A globetrotter has landed on planet Steemit... 🛬

[maiteclement]

Hello world 😊🌍

It's me! My name is Maite and I am a Belgian girl who is traveling the world!

Last June I finished my studies as a teacher of Dutch and French for high school kids. I didn't want to settle down and started working immediately, because the world is too beautiful to stay at one place.

I worked the whole summer and so in October 2017, my boyfriend and I flew over to.... Thailand 🌴, a tropical destination where I had never been before. OH, I fell in love with it's white beaches and crystal clear water 😍.

Our plan was to travel for 6 months: 1 month through Thailand, 3 months through Australia, 1 month through Vietnam and 1 month through Laos. BUT... Look at us now... We did 1 month of Thailand, but are already 4 months in Australia and we don't have any plans to leave yet... Why? Because we decided that we didn't want to stop traveling! The earth is calling us!

Except from traveling the world, I have got some other goals in life. One of them is making people aware about the pollution of the ocean and about the fact that we are interrupting the life cycle of its wonderful marine life. I really believe that there are some good people on this planet who are saving terrestrial animals, but there are less people who think about the animals who live in the ocean. Also, a lot of people aren't conscious about the way we are mistreating these animals unintentionally. As a traveler, I think it's my mission to share this information. 🐟🦈🦀🐙

One of my main reasons to participate to Steemit is because I am convinced that this is a very valuable platform. As you can make money out of your post, I think that a lot of people are going to share powerful, informative messages; and that's really what I was waiting for. I would like to learn from other people, instead of loosing my time with irrelevant posts. 🤓📚

I hope to get to know a lot of you and to meet like-minded people!
Let's do this 💪

Lots of sunny regards 🌞 xxx

Maite

(NB: Picture has been taken at the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia)

Comments

[trogdor]

Welcome to Steemit! I've heard nice things about Thailand.

[travelfusion]

Great intro and lovely picture @maiteclement. Good luck ✌🏼

[maiteclement]

Thank you very much for the warm welcome, @travelfusion ! 😊

[landofcrypto]

Hi Maite

[maiteclement]

Hi @landofcrypto!

[welcoming]

Welcome to Steemit Maite ;)
Since you travel a lot, you might have some awesome travel pictures? If so, you should check out @czechglobalhosts daily picture challenge!
Greets

[majes.tytyty]

Hello, Maite, and Welcome to Steemit.

It's great to hear that you can't stop travelling! I hope you can maintain such a lifestyle, and with Steemit, maybe you can.

Travel is one of the most popular topics / tags on this platform, so you'll find plenty to read and a large audience.

At the same time, if you write about travel, you will have lots of competition. So, make sure that you produce high-quality posts that are interesting, readable, and attractive. If you do that, you're sure to succeed.

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Below are a few basic points of advice re posting on Steemit.

1. Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 20–30 paragraphs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
2. Include some photos, images or graphs, to complement the text.
3. Make sure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
4. Be yourself.
5. Be interesting and informative.
6. Create quality content. Steemit is intended to be a platform of quality content. (You will see many insignificant posts with meager content and no quality. Most of those of posts [called “shitposts” by Steemit whale Stellabelle] will earn few rewards and soon pass into oblivion.)
7. Get online and start curating. Read various posts, comment on those posts you find interesting, and upvote those posts. That’s the best way to attract followers.

Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!

[maiteclement]

Hello!

Well this can help me a lot, as I am a newbie to this platform!
I understood it completely and everything you say sounds very logical!

Thanks for that and have a good day 😊

[steemsociety]

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[maiteclement]

This is a clear reaction! Thanks for opening my eyes 😊!

[introbot]

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[maiteclement]

Hey @introbot and @byColeman!

Thanks for welcoming me to this new community and for giving me some useful information!
I also really appreciate that you have upvoted me and followed me!

Cheers!

[thedigitalroad]

Amazing having another like-minded traveller on Steemit!! Welcome!

