I was just telling my roommate how I used to chat in chat rooms when I was 12 or 13 in the 90's and that's how I got my first boyfriend...
It was so cute!
And then we talked on the phone.
And it was like crickets.
And I was like - ohhh :(
Anyway, when I found Steemit 2 hours ago, I was like OMG!! I'm back!! My friendssssss!!!! My world!!! My PEOPLE!!!!
I also remember the day hotmail came out and my internet boyfriend and I were all like, "what is EMAIL?! What is this email?! How do we use it? Why shall we use it?!" If it had been a physical object, we would have poked at it with sticks. Alas, I caved and signed up with my first email address of "[email protected]" and sent my first email to my boyfriend. He sent me one back. It was so fast that we didn't get it. We met up at the chat room again and were all like, what's the point of this? My mom thought it was a porn site and blocked me from using it. I also then proceeded to be teased mercilessly for that email address for the next decade. I stuck with it though because I loved it.
Hi! This is me from San Francisco!
And this is me as a Unicorn. You can't see my horn but, hi!!
Sooo one day not long ago, I got mad. I got really really mad. I got PISSED!
I was browsing some online courses on something and that's when it hit me – I realized in one instant that whoa – I was taking life really seriously – like super serious. I mean, I was making things really significant. And in that moment, I was like you know what?! You KNOW WHAT UNIVERSE! What if I didn't take myself seriously anymore? Huh?! Like, what if everything I ever thought was significant, like somewhere to get to, goals to strive for, judging myself for not being good enough in life – what if none of that mattered for just 10 seconds?! If none of that mattered and I just got a break from life for the next hour or so, what could I do then? What would I do then? What would I create then? Who would I BE then?!
So I decided to make a "How to Become a Unicorn by Christmas" course. Because it's the course I've always wanted to take. Not the "How to Become a Better Marketer" or "How to Start Your Own Million Dollar Business" or "How to Make it In This Life" or "How to Be a Better Human". No. NO! I know there is a magic available to us, a magic that is possible that is beyond words beyond time beyond space and beyond taking courses on how to be something I don't want to be...
P.S. I'm not sure how this turned into a unicorn rant....
But, what I do want to say is – I'm so happy to be here!!! I'm so happy to be in this community with you. With all of you reading this. Thank you @ned @dan @dantheman for creating this, for inviting us to a new possibility!!
If you loved this, let me know! I write for the fun of it, and design and photograph and invest and create unicorn courses and just in general, love life! And love helping others see the magic as well ;)
You can see more of me here!
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Wow thank you @steemtrail!!!!!
MAGIC
OMG I love this!!! hahaha thank you @craig-grant <3
Welcome to the platform @mariana85. You have a well crafted intro post.
Hi @juvyjabian! Thank you so much and thank you for the welcome!
Greetings.
Hi @lordvader thank you!!! hehehehe looooove it!
Welcome to Steemit @Mariana85, glad to have you here... nice post. Following. #littlebear
Thank you @thejohalfiles!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read!! LOL #littlebear yesss!!!! hehehe!!
Welcome to Steemit @mariana85. See U around!!! :)
Hi @wartrapa!! Thank you :O)!!!!
Hi @steemitguide thank you very much!! Oh super helpful too!!!
great intro, glad to have you!
Thank you @codydeeds!! So glad to be here and gracious for such a warm welcome.
Welcome to the club! You're going to love it here :D
Hi @sauravrungta! Thank you so much!! I'm lovin the club already!!!
welcome followed upvoted.
Hi @freecrypto thank you!!
Hi Mariana85, welcome to Steemit! Ha, I remember the old chatroom days.
Hi @gregm haha yes remember? Good ol Netscape Navigator, Geocities and AOL. Yayyy!!! Thank you for reading my post and for the welcome!
A/S/L?
Haha yes. Most of my time was AOL. since 2.0! All the disks on the mail LOL.
Instant messaging, "profile", the chatrooms were the best. So much time wasted, it was a blast. At the beginning I never knew there was an Internet beyond AOL. I remember geocities as well.
this....lol
hahaha yess!!! so many fun times, bring it back, bring it back!! haha. Goood times :)!!
