Alright guys, I think it’s time…
To finally introduce myself.
But before I dive in...
I think my sister @allasyummyfood (who's literally been trying to get me to do my first Steemit post for over a year now) - is probably not even gonna believe that this is actually happening. After all, I did promise her that I will have it ready by the time she’s back from Bali (after not seeing her for a month). Consider it my “Welcome back” gift to her ;-)
Who am I?
Well, for starters I’m @allasyummyfood’s younger sister (though I’m not that young anymore...). I’m 27, Latvian (though I have definitely been - what I like to call “Englanised”) and a Generalist. I say this because I still haven’t found my specialisation or my own business (not yet anyway), but I’m still good at a lot of things. And organisation is by far one of them. Hence why I head up Operations at a retail tech startup here in London.
Me earlier this year in Eleuthera, Bahamas
My story
I moved to the UK at the age 14 (two years after my sister did), went to school in Kent, finished a degree at the London School of Economics and soon after moved to Berlin for my first proper job at a small tech startup. Ever since then I’ve always worked for startups and in tech and never looked back or wondered what my life would be like if I went into investment banking or consultancy like 95% of my Uni friends did.
What took me so long?
I would like to say ’not enough free time’ but that’s not true. I believe that you can always find time for things that you choose to prioritise in life, so I’m gonna go with - laziness… The important thing is that it’s the 23rd of January 00:34 and I’m writing my first post. And as gay as it might sound writing for Steemit is on my ‘2018 Goals’ list which brings me on to the next point.
Why now?
Well, aside from making Steemit as part of this year's goals, it was definitely seeing my best school friend @yasminep and even HER BOYFRIEND @alex1only beating me to it (after @allasyummyfood paid them a visit in Malaysia a week or so ago). Competition is a beautiful thing and an even greater motivator :-)
@yasminep and me in Dubrovnik, Croatia (August, 2017)
Why Steemit?
Of course seeing how much success my sister @allasyummyfood has had with this platform was great (especially after she worked her a** off for 3 years and barely got paid by YouTube or Facebook). But actually, after just spending 15 minutes reading through @yasminep’s and other contributors’ posts made me realise what an incredible community Steemit already is.
If anything, I stopped using Facebook (not Messenger) to interact with people a while ago so rediscovering something that is new (to me), fun and fresh is amazing and got me really excited! My motivation isn’t necessarily monetary (after all I have a full-time job) but really to have fun and be part of something new and exciting as well as share some stories and advice of my own.
Celebrating my 27th birthday in style (August, 2017)
What will I be posting?
To be honest, everything and anything. As I mentioned before, I’m a bit of generalist and I love to do a lot of things, including the most obvious, like travelling, doing all kinds of sport, eating (loads), exploring what London city has to offer, photography and more. I will also write about my 30-day challenges and dates. But not the cheesy kind of dates - but rather competitive dates with my boyfriend Liam (anyway, more on this later).
Final words
This is probably too long for my first post but when I’m on the roll, I’m on the roll. And before I roll into my bed, I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to my amazing, talented sister @allasyummyfood (who I miss so much) for being patient and SO persistent about me becoming part of the Steemit community! Love you, big sis.
Me and my amazing sister @allasyummyfood
Inga x
P.S. I can’t wait to contribute and making Steemit as one of my priorities this year :-)
I love your story and your sister's videos have seriously upped my cooking game! Thanks for joining Steemit and as a fellow generalist, I look forward to reading your posts!
That's amazing, @khaleelkazi - I'm sure @allasyummyfood will be happy to hear that! And yes, a new one coming today :-)
I also have a sister (twin) who first registered with the steemit and always told me - come and you HERE. So we have similarities. 😄
Welcome!
Aww, that's amazing + you're also a neighbour! The photos from her wedding looked incredible btw!
Hey dear your smiling face looking so cute.... thanks for share :)
Welcome on Steemit Inga! Glad to have you here! Can't wait to read your posts!! Will be exciting and awesome!!!
Haha, thanks Ivar! Glad to be part of this too now :-)
wellcome to the show. enjoy
Thank you!
Welcome to steemit! Love to hear about your traveling. I don't get a chance to visit other places so I enjoy reading about them.
Thank you, @cookit. I will try and get something out on travelling tonight or tomorrow!
You are beautiful @ingaaa
Thank you!
SOOO EXCITED THAT YOU ARE FINALLY HERE :P xxxx
No need to be sorry Inga! It's better to be a bit late than never :D Welcome!
Haha, me too! Sorry I took so bloody long ;-) Xx
@allasyummyfood please check my introduction post, i'm Iron lady of my Country.
