Introducing myself

[celestal]

Hello fellow Steemians!

I've always hesitated on writing a blog or sharing videos on the Internet and I have little to no experience on content creation. But recently I found Steemit, got interested in the platform, and decided to give it a try.

I'll keep this nice and simple but in a way that it'll hopefully give you an idea of me.

Lets go!

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Who am I

In this this life I have been given a name that is Miika. That's also the name I'm mostly referred to in my daily life. 19 times I have already orbited around the Sun by the time of writing this.

Where am I

Like most of the Steemians here I'm sitting on Earth (let me know if some aliens or a guy from NASA space station joins Steemit). More precisely in the Southern Finland, near the capital: Helsinki.

I have just graduated from upper secondary school (or just high school) this year so it's been 12 years of studying alltogether, though I can't say my English is still perfect but bear with me (I hate those proposition, never sure which goes where, haha).

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Slave? student? the same thing? Debatable, but sometimes it felt like it.

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First touch to crypto

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After graduating from high school, I got some money as a gift from relatives. Being a gamer I thought it was a good time to finally upgrade my PC, for my graphics card was already seven years old.

Looking for a new card it came to me that almost all of them were out of stock, especially the high-end ones. If there were some left, the prices were ridiculous. Browsing Youtube it came apparent this was due to crypto mining, Etherium mainly.

I had been aware of Bitcoin but I have had no idea there were others such as Etherium.

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For now I didn't go much further into the crypto world since after finding a good graphics card, I was a happy camper smashing some uruk-hai...

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...teaching zombies some manners...

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...and enjoying the views

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Source

But one day I decided to look what's all the mining mania about. Google and Youtube as my guidance, I found the technology, on which most of the crypto relies on: the blockhain. Not only was it the basis of bitcoin but it has been applied to many other industries and it still holds potential for solving different problems.

From that point on I was hooked: Only a few days later I was investing in projects that I personally believed in and found the most interesting. And eventually I found my way here, on Steemit; into a whole new kind of social media platform with a different ecosystem compared to others such as Facebook in which I have never been a very active user.

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Where am I going

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Right now I'm waiting to start my civil service this fall. But what I want to do after it is a complete mystery for me despite having three years of "thinking time" in high school.

• University? Weeee more studying
  • Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Social sciences
• Music? I'd rather keep it as hobby
• Poker pro didn't work out
• Art??? I guess why not but I don't really enjoy it that much so...

Many interests do I have, but from all the sparks nothing has really caught a good fire. Delving too much into a specific topic tends to eventually suck the enjoyment out of it. This is how I've always been and probaply will be. That's also why I have stopped chasing for "the one" passion because there likely isn't one. For me at least.

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Last words

Regardless of the uncertainty in my personal life, I'm eager to see what the future holds, particularly for the crypto side-of-things. Although I have noticed some problems with Steemit such as spamming and plagiarizing, it's a huge step forward!

Comments

[steemik]

Welcome to steemit.

[celestal]

Thank you @steemik

[forestbarrett]

Welcome to Steemit!

[celestal]

Thank you!

[minknsa]

Perfect introduction post 👍

[celestal]

Thank you @minknsa! I'm happy my effort shows.

[aabisteemvoter]

Plzz follow me @aabisteemvoter

[codybitscott95]

Welcome to steemit

[celestal]

Thank you!

[bottymcbotface]

Welcome to Steem @celestal I have upvoted and sent you a tip

[celestal]

Thank you botty!

[aabisteemvoter]

Plzz follow me @aabisteemvoter

[leena888]

Nice first post, welcome to Steemit! Upvoted and Followed!

[celestal]

Appreciated!

[britec]

welcome to steemit @celestal,that's nice intro,hope to enjoy and work together

[celestal]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[skrapa33]

Nice fist post, welcome to steemit! Upvoted and followed!

[celestal]

Many thanks @skrapa33

[ksolymosi]

Congratulations to your introduction! Your post went "viral"! :-)
Good luck and enjoy Steemit!

[celestal]

Thank you @ksolymosi! I'll definitely do that.

