A Lost Traveler Finds His Way to Steemit - My Introduction

in #introduceyourself5 years ago (edited)

Hey guys and gals,

As my username suggests, my name is Jon. I'm currently living in North Carolina, but I’ve been fortunate to travel and live in other areas in the US and abroad. Despite all my traveling, I absolutely love eastern North Carolina and hope to call it home for many years to come.

I hope to even write about North Carolina here on Steemit.

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above picture: us at Real Madrid vs PSG

I’m teacher, writer, editor, and business owner, among other things. Happily married to a beautiful wife, as seen in all my pictures.

Although life has been difficult at times, I’ve been able to carve my own path in life, earning a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies and a master’s degree in English.

I used those degrees to help me travel abroad, teaching English in Thailand. While there, I also traveled to Vietnam, Laos, China and Japan.

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above picture: us at a soccer match in Thailand

I hope to get a lot out of Steem. Over the past year, I’ve been able to establish myself on the Scorum Sports blockchain platform. It’s been an absolute thrill posting and getting to know people on Scorum from all over the world.

Taking what I learned from Scorum, I hope to apply it here, although I’m learning quickly that both sites are vastly different.

I have lots of passions, and I hope Steem gives me the opportunity to write about and connect with people who share those passions.

My plan is to continue to post Sports content on Scorum and share them on SportsTalkSocial. As for Steemit proper, I hope to be able to branch outside of sports and cover a wider variety of topics.

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above picture: us getting married

Some of those topics I’m interested in writing about here include traveling, photography, literature, creative writing, sci-fi, paranormal, UFOs, the phenomenon, ancient history and more.

Yes, that’s right, I’m a total junkie for anything alien, paranormal or ufo related. For the sake of brevity, I won’t go into my deep and passionate love for aforementioned topics—that will be a post for another day—but I will say you should expect a lot of fun content from me covering a wide array of different subjects.

I'll leave it here for now. I'm looking forward to getting to know lots of you and establishing myself on Steemit. Here's to a bright blockchain future.


Follow me on Twitter: @thefootgeneral

My Blog on Scorum: Here

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Hi and welcome here! When I started on steemit, my biggest problem was to find interesting people to interact with. So, to help newcomers getting started I created a directory with other interesting and or talented steemians to follow or interact with. Feel free to check it out at https://www.steemiandir.com I am sure it will help you find like-minded people. Enjoy your stay here and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

Great to see you fellow seeker of the unknown and such.....
Happy you are here!

and

I got your sixx, for real........you got the real deal, been on here long enough to know lol :)

OH YEAH. AXEY IS HERE~~!!

Let's go on this funky ride together.
You lead the way :P

Sport, UFO, paranormal now even ancient history ? LoL 1/1 like me. I wonder where are glasses ? :)

Hehe. What can I say.

Glad we linked up here on steem so we can talk about these topics.
Looking forward to chatting with you guys about other things than sports.

Happy to find like-minded people :)

Welcome and hell yeah man can't wait to see more from this blog! Gonna follow and congratulations!

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Thanks @ganjafarmer.

I totally dig your vibe. I followed back~!

Yeah man!! Welcome in Steemit officially!!
A big big to you and wife!!

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My man~!

I want to see wedding pictures of you on here come September :)

Yeah mate! I will for sure!!😃🍻✌️

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Hello Jon
And your lovely wife offcourse ( give her a account too hahah )
This is not an automated answer its ME and welcome to Steemit, from the other side of the world 🌍
You are a Steemian now! And your first blog is online. Better late than never, and I'm sure one day we will say those were the very early days of Steemit, so congrats! Whats essential here is regular posting off good quality blogs.
So start writing ! Tell us about your life, passion, animals or your work.
That Will attract possible followers. And try sportstalk it’s a new platform so maybe you can cross post.
Do be carefull with your passwords, they are yours and yours only.
Maybe read my blog https://steemit.com/community/@brittandjosie/4-o-clocky-steem-keys-key-to-your-succes-so-secure-them
Look up the free Steemify app in the Appstore or read this blog https://steemit.com/busy/@exyle/using-steemify-to-stay-up-to-date-about-the-blockchain-like-project-destiny-please-consider-blockbrothers-for-your-witness-vote Thats helpfull too.
Next to Steemify I use Appics and Partiko to post.