@allasyummyfood thanks the stars you brought @ingaa here! She is such a gift to steemit family. Her speech motivated me already! I'm a Newbie mate also. And i know i'm gonna fit in! steemit rocks!!!. Welcome @ingaa! welcome @uniqueknowledge
Aww, thank you @uniqueknowledge. I'm so glad it moved you too, I teared up when I was streaming it from London. She's amazing! Good luck and have fun here :-)
Thanks and you too @ingaa
Another power woman, great to have you two on board! :-)
Thank you, @surfermarly! I heard about you from the SteemFest already! :-)
Welcome to the community Inga. Your sister is right to have pushed you a little. I entered 3 months ago. It was the fun reads, the dedication of the writers and the quality of their posts that decided me to give a shot to another social site, again... Well, I met my match!
I made great friends here, that share my interests, had a lot of fun creating great articles and was amazed by the feedback and appreciation (i never knew I could make money as a blogger... it just happened lol!). And this is just the beginning, I feel.
So, I wish you a similar path, and a lot of meaningful experiences on the platform!
With this post, you put a foot in, now the door is opening to a new world.
Enjoy!
Oc
Hey dear! You are so similar to me :) I just wrote my introduce yourself aswell. check it out.
UPVOTE DEF.
Hi @mykarma - I already have! :-)
Glad you are here as well Sir ! 🙂👌🏻
Thank you, @muphy. That's great to hear - I look forward to doing the same :-)
Yeah, you're now on board, WELCOME!!
Thank you @gringalicious - your name sounds delicious! Haha
Couldn't keep a long enough eye contact while scrolling through that last picture lol. Welcome to Steemit, fellow Generalist :)
Haha, thank you @kevinwong! I've heard great things about you from @allasyummyfood :-) #generalistsarethebest
Hey pretty! Welcome to steemit and have fun but beware, it can be addictive :D
Haha, it certainly is already! And thanks for the welcome :-)
Hi Ingaaa, this is really awesome introduction and first post. Good luck in steemit family!
Thank you, @petko! Looked at some of your photos - they are sick. Look forward to seeing more.
Welcome to steemit I look forward to your posts. Lovely photo in the beautiful Bahamas I lived there for a long time.
Hey! Welcome! Getting started is the hardest part and by the looks of it you are off to a great start!
Thanks, @austinhopper! Look forward to contributing more :-)
Welcome to Steemit @ingaaa Looks like you are off to a great start here :)
Yes I understand about what you say with getting involved with financial businesses and such. The good news is that Steemit is somewhere halfway through between finance business and having fun.
Agree, it's the perfect combo! And thanks for the warm welcome :-)
Welcome to steemit. Your a steemit star with your first post. Hope you enjoy the platform.
I been trying to get my sister to join ever since ive joined. Glad you went through with it.
Thank you, @californiacrypto. Think I'm already getting a little addicted...(just like my sister when she first started, haha). Best advice is to get your sister's best friend to post first - worked like a treat!
It's so beautiful to have you here on steemit. I took time to come welcome you and I know you will love it here. Welcome to our family. @greatness96
Thank you @greatness96! I see you've done a lot for the community and Steemit already - keep it up!
Welcome to steemit. I think you will really love the platform. I have enjoyed sharing some of my travels on here. I look forward to your posts.
Thank you, @athome!
Welcome to the community Inga! Looks like you're off to a good start!
Thanks man! By the way, I'm a huge Bernie fan myself! :-)
Wow! I admire @allasyummyfood persistence to get you involved inside Steemit. Beautiful people like you are most welcome here, I see that you have great and interesting topics to write. I am sure that a lot of people will enjoy your content.
Looking forward to see more of your posts... followed you, hope to see lots of good quality content from you.
Aww, thank you @arnel - really appreciate the support so far! Will keep you posted on my next post ;-)
Hello, Privet and Wilkommen to Steemit ✌️ great that you are here now ! 😃
Thank you @vladikras! Can't wait to grow within this community!
Welcome aboard @ingaaa! @allasyummyfood was so excited of you finally getting an account that she literally DM every Steemian friends she can get in touch with! Talk about sisterly love!
Wow it really took you almost a year to get on a platform that your sister has been a part of since it's beginning.. Have been trying to get my siblings onboard too but I guess it's gonna be the same story as yours hahaha.
That's the spirit! The beautiful thing here is that no one is stopping you at all. Theres no need to push yourself into a niche at the first try.
Love to see more from you! I've already followed you. See you around!
Aww, thank you @awesomianist and I know, she's done a lot for me already! That's good to hear, I think I will start with writing anything that comes to my mind and will see where it takes me - thanks for the advice! :-)
Here's to Steemit taking you far and wide! 🥂🥂🥂
And see you on during Steemfest3 hopefully? haha!