[mialinnea]

Hi Miika! Welcome to steemit :) Glad to see more Finns here! And cool that you're into crypto currencies :) It's okay not to know what you want to do with your life yet! If you do decide to study psychology and have any questions feel free to ask since I study psychology in Finland :) Nice to meet you and welcome once again!

[celestal]

It's great to meet you too! Where do you study and are you specializing towards something like mental illnesses? I checked out your blog and it's really good stuff!

[mialinnea]

I study at Åbo Akademi University in Turku since my mother tongue is Swedish. Right now I'm doing a minor in theatre in California so I'm specializing in dramatherapies. But I'm also very interested in neuroscience and anything that has to do with mental illness.

[celestal]

Dramatherapy sounds super interesting. Enjoy your time California!

[roxyferis]

Welcome new steemanian.. nice to meet you steemit friend ..it’s great to see that more people is joining the steemit platform new faces everyday…that’s why I love reading the intro post… I get so excited to know that our community is growing!!!!steemit is a wonderful platform and you will enjoy it...just interact with others and have fun... you'll realise that commenting and interacting with other steemit users can help you get followers too so its a win ,win leave a comment make a friend.... i also love the concept of cryptocurrency and belief it is one of the best ways to invest .. Good luck on your steemitjourney i hope you make a lot of friends

[celestal]

Thanks for your comment @roxyferis! I haven't made any Internet friends before, but Steemit may very well change it!

[aidar]

Great story! Greeting from Saint Petersburg, Russia! Looks like we are not so far away:) I'm also new here! ☺️

[celestal]

Thank you, we are almost neighbors then!

[mikekenlytungal]

Welcome to Steemit sir! It's fun and great community here.
Im newbie too like you. Enjoy Steeming :)

regards,
Mike

[celestal]

I will!

[team.art]

welcome to the steemit platform, hope your days are fun with reliable writers, propesianoal photography, leading analytics, and good friends..
I really like Sufism, if you like to follow me. thank you @celestal.

[celestal]

Thank you, I hope your words shall bring me luck.

[khunpoom]

hello @Celestal !! Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit ! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure!! Here you can win money while bloging! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be allright. ! Cheers! Greetings, @khunpoom!

[celestal]

Greetings! I'm indeed going to write if I feel like I have something to share that could bring value to others.

[digitalplayer]

Welcome and thank you for being with us!! Following your blog now

[celestal]

Thank you @digitalplayer!

[pranjalphukan]

welcome friend....
hi myself @pranjalphukan

[celestal]

Thank you!

[bigpanda]

Fantastic introduction post @celestal. Great to meet you Miika

[celestal]

Thank you, I'm pleased to meet you too @bigpanda. Good you liked it!

[thailand-funfun]

welcome to steemit @celestal
following you now.

[celestal]

Thank you, I appreciate

[ponpase]

Congratulations to join, I hope I can follow you and you will also do the same.

I have the latest information from my post, which maybe you can take a moment to see it. Have a nice day!

Https://steemit.com/indonesia/@ponpase/wajib-ketahui-ini-jika-kamu-indonesia-the-foundation-of-the-state-of-indonesia-2017828t155226248z

Using irrelevant tags, especially popular tags, makes it hard to find good and relevant content.
Please try to use only relevant tags when posting!

#introduceyourself

The "introduceyourself" tag is for creating a post that tells us about you. Users are encouraging to use this tag exclusively for that, and not to reuse it.

very well, I also find many users who use inappropriate tags, they mostly use the most popular tags, however, the postings do not quite match the tags, why does this happen? will there be a big effect? I hope you can explain it! thank you, have a nice day!

[celestal]

Thank you @ponpase, I will absolutely try to match my posts with appropriate tags. I've also noticed inappropriate tags being used. I guess it's for trying to get more attention.

[leminhead]

Hey ! Nice post ! Welcome to Steemit ! Followed and upvoted. Checkout my last post and give me an upvote please! Or if you really like my post give me a resteem, it'll be very appreciated. Cheers!
https://steemit.com/art/@leminhead/chucky-s-bride-pencil-drawing--realism

[smirks]

#spammer

[leminhead]

not really. more promoting myself than anything. #followme #resteem #upvote

[smirks]

promoting yourself on somebody else's content over and over again = #spam

[matthew23]

welcome, can u help me get to 100 followers!

