Joining Steemit is quite exciting for most people, but at the same time it is a very overwhelming experience for many too. Like I remember when I joined Steemit, I felt a weird pressure on myself for making it big on Steemit right away. Before I move on to giving my message to those just joining Steemit, I would like to share a bit of my story with everyone here so they know the foundation on which my message for the newbies is based.
My husband and I are earning just barely enough to manage our household expenses. My husband does not have a mindset that encourages him to do a job for long so he is mostly in and out of jobs and is looking for ways to earn a good income from online means. About 3 months back, he came across Steemit and believed it would be his big ticket to success and riches so he made an account on it and blogged enthusiastically for a few weeks. He is quite inconsistent with whatever he does so when he didn’t find huge sums of money pouring in like he had imagined, he lost all hope and gave up on the platform.
I am quite the opposite of my husband. Unlike him, I don’t seek instant gratification and pursue delayed gratification instead. Also, I believe great things don’t come easy and to reach the point you want, you first need to put in lots of smart and hard work so I have worked really hard to get to the point I am at right now. I began earning from $100 a month and now I am making about 6 times more than that which is not much if you are based in the West but it is like not-too-bad if you are working from home in Pakistan. So, I’m doing fine. However, with the latest addition of my son’s school fee, the burden has increased but I’m hopeful for better times and I’m doing all in my power and trying t push myself more to earn better.
My husband greatly values my persistence, grit and hardworking nature so he advised me to open an account on Steemit. He told me that if I stay consistent on it, I would be able to earn a decent amount of money in about a year. Although he did not pressurize me directly, I knew he secretly hoped and wished for me to earn hundreds of dollars right away lol. So when I joined Steemit, I somehow felt that pressure and felt a little uneasy in the start.
However, soon I realized that I didn’t really want to blog just for the sake of money. I spent some time analyzing my silence and figured out that I wanted to be heard and wanted to share my experiences, knowledge and findings with people more than I wanted to make money. So I had really joined Steemit to vent out my frustrations, to share my stuff and to build meaningful connections with people and if I earned a little on the side, that would be the cherry on the cake but my real motive was not just to earn money. The minute I realized that I found myself enjoying a lot on Steemit. I was freed of the pressure to create posts that would bring in heaps of money and was liberated of the burden to just interact with the influencers so I could gain their upvotes and earn more.
Instead I focused more on mingling more with like-minded people to build networks and make friends that understand one another and help each other improve. I stopped commenting on blogs I did not understand and instead looked for really like-minded people. It is then that I came across lots of great people who have really helped me grow and improve emotionally and mentally. People like @lightsplasher, @lastminuteman, @reddust, @eco-alex, @ecoinstant and the many amazing people on board the @ecotrain have groomed me so much. Now I love blogging on Steemit and do it happily. Every day, I am more excited to share my insight on something new or old with people here and go through their posts. It is honestly really enjoyable!
So now coming back to my advice for the people who have just posted on the introduceyourself tag, here’s my message for them.
You my friend are amazing the way you are. I request you to please first understand what is it that you want and why you want to join Steemit. Are you seeking a way to earn some extra and more money from it? Or do you just want to be heard? Or are you looking for a platform that helps you make friends? Just find out whatever it is that you want from Steemit and then use the platform accordingly. When you are clear on what you want from the platform, using it the right way and enjoying it becomes really easy. If you want to use it to enjoy, find like-minded people, share your stuff with them and let go of your stress then use it for that purpose so you free yourself of any undue pressure. However, if your aim is something else, use Steemit from a different strategy. Your goal for the platform will help you come up with a lucrative strategy so you can achieve it.
Also, just be yourself. Whoever you are, just embrace your true-self and exhibit it. I have seen people in open relationships, people who love being naked, people who enjoy art, people who have strange fetishes find support and love here so if you have anything that holds you back from loving yourself, share it on Steemit and you’ll find love here. This is the exact reason I’m using a picture of minions here because these funny creatures are who they are and have embraced their strange uniqueness so you go ahead and do the same and love yourself!
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I hope you have a wonderful time here and learn lots of great things from the lovely people here and share lots of nice things with us too. Good luck love!
Sharoon.
To find great posts and a lovely group of supportive, amazing people, head over to the @ecoTrain.
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A very inspiring message and I also loved the part about yourself, so I could get to know you a bit better.
Thank you so much. I was thinking of giving an intro on slack too and wish the others would do the same so I can know them better including you :)
Great message, promising start for the Question of the Week.
Thank you so much. Glad to have you here.
wOnderful!
I really enjoyed reading this, and despite your challenges you are what steemit is all about. I love the advice you have given, so simple and yet perfect! thanks for this
So glad you liked it! Was a little hesitant in writing this first but then I was like just go with what your heart says :D
very good
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STOPMy dear, I do agree with you on both points here. First success can come if you put efforts to it. 2. You need to find like-minded people as this is the base. You can do it alone it just will take longer. As for the money I think you should not worry about it - I am sure you will have success on the platform - it only takes time and you are wise enough to know it%))
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I love the images you post with your comments. So creative and amazing. I wish I could meet you sasha. You are just brilliant!
Who knows, maybe one day we meet in person%)) Else there are always ways to meet online%) You are brilliant too my dear, and it a pleasure to make graphics for you just to highlight your own words sometimes%) I do belive that images just help us to get idea through someone's mind a bit better%)) It is not always my creation (but I do love makeing special things for special people, who's post I like) but there is not my work I usually put a credit%))Much love to you dear!
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And I don't know if you saw this msg of mine but I loved the graphic u made for me. Sashaaa!!! This is wonderful <3 <3 You melted my heart. And you know what purple is one of my top favorite colors along with green, black, orange and yellow. Love this. Definitely going to use this. Big squishy hug!!
Yes, I saw it, dear and I am very happy%) To be honest you are back to the list of people who I do special graphics%)) when you wrote about colours you like I had an image in my head again to make but it will take a bit of time%)) With Ecotrain my list of graphics is growing much bigger and it takes a bit longer to make%) But I enjoy every single of them %))
Wow a genuine and heartfelt post here. A very warm hello to you @sharoonyasir. I am glad you are on the ecoTrain.
I just saw this. Thank you for this lovely comment and I am glad to have met you here too :D
Fantastic entry! I can empathize with you that small amounts of money go a LONG way as long as you don't live in the west. Honored to share a train with you ;}
Thank you! I love your posts so appreciation from you means a lot to me :D Glad to have found you here too.
Hi @sharoonyasir i am happy i bumped on your blogg. What you saying resonate with me. Four mounts ago i bought my first cryptocerncy BTC then i knew that is a life changing decision(BTW i feel like that now again about steemit) I was very exited and it dose change my life a lot. I learn and still learning crypto trading making a good profit already on my investment in altcoins. If now i have to choose to give away between my knowledge and skill or the money i will chose to give the money away. Skills and knowledge is before money and money will come.
Thanks for sharing i will follow your blog.