Haha why not! :-)
nice photos...followed
nice post... i just started today with my introduce yourself and i feel like a kids at first day school... good luck to you and me hehehehe
Haha, I'm sure you will do great @bycuky!
hahahahaha i hope so im photographer you can check my profile... im trying lol
Hey, welcome Inga @ingaaa! You will rock here! I like your photo from Dubrovnik in your introduction post! Come visit us again, greetings from Croatia :(
Aww, thank you @matejka13. I got a lot of love and comments about that photo - Dubrovnik is stunning!
welcome to steemit... looking forward for more post from you.
feel free to follow me @greatman4eva
Welcome to steemit, am sure you will enjoy it here. Feel free to follow me @greatman4eva. Looking forward to seeing more post from you.
Hey there welcome to steemit :-) Good to have you here, and looking forward to more awesome travel posts by you
Thanks, @raci! I better get on with it then ;-)
That's the spirit 😃
Welcome to Steemit - I'm sure your photos and tales of your travels will be most welcome here.
Thank you - I can't wait to share more!
welcome to steemit. Your sister did well to finally get you here.
Haha, I know right. Especially when I lived with her all this time... :-)
Hi
Welcome to Steem. Congratulations! It's an awesome community. I followed you. Please follow back. Good Luck.
Hi @steemcafe, thanks a lot - I look forward to being part of it!
Welcome on steemit, if you need help you can check @steemguide. Wish you all the best for what you are expecting here
Welcome Inga! Im new to steemit and to cooking as well. Will you be blogging about yummy food like your sister? followed ; )
Thank you! And no, not like my sister (she's the expert) but I love trying new restaurants in London/abroad so I may post about that :-)
welcome to the best community :) looking forward to read your posts!!
Thanks, man!
Hi @ingaa,
This is a cool post, I even forgot to introduce myself in steemit. I think I want to post soon what I write. 😂
Steemit is cool.
Oh yes, give my regards to your sister @allasyummayfood. She's so cool. 😍💖
Thank you, @moexyn! I can't wait to post more content on here either :-)
I think I'm also so eager, but you have a bigger chance, your sister can help, and I have to fight myself here. But I'm sure we will succeed with hard work. You are very good 😊
Do not forget to follow me too, so we can share each other. 🙏
I made 75 posts and I only have 38 followers lol. Could someone give me a hug, follow or upvote! I appreciate it everyone!
Haha, hi @crypto-moon. Just read your first travel post about whale sharks - loved it. Short and to the point. I followed you so keep them coming :-)
Thanks so much I appreciate it!
We have traveling & interest in tech startups and gin in common! I'm from wisconsin love cheese! I think you'd like reading my introduction. I am in crypto but this introduction doesn't focus on that. More travel in this one.
https://steemit.com/life/@crypto-maven/deeper-introduction-martial-arts-background-and-going-to-the-muhammad-ali-funeral-in-louisville-ky
nice to meet you :)
Sorry i have to say this: honestly the way these words are pouring Out like rain and are well constructed seem to me that all this year and months you have been jotting words to words down piece by peice. I am thrill by your writing style. Upvote you
hola! I like your post! Thanks for it! lets make stemit togheter to a better place with our content! I would like to read a bit more about you and maybe do you have some more pictures?
I also just wrote a introduceyourself. maybe you upvote me and follow me aswell as I do?
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@muniba/why-am-i-even-alive-introducing-myself-artist-model-activist-motivational-speaker-singer-and-television-host
Hi Muniba, I read your story and it was truly touching. However there was a question raised whether this account is real so I'll hold off before I know/hear more.
Thanks Alot @ingaaa, Now you can check my blog my socail media team manager was sending him reply, please help me to grow on steemit, resteem my articles..
Nice to see you joining this great new platform and be part of our community :D
Welcome to Steemit! All the best!
INGGGAAAAAA! Finally! Welcome to steemit, my girl. So happy i've featured so prominently on here. Ha ha. Really great intro post. Can't wait to read all your posts soon!
Thank you my darling! And I couldn't NOT mention you. After all, you gave me a kick up my a** - exactly what I needed to get on with it! Love x
Good luck for future
Thank you!
I am also new here
you are welcome to steemit
Such good genes running in your family, it's unfair how talented and beautiful you two are. Hahaha god bless Latvia. Always wanted to visit the beautiful country. Come to Malaysia, we have beautiful beaches amongst other attractions.
Thank you, @thethinkingdr. My best friend @yasminep is actually living in KL right now so I still ought to visit her! And if you ever end up going to Latvia - let me know and I'll send you some tips!
That would be lovely, I'd be sure to let you know that, in the meantime, i shall follow you so i can keep track of you.
Hi @ingaaa! Great first post, I'm new here as well. Can't wait to read your stories :)
Thanks @cruella and welcome too!
Bienvenidaa @ingaa esperemos que esto sea un maravilloso viaje... como nos encanta a todos.
Muchas gracias, Kevin. Yo tambien :-}
welcome to steemit and i liked ur intro very much.. hope for best in future and see you again and agian...
You too, @ajaydodeja! Have fun and keep it real ;-)