Good morning and hi @mariana85 !
Just read your introduction, brings back alot of memories of the internet for me aswell :) Upvoted and follow!
Hi @p3rf3ct haha yes!!! I love the internet :) Ah what sweet memories!!! Remember Netscape Navigator? ;)
A little bit :P remember ICQ, MSN, lots of search engines I dont remember the name of :D and that slow internet connection back then, wow!
Omg ICQ and MSN yes!!! I wish I was still using ICQ :) I remember I used to sneak online so I had to muffle the sound of the modem connecting hahaha. So cool to meet you p3rf3ct! Good times :) :)
haha that's sneaky! :) Yeah my parents use to have a egg timer on to controle the use of the modem. If I exceeded the time I put a few coins in a jar: D Nice too meet you 2! You look very familiar. But suppose you are not from Sweden: P
Haha yeah I was super sneaky :)! Egg timer? Hehehe!! That's a great idea! Looks like your parents were capitalists huh? Money come money come money come :)!! I am not from Sweden although I was in Stockholm recently and it was beautiful! I've visited Malmo as well. What part of Sweden are you from?
Yeah they were very severe when I grew up :P oh cool, it's a smal world hehe :D
To bad you haven't visit Göteborg / Gothenburg, thats where I'm from!
Welcome to Steemit! :))
Hi @pilgrimtraveler !!!! Thank you so much! :)!!
welcome to steemit mariana :D
Hii @levycore !! Thank you so much!! I feel so welcome!
Welcome onboard. Happy to have you around!
Hi @kevinwong!! Thank so much glad I'm here!!!
Hi @solarguy thank you!!! I feel really welcome!
Welcome Mariana!
Thank you @herverisson!!!
Welcome to Steemit, Mariana! Looking forward to your future posts. :)
Thank you @alcibiades!!! And hi :)!!! Thank you :O)!!
Welcome...what a great start you have.
Hi @kyusho thank you!!!!
Nice teeth
Hahaha thanks @eddieknocklife!! :D
Hey, welcome. You seem positive and interesting. I've had a good experience on here so far, hope you do as well!
Hi @apolymask thank you so very much!! Already having a GREAT time here!!
You're welcome. And.. That's good to hear! :)
Thanks @apolymask :)
Welcome to Steemit! Awesome post, upvoted and following :)
Hi @ourlifestory thank you so much!!!! <3
Hello Mariana, welcome to Steemit! :-)
Hi @gtg thank you so much :)!
Welcome to steemit, I found also my first girlfriend in a chat room :-)
Hahaha hi @twinner!! Love that!! How old were you when you got your first chat room GF? ;)
Need to remember and calculate, I think I was 22.
Welcome to Steemit, Mariana!😄😇😄
Awww hi @creatr!!! Love that moving graphic and I love Christmas time :) Thanks for the welcome!
Sure! Drop by my blog when you can - my Topical Table of Contents is linked from that Merry Christmas GIF... ;)
Haha ok I will!!
Wow, you didn't just get the welcome wagon, you got all twelve of them :) Not surprising, it was a great introduction, you had us all at unicorn, haha! I'm new too, less than three weeks in this hella awesome chat room, and yes you're right, that's how I described it to friends too. I said "Remember when we used to make ridiculous comments in the MSN lounge just to get a reaction? Yup, the lounge has resurfaced." Congrats for seeing past the stark white building with the plain steel door (that's what the sign-up page looks like to me) and peeking inside. You found the secret underground circus, perfect for unicorns. Nice to meet you, come hang out in my room anytime :)
Hey @dreemit! Thank you so much for the welcome!! It's been a very warm, fun and welcoming introduction. OMG I used to love the MSN lounge too! Weren't there different topics if I remember? Nice to meet you :)!!
There were different topics! I was trying to think of one in particular, but it's been too long, haha! (If you get a lot of haha's from me I apologize, I've been working on keeping text slang to a minimum i.e. LOL's in particular...it's hard, ha!
I love you!
Thank you so much, you touched my heart!! Wow, so grateful for you. Thank you, truly <3.