Welcome to the Steemit Community @philnard ! As a gentle reminder, please keep your master password safe. It cannot be recovered. The best practise is to use your private posting key to login to Steemit when posting; and the private active key for wallet related transactions.
The STEEM journey need motivation, consistency and enough enthusiasm, so you don't feel discourage especially in your first few weeks on this community. Give it your best self and have a handsome reward soon.
To your success,
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