power Sometimes they even post a weekly update.

When I hit 100 followers, I did not post about it. When I was gathering more and more Steem Power, I did not post about it. Now, though, I thought it was time. Why? Because I also keep seeing the introduction posts with pictures of people holding their sheet of paper... I had not done so yet.

So here I am, finally proving once and for all, that I'm me!

So I joined 20 days ago. At this time, I had a Deviantart page, which did not get much love in the last couple of years. I also had a food/gaming blog on Wordpress, which hardly got any visitors at all.

I'm not sure how exactly I stumbled onto Steemit, but it seemed like a great place, promising all sorts of riches! It was a great next step besides my foodblog. For me, it was the same as most people: Come for the money, stay for the people. I like that I can share my love for photography, gaming and food, but also the occasional other thoughts that bubble up inside my head. The fact that we're encouraged to comment and discuss on articles is a great addition and one of the things I love about the platform.

The happy side-effect of Steemit seems to be the increased traffic to my Wordpress blog. Many things I post on Steemit have also been posted on the blog. In that way, it's also the place where I hold my food images for headers in Steemit. I link back to it many times and some Steemians seem to then browse through my blog.

I'm still experimenting with my posts. How can I give them the exposure I think they deserve? What does the community like to see/read? I'm also trying to be a fair curator, while trying to get a couple of rewards from time to time aswell.

So where do I stand now?

• I currently have 135 followers.
• My Steem Power is at 380 (or do I say 380.000?).

My most rewarding posts were:

• Photography - Scottish lowlands and highlands
• Tales of the worlds of Warcraft - An introduction
• Tales of the worlds of Warcraft - The woes and blessings of Legion
• The stupidity of people - Ofcourse I never cheated on you
• Steemit Photochallenge entry #24 - Autumn

My I can't believe hardly anyone liked this-post was my White chocolate truffles post. They are so delicious! I blame the picture.

Am I sticking around?

Definitely! This place is filled with nice and interesting people. There are some very insightful articles as well as very talented photographers. Besides this, I found that Steemit challenges me to learn. I'm learning how to write and I'm learning about new things. Steemit has also made me want to do more with my photography, after a long time of drawing away from it.

I enjoy writing articles from time to time and sharing my photographs and recipes with people. I've already noticed I'm improving on the writing-front, as I look back at some of my older recipe posts and have to correct many mistakes, before posting them here.

My biggest achievement/wish on Steemit would be to eventually gather enough funds for a macro lens. I'm nowhere near that, I know. I'm not even sure if it will ever happen, but it's a nice and rewarding goal to chase after!

So, hello (again)! Thank you for having me and I hope to have many more fun interaction with everyone! I also hope some people will enjoy my contributions!