You can also visit our discord server The Steem Terminal is your one-stop location for learning about destinations on the Steem Blockchain & Discord. Here you will find people who are willing to answer the questions you may have as a new Steemian, documents to assist you, a place to learn and practice, and find out about the many opportunities to connect with other Steemians! Or the account @heyhaveyamet ( a coop with @xcountytravelers ) Where we highlight newcomers.
Or see this blog that will help a writer like yourself too
https://steemit.com/steem/@verhp11/a-complete-guide-for-new-steemians
Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead! Let me know if you have questions,

Love from the Netherlands
Britt

Wow thanks for the warm welcome @brittandjosie~~!!

I've had a lot of links and projects thrown at me. I'll certainly need a bit of time to unpack everything. I really appreciate the resources.

I hope to see you around :)

Take your time ! It’s a lot I know but nothing is a must though a lot is a must have haha we got a big American base in the steemterminal so maybe join and talk instead of reading all the blogs !
Let me know if you need help

I've already gone looking through some of your links. I waste no time before getting down to business :)

I'll heed your words of wisdom, that's for sure.
Bless up.

I am always around somewhere on the steemisfere

Ahoy! Welcome aboard, me 'earty! Glad ta see ya (with me one good eye).

Ah if it isn't de old scallywag from Scorum washed ashore here.

I've been living on coconuts and rum for a week now.

Avast, I actually originally set sail from port here on the Steem blockchain. Glad to see a friendly face in these waters. Let's talk UFOs again soon...or sports, sports works too.

It will be great to get your perspectives of our diverse and growing communities and tribes! Steem definitely has some great potential as it finds its way to remain relevant and adopting to a social community.

Welcome to Steem! You have taken the first step in achieving many goals here at the crossroads of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and social media. Consistent engagement is needed to progress and grow your following and influence. I am currently working on a weekly post to curate new users and providing them an introduction to the ecosystem. I have selected your post as one I will feature in an upcoming post! In addition, I have published a post that provides great references to assist you in your journey. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or feedback!

Oh wow, that's great. How exciting. Thank you for the gracious welcome and for choosing me. I look forward to the post.

Reading through your link right now. Very interesting project.

Welcome to Steem jon.bonomo! Partiko is officially the fastest and most popular mobile app for Steem. Unlike other Steem apps, we take 0% cut of your earnings! You can also be rewarded with Partiko Points while using Partiko and exchange Partiko Points for upvotes!

Partiko for Android can be downloaded here on Google Play and the iOS version is available here on the App Store.

If you have more questions, feel free to join our Discord channel and ask @crypto.talk, we're always here to help!

Thank you so much for your interest!

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Welcome to steemit @jon.bonomo.

Welcome the new steemians. Have a great day!

very cool. I'll check it out.

Yay for saving the environment.

Welcome to the Steemit community @jon.bonomo!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for here and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions:

  1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
  2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions and steemconnect,
  3. The master password is only used to reset compromised passwords,
  4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
  5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit,
  6. An introduceyourself tag is used only once, and
  7. When you open your steemit.com, in the upper right corner of the page there are 3 bars. Click on those, and then on the "welcome", and you will get a lot of reading material that will help you.

I found you because @xcountytravelers and @brittandjosie from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Steemians available who can help you; you can click to go to the Steem Terminal in Discord here:

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Have fun and happy Steeming!

Welcome to steemit jon! It's good to see you here. Will be looking forward to your quality sports articles here in steemit. You will enjoy it here just like in scorum.

My man. So glad to finally stumble this way.

Let the games begin :)

Let's go! Will be upvoting your post regularly. :)

Hello @jon.bonomo

Welcome to Steemit & Wish you luck - success with Steemit!

Currently, We're supporting for the Planktons by our small upvote. If you follow @haccolong you will get free upvote of @hoaithu's Curation trail & minimum 1 follow from me. You may like it, Check statement here.

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Hi, welcome to SteemIt. Good luck on your Steem journey and I wish you the best. I've been here since 2016 but it was only last month when I fully committed to take Steem seriously. Please have a read about my STEEMJOURNEY.

Here are also some tools that I use and I hope you can find them useful too:

  1. Use Partiko App from your mobile phone to post to your blog, comment, and upvote content in SteemIt to earn points which you can use to boost your own content.
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If you need help, I am just a message away.

Cheers
Neil

Congratulations @jon.bonomo!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade for newcomers in the following category:

  • Comments - Ranked 2 with 30 comments

I also upvoted your post to increase its reward
If you like my work to promote newcomers and give them more visibility on the Steem blockchain, consider to vote for my witness!

You're welcome, @jon.bonomo.
I saw you on Scorum first. Glad to see you here.
Hope you will see familiar faces here :)