I love how much you care about​ the world and its creatures! We need more people​ like that!

I'm super pumped to see your posts in the future!

Happy Steem haha

[maiteclement]

Oh hahaha thank you very much! I am happy to have a comment of a person who cares about it as much as I do :D! I am certainly going to follow your posts in the future! Have a lovely day 😊

[brittandjosie]

Welcome maite,
Hier mijn welcome post voor newbie steemers maar ik wil ook nog wat in het NL zeggen, je kunt als je veel steemed zelfs je reis ermee betalen !
Je zilt heel veel beleven dus blog blog blog dan is Steem je provider van de reis van jullie leven
Succes!!
Your #introduceyourself blog is very nice.
Thats what its All about on this platform and this blockchain. Blogging is it, blog on and you Will be succesfull! 🤛 and You Will earn money. 💴💸💰be carefull with all your passwords !! Never give that up!
For very good safety tips visit https://steemit.com/steem/@verhp11/safety-first-first-aid-kit-for-steemians-who-are-just-beginning-this-great-journey from Our fellow steemy @verhp11
I blog every day and love it!❤️
Helpfull is the Steemify App , its Free in the Appstore go cheque it out. And good luck steeming and I Will See you around🍀
Greetings from Brittandjosie - Holland

[maiteclement]

Hey @brittandjosie !

Oke super! Ik ga mijn best doen om hier goed in te worden, maar moet het wel allemaal nog even uitzoeken! Merci voor jullie tips!

Groetjes 😊

[brittandjosie]

Laat me weten als ik iets voor je kan uitleggen of doen. Misschien is de steepshot app voor jullie travellers een idee. Upload is idem als bij instagram snel en eenvoudig als je geen tijd hebt voor heel blog 😉 ik weet niet of hij het nog doet

[maiteclement]

Oke ik bekijk het! Thanks :D

[brittandjosie]

Nou hij blijkt uit decapo store gehaald te zijn 😬

[lynncoyle1]

Welcome to steemit @maiteclement! I love your #introduceyourself post! I am retired now to Mexico, but spent years teaching high school in Canada and really enjoyed it!! I also have the same passion about cleaning up our oceans...it's terrible to see the pollution, isn't it??

I belong to several groups here who welcome, support, and mentor new people like yourself. They each have a Discord channel as well, which if you don't know, is another place that we connect, chat, share ideas, contest, problems...whatever you need actually. The groups are @newbieresteemday, @greetersguild, @asapers and @helpie. We overlap a bit, but that's a good thing because you can get to know so many like-minded people who are really interested in selfless, community spirit. We purposefully go looking for new people because truthfully, it can all get a little overwhelming when you first start out ;)

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm also going to come back here as @newbieresteemday and resteem your post in the hopes of giving you more exposure. Please consider joining these groups; they'd all love to have you :)

[maiteclement]

Hello @lynncoyle1 !

Thanks for your lovely comment!
I am going to check out your groups later, but I am sure they can help me! You are right that it's quite a bit overwhelming! But I like it, so I am excited to learn more about it.

Have a wonderful day 😊

[lynncoyle1]

You are most welcome! Let me know if I can help you out ;)

By the way, my dad's family is all from Belgium too;) Hey @simplymike, check it out...another Belgian girl! @maiteclement, she will be a wonderful help for you as well !!

[simplymike]

Thanks @lynncoyle, for showing me this one ;0)

[lynncoyle1]

You are welcome!!

[maryahoc]

Hi! Welcome to steemit...I hope you enjoy the community..... enjoy the platform..

[gauravtak]

BY THE WAY GORGEOUS PIC NICE TO MEET YOU..!!!

[maiteclement]

Well thank you! This is such an enthusiastic comment :D Nice to meet you too!

[abeera]

welcom to steemit :) have a great time here

[maiteclement]

Thank you very much for this warm welcome, Abeera! Nice to meet you :)

[newbieresteemday]

Welcome to steemit @maiteclement!! We are so happy to have you here :)

Congratulations you have been resteemed as part of #newbieresteemday's top posts for the day! ...

