Hello everyone, my name is Simon, I'm 24 years old and currently living in Germany. Today I joined Hive and Leofinance.
I'd like to introduce myself and talk a bit about me and the things I enjoy. Feel free to grab a cup of tea or coffee while reading my post, it might take a few minutes to read through. Please keep in mind that English is not my native language so misspelling might occur (or grammatical mistakes). Thanks for your attention and let's begin.
You may want to know how I got my username. "Shiso" is Japanese for "leaf" and here's the story behind it:
When I was 18 years old, I worked in a 1 star Michelin restaurant. We used eatable micro plants (microgreens) to decorate our dishes. My favorite was "Shiso Purple". It just looked astonishing and tasted good.
Due to my interest in Japanese culture and my love for food and cooking, I decided to take Shiso as my nickname and I usually use that nickname to sign up whenever it's available/not taken.
Sadly, I can't work as a cook anymore, but I'll talk about it later in the post.
Why did I join Hive/Leofinance?
Luckily, my brother invited me to stay at his house over the Christmas holidays (2 households were allowed to meet during the covid lock down in Germany) and we talked a lot about crypto currencies and investments in general. I haven't touched any crypto coins before but the conversations raised my interest and I'm pretty excited to get deeper into it.
So I searched through the internet and Hive got my attention.
Coinbase was the first trading platform my brother suggested to me, so I created an account and I'm currently trading with the currency I got for free.
That leads us to the next point I want to share with you.
I'm a big gamer. Especially when it comes to World of Warcraft, which I played since I was 9 years old.
I don't want to dive too deep into WoW now, maybe in another post, but the important info you need is the existence of an ingame auction house in WoW.
I spend a lot of time trading virtual items/materials for WoW's ingame currency "gold".
That way I was able to make a lot of gold, which I can convert into real money (via buying WoW Tokens with gold), usable in the Blizzard store (current pricing for EU WoW Tokens is around 160k gold for 13€).
I know I can't reproduce it exactly in real life because trading with crypto currency is different and with a way higher risk, but since I'm only using the free amount I got from coinbase, it won't hurt if I lose it. If you are interested about my trading process, feel free to ask. Maybe I'll document it and post it here on a regular basis.
The next point actually combines two points.
First, my job.
Currently I'm working on a 450€ monthly basis due to my chronic condition. But often I'm not able to work enough hours to reach the full amount.
Second, the chronic condition.
I'm suffering from a very heavy, chronic migraine which occurs almost daily. Started at the age of 6 and got worse from time to time.
It is hard without a doubt and the last decade needed a lot of energy, but I'm still positive and look forward to better days. I'm also thinking about blogging about migraine, if you are interested, let me know.
Besides gaming I'd like to be in the nature, mostly with my dog (Alexia, 10y/o, Beagle). It has an relaxing effect on me and it's always good to get some fresh air. Furthermore I like to listen to music (mostly edm/hardstyle) and I can play the guitar and piano.
Also sports took a big role in my life. I was playing handball for a lot of years, but I had to quit due to migraine.
Lastly, I just want to say that life is beautiful and everyone should be thankful to be alive, recognize your chances and take them and be kind to each other. Stay safe and thanks for reading!
With kind regards
Simon
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Welcome to Leo,
Great time to join the platform, I hope you find tonnes of investing investment and finance info here and that you'll share some of your findings and your journey with us!
All the best with your blog and your journey into crypto
Welcome to LeoFinance
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We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.Welcome to the Hive community @shiso!
Seven suggestions to consider:
be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own.
I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.
If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hivians available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:
Have fun and happy Hiving!
Hi Oder hallo Simon und Alexis hi there may 2021 be a great blog year and thanks for deine bruder fur erzahlen that crypto blogging is fun.
Ich spreche Deutsch aber English is besser.
Thanks
Because you decided to join! So
Welcome to the Hive. It’s a true movement and blockchain, and I love that you decided to join us here. You will have fun blogging and vlogging I promise. And the garden will have some great tags to blog in about that hobby.
But in the beginning it’s hard and new and maybe you need help. We have amazing people here and a help discord if you need it. I love blogging, been here for three years already. But always be carefull with all your passwords, Never give those up !! I speak from experience !
Let me know if this was helpfull or if you need more help, see you in Discord
the Terminal. Here is the invite again its totally free,
Greeting from the Netherlands
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Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!
Everything is pretty overwhelming at the moment, but I guess I just need some time to get used to it.
I'll definitely try out ecency and may join your discord, thanks for the suggestion :)
Currently I'm trying to update my profile picture, but somehow it's not working. I uploaded several different images but it's not showing anything. Does it take some time because hive needs to verify it?
With kind regards
Simon
Posted Using LeoFinance Beta
Normal to be overwhelmed in the beginning
And normally the profile picture will go
Through , it’s in profile settings
Welcome!
Hope that you will like it here and contribute to the different communities
Thank you :) I'm looking forward to it!
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Welcome shiso!
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