When I started to use steem months ago I really didn't think I would make any money at all. My mentality was that it is a fun website with a community of people who genuinely care about about other people's posts and profiles as well.
As I kept posting I kept getting these whale votes and would have maybe 10 dollars on a post. Those whale votes are thanks to @ats-David . Because of the those continuous votes, and the votes of many others, (and I thank those people as well) I was able to transfer my steem dollars into ethereum. Because steem was worth around 16 dollars yesterday my steem was really worth around 2000 USD. So....with the help of my mans @positivebalances we traded the steem for ethereum and then I cashed out and should be receiving around $2,000 by Thursday. I'm making this post to thank everyone, but ecspcially @ats-David. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to make some extra money while I go to school and earn a degree.
Money is not happiness and does not make life all grand and dandy, however this helps me pay my tuition bill. This helps me buy gifts for Christmas this year for my family. This has helped me immensely. I love steem. I enjoy the steemit community. Thank you David and everyone else. I look forward to posting more with all of you!
The most sinclerly,
-maria :)
It truly warms my heart to see these kind of post! I am fairly new to this community and learning more every day, and some of what pulls me closer is seeing when someone has a success story like this! Thank u for sharing! U just made my morning :) Gonna follow u if thats ok :)
Ya!! Totally follow me!! I got more posts to come :))
Money is not happiness but it can contribute to providing happiness. Eg a child can sit on a swing and be happy but to build the swing one needed money to buy rope and wood and maybe some screws. It wasn't the money that made the happiness but the finished product which was only possible because of the money. A labyrinth?
Lol.