We invite you to use our tag to connect with more of our members. To learn more: Come Join Us!!! (Newbie Resteem Initiative)

[maiteclement]

Thank you for welcoming me, @newbieresteemday! 😊

[jasmink]

Welcome to Steemit Maite! It's lovely to see how you had the courage to leave Europe and go exploring the world. I hope your traveling goes well and you'll be able to spread your message. Have a wonderful time here on Steemit! 😊

[maiteclement]

Hi @jasmink !

Thanks for your lovely message! I really appreciate your comment! I think I can also learn something from you, so I started following you 😊

[simon3x3]

Hi @maiteclement welcome to the steemit family, I hope you have a good time here, just to let you know we have a free steem dollar giveaway at the following link, to enter you simply need to vote and comment

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@simon3x3/5zofkt-free-steem-giveaway

[maiteclement]

Thank you 😊

[yonnel]

Welcome to steem, i wish you luck on your journey. Here are some tools to help you out.
First:
https://steemworld.org/@maiteclement
an interactive page that gives you a better overall overview of what is really happening on your steem page.
And second:

https://steemengine.net/join?r=2639

Steemengine is a good site for helping you get more followers and upvotes on your posts.
Well i hope this helped you out a bit.

[maiteclement]

Hello @yonnel !

Oh I really like the first link you gave me 😊!
I think this page is well organised!

Thanks for that!

[starthere]

A Warm welcome from Thailand Maite! It seems you had a lovely time here, Great! All the best to you as you begin your journey here on Steemit!

[maiteclement]

Hello 😊!

Yes, I really loved it! Would like to go back to Koh Phangan, loved that island! 🌴

[starthere]

If you ever plan to come back, let @suitcasemama and I know, we have some good suggestions for some beautiful places here!

[heyitshaas]

Saw the world globetrotter so just had to look at your account! Upvoted!
Hope you like the platform and will do well.
All the best during your travels, hope you can travel as much as you like, did you look into Woking holiday visas for Australia?
I did the same as you after I gratuated I started traveling, did so for four years
Posting about it now, hope you like it.
Have a good one

[maiteclement]

Hi @heyitshaas !

Nice to meet you!
Thanks for the support and the upvoting! I will do my very best to make something out of it 😊.
Indeed, I am currently on a working holiday visa, so I can stay one year over here!
Were did you travel for four years? I am interested in your stories, so I started following you!

Cheers

[heyitshaas]

Asia for 6 months, Australia for a year, also went to Canada on a working holiday, stayed 1,5 year and afterwards I worked on Cruisehips for almost a year

[wilfredn]

Hi Maite, welcome! Human actions definitely have consequences for the environment, and it'll be interesting to document them on the blockchain. Hoping to see more good posts from you.

[maiteclement]

Hi @wilfredn !

Well thank you very much! I will do my very best to make them clear for everyone 😊!

Regards

[ahyargeos]

wellcome to steemit ...

[maiteclement]

Thank you!

[simplymike]

Hey @maiteclement. Welcome to our happy family :0)
Quite an introduction post you made: it really shows how passionate you are.
I found your post because @lynncoyle1 ‘summoned’ me in on of the comments below.
You’re not only Belgian, you studied the same as I did, except for the fact that I chose English/Dutch instead of French/Dutch.

I’m so jealous about you travelling to Australia. I got a friend who did the same. She planned to come back after 6 months, but when she left I aleady knew she wouldn’t - lol. Apparently life is good over there :0)

I can’t wait to see more of your posts.
Like other people already stated: when you’re new, the whole SteemIt thing can be overwhelming. If you have any questions - no matter how big or small they may be - feel free to drop by the @newbieresteemday Discord channel and ask away. There will always be domeone around to help you out: https://discord.gg/h9WfHrE

[riodejaksiuroe]

welcome to me, I am World.. haha... when you will come to Indonesia?