Firstly JP congratulations on a wonderful first year!
You have clearly used the help you were given wisely. I very much enjoyed hearing about you in the MSP waves show yesterday evening and I am glad you answered my question so openly and honestly about doubting if you would stay on Steemit earlier in your journey.
You seem a very nice and humble guy so you may not like what I am about to say...
You are an inspiration!
I suspect you do not want to her that haha, but let me explain...If you could have doubts about your staying power on Steemit and experience a lack of motivation with regards to posting regularly and then still make such a resounding success of the beginning of your journey in just one short year, then Wow! There is surely hope and much optimism for the future, right?
What an amazing initiative this contest is. I have noticed all the best people here run giveaways as a way of paying it forward to the community and helping the new Steemians to find a way to stick around on the platform.
I wish you the very best of luck for the next year and beyond...I hope your journey takes you to the stratosphere in terms of what is possible for you. If I am totally honest I do not believe you will need that luck as I believe you have taken the most important first step that is necessary and that is laying a strong, solid foundation for the future.
You have also smashed the second most important element that is required for long and lasting success. You engage in the community and encourage others to do so. Friendships made here can be surprisingly strong...I myself did not expect to make good friends here, I was so wrong. These communities give us a way to ask for feedback on our journey and when the dark days come (and they surely will) these friendships can be invaluable and can drag us to safety until the sun shines again.
I look forward to hearing you on the Discord radio-shows super excited at how much progress you have made in year 2! Thanks for the encouragement to the plankton here and for sharing your story that we can use as a roadmap to success.
Take great care and keep finding ways to make the journey and the community better :D
- Jackpot
- OCD
- Whaleshares
Thank you for this kind and supporting words, they really motivate me to continue.
You are so much more than welcome my friend, remember...You motivated me first haha.
That is the meaning of community, praise where praise is due and motivation of the people we meet in order to make a better world on the blockchain than the one we often see around us in our real lives...Also i forgot to mention that one more thankyou is richly deserved...
This post introduced me to @detlev and (I can hardly say it my knees are shaking)...Beercoin Where has that been all my life?
If ever there was a currency or crypto that spoke to me and spoke my language this is undoubtedly IT! I now feel that my life is complete and I am learning all about it, right now.
Thanks again man. I look forward eagerly to your climb to the summit of the Steemit mountain, I know you are going all the way!
Then I also comment here for you beer so that you can also win some beercoins.
May the force be with you