7 and 2

Today I turned 72. Oh I know, I can hear it already, you are thinking -

What? A fine specimen like this 72, what nonsense!

And you would be right, of course a young handsome feller me lad like myself couldn't possibly be 72. And indeed in earth years I am not. But in rep on this wonderful land called steemit I now am!

So how did it come to this? Well let me take you back to my humble beginnings on Steemit and along the way offer hope for the disenchanted.

Take the number 7.

When I was a young lad of 7 years I hadn't even heard of steemit. All I liked to do was draw things. What kind of things? Skeletons!

But there was no Steemit back in those days. In fact there was no internet. So I had to draw on crude pieces of tree pulp which we now call paper.

I grew older into my teens and beyond.

There was still no Steemit.

It wasn't until last year when I had reached my fourth decade that Steemit came into being. Better late than never guys!

I joined the site and put out my first post.

It was a short story I had written. It was a bit shit. Sure enough it earned zero cents.

There were lots of zero cents posts but I didn't care. I, to put it mildly, fucking loved Steemit.

Back in them dark days we didn't have rep. The only thing that counted was the word on the street.

Then a hardfork happened and the rep score came. We all danced a merry jig at the coming of such judgement. Some muttered that it was the end but they were talking rubbish.

Over the months the rep crept up. It seemed like every five minutes you gained another rep point. Of course then it became 60 something and it got harder and harder. But you know, it still goes up and up and up. Just a bit more slowly.

Hardfork's came and went and people muttered it was the end of Steemit. Unsurprisingly they were talking rubbish.

And here I am now

I would like to say that along the steemit way I have met some fabulous folk. Both on and offline. In fact I count some of my online friends as seriously as I do my offline ones. You know who you are!

I have learned how to do animations! I got a lot better at digital manipulation. I have also grown as a writer and in being a bit of a loon. Which makes me a happy chappy.

So here's to 72 and to all of you who have helped me here. A big cheers too, to those who say the end is nigh and Steemit is doomed. Given time you will see that they are talking...

And for those who might be losing faith in the platform because of their earnings or who bleat about the price if it dares move downward by a cent...

Have faith. Steemit is here to stay and is going to be a force to be reckoned with. If you are on now you have an advantage over those yet to come so don't lose heart!