Hi fellow steemians,
How are you guys?
I am Linda, 37 years old and I live in The Netherlands. I am married without children.
This platform will be great for me to express myself and to socialize with other people about common interests and thoughts. My interests are travelhacking, exercizing, cryptocurrency and overall developing myself on a personal level, by (self)education.
Starting with cryptocurrency
At the end of 2016 I discovered and bought some Bitcoin. It was the end of the year rally and I have to admit I was in full on FOMO-mode. Until it went from $ 1100 to $ 730 and I fell back at earth. At that point I was still in it, but I started looking and investing in the alternative coins. One of the first altcoins I bought was Ethereum. Again I made a mistake, because I hadn’t heard of Hodling, so I went in and out of coins. When I look back at my excel file of the coins I bought at the beginning of february this year it reminds me not to sell but to HODL! That’s exactly what I am doing now, now that the total maketcap went from 117 billion dollars to 63 billion. The fundamentals are still the same, I still believe in Cryptocurrency. It did/ does however need a correction to continue it’s growth. So I am hodling it out. In the meantime I will educate myself on cryptocurrency and blackchains.
Education
I am in the final stage of finishing my Bachelor education in Social Law. The only thing remaining is the Thesis. I have to say I am dreading it a bit, but I am also looking forward to finishing it, so I can finally say I have my Diploma. The subject of the Thesis will be about neighbour disputes and how a social housing corporation can resolve/ handle them.
Travelhacking
Travelhacking gives me great joy. I love to travel in style for a fraction of the cost or sometimes even FREE. I have even found a legit way to stay for free in the most luxury hotels around the world. If you are interested I will share in a future post. I never book a random holiday when looking on a travelwebsite. Hours, weeks and sometimes months I will search for the best deal before I book and I love that. The itinerary changes all the time. One day I am planning to go to Malta and then the next I going to Portugal. It almost gives me the same joy as the actual trip. Weird right, but that’s just me.
In the future I will post pictures of where I have been and what it was like.
Losing weight
A few years ago I lost a lot of weight. When the scales read 90 kilo, I decided something had to change. It did, after 7 months of eating healthy and exersizing regularly I had lost 25 kilo. Slowly I gained 5 kilo in the first year and after that because of a lack of exersize and healthy food I gained another 10 kilo. Now I am fed up with being overweight again. My goal is to lose 10 kilo by the end of the year. Starting at 80 kilo the quest for a healthy weight starts today. I will use Steemit as a “Stick behind the door” as Louis van Gaal (Dutch soccer trainer) would say ( sorry joke that only Dutch people will understand probably).
Finding a new job
After I finish my degree I am starting to look for a new job as I quit my old one. My last job wasn’t making me happy, gave me a lot of stress and sleepless nights. Maybe it was me or maybe it was the job but I am happy I quit, the best decision I made in a long time.
My personal goals for 2017 are:
- Finishing my Bachelor Degree in Social Law
- Losing 10 kilo/ 20 pounds of body weight
- Finding a new job
- Learning more about Cryptocurrency
This introduction has become a long read. I am looking forward to posting more and reading your comments about my first blog.
Thanks for reading.
Love,
Linda
Hello Lindacrypto - welcome to Steemit ! i am @digital-gypsy - nice to meet you and all the best !
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welcome to steemit
Hello @Lindacrypto its good to see more people around. Have fun in this community. I wish you many followers and new friends :-) Cheers @chrisx
Thanks chrisx
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Welcome to Steemit @lindacrypto ! Im look forward to your content. Upvoted and followed!
Welcome @Lindacrypto to Steemit!! Glad to see you. I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community :) Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me .
Welcome! Sounds like you are taking charge and having success @lindacrypto!
Welcome fellow Dutchie! @lindacrypto. You should read my post on the MSP which will help you to gain influence on the platform through the help of more experienced Steemers! See you around, @Finance2Nomad
hello @lindacrypto
you are very much welcome to steemit,a one of its kind in the history of social networks. i will like to share with you some lessons i learnt the hard way.
First,write on your area of strength, don't strugle more to get topics to write on, but when you write based on what you know/do well at, that becomes your brand and fellow steemians will know what to expect from you on every post.
don't beg for followers.
When people follow you on a quip pro quo basis, that's the foundation of not getting upvotes and comments because many of your followers didn't do so because they wanted what you have to offer but rather they are just there as numbers. #don't go for numbers, but value.
When i joined, after my intro post. i went low kay and started engaging with people on their posts and comments and like that,i was getting people that truly liked me for me. i must note that at some post as a newbie, i outrightly asked people to follow me but that was before i learned that it was one of the unwritten rule of steemit;don't beg for followers.
Again,paticipate in contests, it will conect you to people and probably, earn you some steem/steem dollar. and always try to leave a good comment on people's posts. this dose wonders. check out this contest[clickhere]https://steemit.com/fiftywords/@literature-trail/fifty-word-story-contest-week-20-race-join-for-a-chance-to-win-1000-trail-and-40-sbd
Finally, learn to engage. Get the esteem app on your phone so that after writing and posting with your pc,you can now use your phone and respond to replys on the go. This will help you build your followers.>/h4>
I hope that this piece will be of grate help to you as it has been for me[though i learnt the hard way]. Follow them and thank me later. : )
once more, you are welcome.
@arizonawise.
Travelhacking sounds like a great subject to write about.
Hey @lindacrypto
Big welcome to steemit from me
I'm Bania, I just started recently too and i am enjoying every moment here.
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7 Helpful Tools And Apps I Use Daily To Grow My Steemit Account as a Minnow
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Welcome and yay for self-education! Good luck on your next round of weight loss!
Welcome to this incredible platform Linda! Keep things consistent, and always look to improve things and you will do great! Talk soon.
Hello @lindacrypto
Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
A new Steemian :-) hello @lindacrypto I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, Wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
Welcome to steemit !! Enjoy this beautiful world! Followed. Follow me back 😘
Hi, thanks. Same to you! Followed you back.