We all have surges of creative energy, you know.
We all have ideas that spring to our minds. Some are minor, some are major. Sometimes, we have the energy and resources to plan them out and execute them.
However, most of these ideas never come into reality, very few of us have found a home for them.
So here I am, introducing myself on the Steemit platform.
#introduceyourself
To those of you who are already living more of your ideal reality thanks to the Steemit Blockchain, hello and congratulations.
To those of you who are new like me, hello! We're now a part of shaping an amazing platform at it's early stages, how exciting!
To everyone else inbetween.. Hey, let's do it!
What do I do?
Honestly, I'm not sure how much I want to talk about myself in such a structured and linear way. However, I do want to let you know though that I am a perfectionist in the way I communicate and I experience a generalised form of anxiety around the way I interact with people - I'm learning to manage this and treat it as something positive and useful, rather than something negative which I'm controlled by.
I'll keep it short.
After high-school, I studied Software Engineering at university for a year and a half before I got bored and left.
Since then I've moved between different sales, marketing and training jobs in both retail and corporate sectors. I've travelled solo for 255 days, experienced many fleeting relationships and learned to cook some pretty yum vegan food.
I now live alone and to spice up my home life, I host people from around the world. This helps me stay in touch with the freedom of travel and I get to meet amazing people (who I hope to introduce on Steemit in future).
Why am I here?
Steemit was a platform I first stumbled upon when learning about Blockchain technology in September 2017. Of course, there is a lot to love. It gives content creators the opportunity to connect directly with people and for all of us to interact and exchange value..
I have drafted many posts on different platforms and toyed with the idea of building a personal brand through the current mainstream platforms such as Instagram and YouTube; and although it is possible, a lot of things push me away from supporting these platforms (I don't think I have to explain why here).
Finally, I'm deciding to get active. Steemit is a place where we can be rewarded for being our true selves and I'm here to see if who I am and what I create is valuable to you.
More than anything, I'm extremely excited to see what connects with you and I look forward to co-creating stories and ideas with you all.
Before this gets too long..
(my first draft of this got to about 3,000 words - not kidding).
Should you follow?
If any of this has connected with you in any way, please reach out, follow me, or comment any tips or thoughts you have. Steemit has the potential to become home to some extremely beautiful and valuable content; I really look forward to seeing you around.
http://www.steemapps.info/
Kind Regards,
@lytieulong
Hi @carpet.duck welcome to steemit, i hope you enjoy here, have fun. Don't get tired writing an article. You got an upvote from me :)
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Thanks @steemitboard, just had a read of your post and have upvoted you both here and there. Nice to see initiatives helping motivate newbies. Thanks for the support!
Welcome to the platform , Hope you enjoy it here
Thanks @jkenny!
Welcome to Steemit @carpet.duck!
I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.
Here are some links you might find useful.
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings from @introbot & @bycoleman
Some great words, would love to read your first version!
Hopefully you will bring some more content to steemit!
Thanks @hfnetworks, I appreciate your response. It was huge! It just kept going!
Honestly though, I would love to try putting out a piece like that (I wrote very truthfully and emotionally). But I do think for my first post that less is more.
Quality over quantity, you know.
Wao! Your "Introducingmyself" is very interesting! You have many structure in the article. Is sign is your letter?
Thank you @darkfemme! If you are looking to write with a bit more structure yourself, check out this post by @aka-alias which shows you some HTML which I've used here!
You can do it :)
Thanks, I was going to ask how you did 2 column format. Welcome!
Thanks @wholeself-in, yeah that tutorial was pretty helpful. I'll probably get pretty creative with the way my posts are designed so I hope to see you around!
Tks a lot :) if I can help you pls tell me ;)
Wow! You have got that interesting introduceyourself post. Welcome aboard, @carpet.duck . As what I've read from your intro, you have already an idea about Steemit and that's a very good thing to keep up on here. Unlike in my case, I didn't know anything about this platform when I started but because of my interest in cryptocurrency, I am loving Steemit now. I am more active now on here than any other social media platforms. By the way, I suggest you to use popular tags in your next blogs for more audience to notice your blog.