[richforever]

congratulations and welcome to steemit. i love ya arrangement

[celestal]

Thanks! I really did spend some time learning html coding to make it visually pleasant.

[majidawan]

Excellent introduction, for this i am your follower and also vote for you.

[celestal]

Much appreciated!

[team101]

Welcome to Steemit. You will love it here!

[celestal]

Thank you! I believe so too!

[steembike]

welcome bro

[celestal]

Thank you!

[abue]

Welcome to Steem

[celestal]

Thank you @abue

[cloudspyder]

Welcome to steemit @celestal, together we will make the internet a better place again and social media a source of learning.

[celestal]

Thank you, I hope so too!

[amedeo]

I really love your style of writing and filming! Continue so, do not listen to others!

[celestal]

Thank you for your kind words @amedeo I will keep my head straight forward!

[contentking]

Welcome to SteemIt!

I have no doubt that you are going to fall in love with it, as I did.

Also, I want to make sure you know that there is now DTube. It's sort of like SteemIt, except for videos!

If you like creating videos, you will certainly want to look into that.

Here's the link: https://dtube.video/

Enjoy yourself!

[celestal]

Thank you! I was already in the know of DTube and I'll definitely use it for uploading if I ever happen to have some videos to share.

[djunmul]

Welcome to Steemit @celestal, glad to meet you here. Hopefully your presence, can provide development for steemit.

[celestal]

Thank you. It would be wonderful!

[nunojesus]

Welcome to Steem @celestal I have upvoted and followed you

[celestal]

Thank you @nunojesus, I appreciate.

[chebee]

Welcome to steemit @celestal. Nice introducing.
Can we be a follower friends? I UpVoted and followed you. I also new in this channel and I collect friends. Can you also follow me and you will get a good contents from me. As you know: if you have a lot of friends you are rich (this is true mainly here ;-)
Enjoy the steemit community!

[celestal]

Thanks @chebee, I'm happy you liked it.

[slickhustler007]

Welcome @celestal aboard the steemit express. This is a great platform to express yourself just like any other social media outlet except this one pays its users for interacting with each other. Post good content and your rewards can be limitless but always stay true to yourself.

Checkout this post and give me some feedback on it
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

@circleoffriends
#circleoffriends
#minnowsupport
#cof

[celestal]

Thank you, I will always try to be myself.

[onyameakoa1]

Welcome to steemit @celestal.
I really admire your collection.

[celestal]

Thank you @onyameakoa1 By collection do you mean my pictures?

[modernpastor]

Welcome here :) I wish you all the best here.

[celestal]

Thank you @modernpastor, all the same to you too!

[modernpastor]

Thank you very much.

[allertsesmme]

Awesome intro @celestal. Welcome :)

[celestal]

Thank you @allertsesmme

[vlemon]

Welcome, cryptofriend ;).

[celestal]

Hey, thanks!

[sachinaston]

Welcome to Steem celestal:)

[celestal]

Thank you!

[raynex]

Hii there, im also new here

[celestal]

Hello to yourself @raynex!

[norwegiansteem]

Nice to meet you 🙋

[celestal]

Happy to meet you too @norwegiansteem! 👋

[mamoru]

[optimos]

Welcom to steem i wish the best to you i just followed you ..you also can follow me for more upvote exchange !! Thanks

[celestal]

Thank you @optimos I hope all the best to you as well.

[rezanorozi]

Hello dear, welcome. Hope you succeed. I'll follow your page. Hope you can follow me

[celestal]

Thank you @rezanorozi

[gunawanramli]

Nice Personality
Welcome to steemit
I hope you enjoi in this community
Thanks for Join

[celestal]

Thank you @gunawanramli I think I will like it here.

[moiseslink]

Welcome to Steemit man, I hope you enjoy this community as much as I,
I publish content about many curiosities that you may like.

[celestal]

Steemit community sure seems promising.

[jamie-smith]

You wrote an interesting intro article about yourself while at the same time posting some nice pics and videos. Good effort and welcome to steemit.com!!

[celestal]

I'm happy you liked it!

[mallorca]

Welcome to Steemit, Miika !

[mamamyanmar]

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