i was very lucky to have parents that let me create work and learn how to do it on my own. i grew up working ever since i was a kid. i grew up building houses and when i was 9 my parents had a house that was burned and let me learn how to rebuild a house and flip it on my own. they would drop me off with the material and tell me i can sit and do nothing all day or start reading the directions and figure out how to start and finish something either way they wouldnt be back for 8 hours. lets just say after a few hours of sitting around doing nothing i got bored and started reading directions and figuring out how to lay some tile at that time. it was exciting for a kid to learn and do things and try to figure out what was next and think for myself. when i was 12 my parents took me to meet a salesman selling a new product that was going to change the future of building. we sat down to watch a video about icf "insulated concrete forms" construction and when it was done they asked me what i thought and i said this is the future of building and from that day forward that is the way we built, little did i know that my parents did this all for my future education at the time. when we started building icf homes they were fairly new product and the learning curve was a pain in the ass, we had to mitre all the corners by hand the block was waffle shaped on the inside so they would always float up when we would pour the concrete but it was a learning experience and manufacturers would listen to the installers to improve product and many years later they have gotten it down to a science. i build solid poured insulated concrete homes and basically play with legos and build houses. now i have gotten into developing land into subdivisions and building spec houses on them but i still build them the icf way not the cheap wood built way. im in the process of building my dream house thats all concrete that i have designed myself and i love imagining it, putting it on paper, and then creating it with my bare hands and breathing life into it. once i learned about crypto i got the same feeling when i was a kid watching that video about icf construction and thinking this is the future and i have jumped full blown into a couple promising coins. my favorite one is NLC2 and that is my home base. the other is SOMEE social. now i have stumbled onto steem and feel like i have found a whole new world and abundant life. as i learn how to navigate please feel free to ask me about energy efficient ways to build houses for my house im building now is almost 7000 square feet and my utilities combined water,gas,electric will average $100 us dollars a month. im excited to be here on steemit and thanks for creating a platform that doesnt try to confine me to a box.
yours truly
Daniel Montgomery
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In our country, this illegal building will be demolished by the government. I won't tell you that my country is China.
why would it be illegal
Such a nice story ;) I’m glad you learn how to work and do the work your self! Now you are skilled and I bet you are proud that you build your own house! I’ve been telling this story with months for the past 1 year! Back in the days my grandpa build his house also when he was at 15 too! But for example today’s boys don’t know nothing more then now to play in a PlayStation or iPhone or game box and staying in front of the TV like zombies to be brainwashed!
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yes that is so true and sad i think it is because society is a debt based society and they only have time to go to work and rent their fake lifestyle to be relevant to what the tv tells them is relevant, all the while the electronics have become the parents babysitter and no moral work ethic and actual skills are being handed down anymore from parent to kids
People will realize it some day but will be too late for some of them ;)
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thanks cant believe how kind and helpful this community is
thank you for inspiring me to finally write my intro after two years of joining the community.
writing that brought back a bunch of good memories i enjoyed doing that
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thanks i will check it out theycallmedan recomended that i check it out too
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Welcome and thank you for sharing such a great story
thank you its a little weird to try and explain ones self and introduce ones self in a short blog of how my whole life experience has shaped me into who i am today
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thanks it is unbelievable how vast this platform is and how many people there are willing to help thanks so much
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Nice Post! Welcome in STEEM! Followed/upvoted/resteemed!
My father was also a builder of houses and while I didn't follow in those footsteps I could appreciate the kind of upbringing you had, especially as I had a similar one in the sense that I'm mostly self taught as well.
I think when one is self taught they tend to be much more passionate about what they do than when information is forced upon them. It tends to genuinely come from within which I think is pretty awesome.Hey there @d8niel77 welcome to steem! I enjoyed reading your story, sounds like you've had quite an interesting and fascinating life.
This crypto business is a new world indeed and it's a pretty exciting one I think. If I could give you advice about steem it would be to find some good communities to be a part of, I think they can help immensely! One you might wanna checkout is called @steemitbloggers and also I helped created one called the @ifc or Information Finding Championship which is sort of like the UFC except instead of people physically fighting they compete mentally to solve problems and bring back information on diverse subjects. I've had quite a few people tell me they really enjoy our game and our community has a lot of people who are very friendly and supportive and helpful.
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Anyways.. Good luck on here! I hope you do well! Cheers. :D
thanks for the tips will be checking out those communities you recommend
You're welcome! I hope you find something you like or that resonates with you within either of those communities, and if they're not your cup of tea so to speak there's a lot of other interesting communities on steem. :) Just gotta look around a bit! Cheers!
Thats a wonderful story. Welcome to steemit buddy.
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Thanks Daniel Montgomery
Oh yes I built me a hexagonal house too , working
on the solar panels now. I love that House at the
bottom is gorgeous !
thanks here is the veiw looking out from my back balcony its winter time and still a work in progress but i can visualize the finished product im so excited about this house and property
just had a cup of wine on your name . Cheers !@d8niel77 man you’re an arquitect in progress; I
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