If you would like to learn more about this platform and wish to get more education on this, I refer you to our discord. Just click this: https://discord.gg/3jYNPUx. The mission of our discord is to welcome and help newbies to keep track on here, just tell them that I invited you there. Also if you have already heard of curation trail or you want to learn more about it, you can contact @cryptkeeper17 directly. He would love to explain to you about his curation trail. I am one of his active members. Just click this link: https://discordapp.com/channels/@cryptkeeper17
Another thing, your intro is really quality content so I suggest you to participate the newbie contest that is created by @greetersguild. Just click this link here. https://steemit.com/greetersguild/@greetersguild/it-s-contest-time-ladies-and-gentlemen-we-are-giving-away-60-shares-to-steembasicincome-and-sbd-rewards-you-have-to-check-this Goodluck. I hope you will win!
Thank you @loudetteiam, I did write a reply for this but it mustn't have gone through! I've entered the competition and will look to check out the Discord at some point.
I think I chose some decent tags for this post and I'll definitely keep in mind that tags are our way to reach our audience!
See you around!
Yeah, that's possible.
Good job! You've made a great decision. I hope you'll win. I really like your blog. I am looking forward to reading more of your blogs. Keep steeming :-)
Yay another vegan 💃
Welcome!
haha thanks @thekitchenfairy! I'm still yet to transition fully but I'm 99% of the way there. For me, the implications of veganism isn't something my close friends or any of my family really understand, I wonder if it's the same for you?
I chose steemit as my first blogging platform, and I can relate 100% on how posts can get so long so fast. lol. Loved reading through your intro. :D
Thanks @justlikejorge, it can get pretty crazy haha.
I appreciate that a lot!
Hey Carpet.duck! Nice to meet you, you can call me Aly. :) I'm already looking forward to your posts, will you be sharing about your solo-trip? Sounds really interesting, where are you from btw?
Hey Aly! Thanks so much for the comment. I will be writing about my travels yep! There's a lot in there so it will definitely come up. Have followed you as well, looks like you write about some interesting experiences!
I look forward to seeing you around!
Thank you :) Looking forward to reading your experiences. :D
Welcome. Did it take a long time for your profile to be approved? Mine took almost 2 weeks, but it was worth the wait.
I wanted to be one of the first to give you an up-vote too.
Please follow me if you like and we can share posts and up-votes and help build our profiles. Below is an example of a recent one. Please up-vote if you appreciate or find it interesting.
https://steemit.com/cityscapephotography/@shauntaemonte/whose-hopes-whose-fears
Not really @shauntaemonte, I have created about 5 different accounts though and lost passwords to them all :(
Took about a week for me.
Happy Steeming!
Send me your password and I'll keep it for you.....just kidding. ;)
I play guitar too. Thanks for sharing, hehe. You are awesome. I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold. You can call me Joey.
Cool post . follow me @kenergy i can help you develope your steemit
Hey @kenergy thank you! It would be nice if you could offer support now but that's okay! I've followed you regardless, your one line art challenge video is awesome!
Welcome to steemit @carpet.duck ! Like your introduction and the effort that went into it ~ I'm curious to hear more about your 255 days solo trip, will be following :)
Thanks @unfixable! I look forward to seeing you around :)
Hello! I followed you, let's increase the power of Steemit together! I hope you follow me. I'm always glad to have a new acquaintance with good people! ;)
Welcome to steemit! I know you will love here.
Great! Good post!
What's your favourite cryptocurrency?
Haha it's quite difficult to pick a favourite out of all the amazing projects going on. It's not necessarily my favourite but a project that speaks to me quite a lot is the Health Nexus Blockchain. It's tackling the medical industry which is absolutely incredible; it's potential impact is huge. It's already a working project and making waves in the U.S!
Welcome! looking forward to your future post :)
Thanks for the support @tressareid!
Great introduction post! I see the little snippets of HTML are already paying off, awesome! I'm looking forward to reading more! And thanks again for tipping me off to the GIF-link issues in my contest post. That's much appreciated!
Haha thank you so much @aka-alias, and no worries! I appreciate what you're up to here and look forward to catching more of your content! I feel there will be a lot to learn from you.
Welcome to Steemit! This is a great introduction post. I wish for plenty of Steemit success to come your way! If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me at anytime!
Thanks @magicalmoonlight I appreciate the support!
You're welcome!
ohh that food looks good! I look forward to reading more, I too am new and have yet to make my intro, rather I am seeking out those of like-enough mind to follow and comment on their posts. My first day here has been a blast, hope yours was a good one too.
I understand what you mean @blackant, thanks for the follow and support! I look forward to your intro post.