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I was not doing a lot of things in my line of work last September so it gave me some time to learn something new. I was talking to a friend about Cryptocurrency and mining because I have always been fascinated with technology.

Here he was mining for bitcoins and explaining what it does and by that time he was already retired and just living off his investment. So I was interested because who wants to keep working when you can work smart and have your money work for you.

So I studied Bitcoin. I read all articles I could find, I watched videos about it and I talked to so many people. One of those person was @ankarlie. She has taught me so many things about how to earn using bitcoin. We joined different programs, we studied ICOs and there were some times we got scammed but as we always said invest only what you can afford to lose.

So one of members @otom told us about Steemit. I was in even before I knew what blockchain or technology it uses but I was in because it was about blogging and writing again.

At this point I was actually looking for a new platform to blog in. I was at this point of my life suffering from another episode of depression and my shrink suggested that I should write again. In another episode in my life writing saved me from depression and so it was worth a shot.

So I love Steemit. I was able to write a lot of stuff, shared my food photography and even relive some of my older, happier memories. I was just writing the darkness out of my head. I also met a lot of wonderful people who shared the darkness I had and in a way by sharing the load we were helping each other get better. I made connections and always looked forward to reading their new post and commenting.

A few days ago I also had my first personal pay out. I cashed out 15 SBD and the transaction via @blocktrades was relatively fast. I had two reasons why I used blocktrades. First was it is the easiest way to change your SBD to BTC. So I can show the doubters I had how easy it is to earn and get your payout in Steemit because I have been promoting it but no one is believing it! So by detailing the process I did of cashing out one earning from post I show my doubters proof. And in less than an hour the transaction was completed and could be withdrawn. When I posted that I got swamped by so many questions on how.

Second I wanted to buy a new video game. So when I cashed out I was pretty happy about buying a game using earnings from a post I had.

So here I am for the long run and writing good content and powering up. I hope to be able to reach around 58 eventually. There have been times I feel bad because I barely get votes but then I remember those people that daily I talk to and share a piece of my life and writing out the demons out of my head and getting better.

I came to earn and write but did expect to meet people that help me get better.

Some day I will look back and smile and know Steemit made such a huge difference in my life.