Ever since I joined Steemit in June 2017, my life has been going through many adjustments. I have spent seven months on Steemit so far and there are a multitude of changes that have occured in me and my life. Most of these changes are good. Some are extraordinary.
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Let me share with you these adjustments.
I Had a Teacher In Me, Steemit Brought It Out!
I was always good at teaching. From the very early days of my teenage. I was always good at understanding things. Analytical ability was abundant. It's called IQ. An example of that I was in grade five when I started learning English—from ABC—but in grade seven my teacher assigned half of the class to me so that I could teach grammar to my classmates.
I started learning what Steemit is and how it works. I leared how its reward system works, how reputation score is calculated and what behaviors and activities are desired and appreciated here. Then I started teaching people what I had learned. Ninety percent of my work is compiled in form of a complete Steemit guide which was inspired by a contest arranged by @inquiringtimes. I won the contest and the 50 Steem price as well. I am always going to learn things one by one and teach it to the community.
I Had a Financially Complicated Life, Not Anymore!
My life since the very start had been difficult. There's so much to it. Losing my mom so early, having no siblings, going through a very difficult childhood and financial contraints have plagued life almost forever. Read details in my story. Even after a highly respected government job, the challenges were too big to go away. So, I was literally cornered into tackling one problem at a time. I did not have the resources to do everything at once.
Steemit changed all that. In just seven months. To give you some perspective, I have been saving $240 per month from my salary for more than three years now. The total worth of savings—including annual profits—is almost $11,000 right now. I cannot withdraw 35 % of this amount because it is payment for housing. All the amount is maintained in organization's accounts so need to hack my bank account. It is empty. Haha!
Total worth of my Steemit account is...
That's a lot of worth in seven months and there's more...
And the current value of my crypto portfolio is...
Powered mostly by Steemit earnings.
And there are two ICOs in which I have invested $1000 in total. So, almost $14,000 worth (even more) acquired in less than a year. Compare that to what I have shared earlier. What does it mean to me? Financial freedom! I know that the current value of my account is nothing compared to what is about to come. I know in my heart that 2018 is the year of Steem; and thus the year of Steemians!
My First Online Dollar
I was intrested in computer and internet since the time I was introduced to them. It was 2003-04 in my early teenage. As I grew up and interacted with more people in my country, I came to know that internet could be used to earn money, and that many people were earning handsome money from internet. It got me intrigued.
I started figuring out things. I started knowing about blogging, freelancing and ad revenues. In 2016, I started focusing on two things; YouTube and blogging. I made my own blog and started learning more about it too. I started doing YouTube as well and learned about it as well. The thing which benefits me, I think, is that I always try to learn first and never stop learning. Same with Steemit.
One of the dozens of courses I have done online (Udemy, Coursera, World Bank etc).
I didn't do YouTube properly but have done extensive blogging for one year before joining Steemit. But I did not earn anything all that time. But I do have good knowledge and experience in content writing, blogging and SEO so it was never a total waste; infact I am thankful for the grinding efforts without earning. But it meant that I had not succeeded in earning my first online income.
Steemit changed that too. You know my situation if you have been following and interacting. Some of my posts have gone above $400 in rewards (and $1000+ in worth due to reward dynamics). As shown in previous point, I have earned a lot more than the first online dollar. In fact, value of my single upvote is more than $1.5 at the moment.
Sharp Focus, Unprecedented Consistency!
Let's come out of life and see what Steemit has done to my personal existence and habits. Good habits are necessary to succeed in anything. I have tried doing things in past but somewhere along the way, I used to lose interest. I did not have that deep desire to stay focused.
What changed all that is the habit of reading books and articles from great authors. Internalizing the lessons I have learned from books has made a huge difference in my life and it continues to do so. What Steemit did was to provide a platform where I could exercise my learnings and apply the important knowledge. I have been fairly consistent on Steemit. The focus is there. Life can suck at times and deprive me of my Steemit time. But I hold Steemit valuable in my life for all it has done and all it is going to do for me. I wish to remain consistently focused here.
Compassion, Empathy, Respect, Benevolance
The human side of me has received or polished these amazing gifts due to considerable time and activity on Steemit. Most of the people I interact with, support, and help are the people I do not know. People who are unknown as persons but known as humans. I see the humans in them more closely now.
Protecting the human inside is very very important. Steemit is an amazing community to do that.
'Amazing' is the most frequent adjective that I have used since joining the amazing Steemit community.
I try to help people, especially newbies; with or without invitation. I try to understand there problems and solve those problems for them. I talk to people respectfully. I try to spread Steemit love by upvoting comments and posts. The human inside me feels pretty much alive on Steemit.
Conclusion
I really hope that reading through this post encouraged and motivated you. I feel energized after sharing these deeply personal insights. My best hope is that someone will start seeing what Steemit can do and starts learning more about it. The tagline Untalent Adjustment comes from @surpassinggoogle who organized a contest with zero losers. There are too important things the untalented contents focus on.
The human in you.
And how that human interacts with Steem blockchain.
I wish you best of luck in life and on Steemit. I believe that Steemit can improve lives and it has improved mine as you can see.
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I feel very happy that Steemit changed your life totally.Life gives us a lot of experiences but how we learn from that experiences depends upon us.It is a very motivational post.The best thing is struggle and finally, we get right path which is our destiny.
Thank you much for your feedback. I totally agree that our destiny depends on us.
welcome
It is great to see how Steemit has changed your life and this is a very inspiring and motivating post.
Steemit is changing my life as well. It keeps me up at night! This platform gives us so much opportunity to be our best and to make a positive impact.
Exciting times ahead and to your continued success!
Thank you much. Together, we will see where Steemit goes and where it takes us. I am hoping for big things. Here's to your success!
Man, you are a great writer and a Huge contributor of this platform. You deserved what you have earned so far...
Thank you so much for your appreciation.
@steem-untalented
Hello @ilyastarar
We have given you our still tinnie-winnie upvote!
You have been determined by a human @ilyastarar to be possessing of special gem. Do join the #untalented family!
Abolishing the conditioning attached to IQ tests e.g smart, dull, bum, average and you suddenly give every human a chance to shine!
So e.g if Bill Gates did Microsoft and i can do Macro-hard, arent we both genius? Oh, we both are! Showcase your talents regardless of its nature freely with us in #untalented. Relegate all reservations as flaws are allowed and we sift even the so-called nonsense to find sense therein.
#untalented is an ongoing historical curriculum with initiatives/contests, where each participant wins something. No losers! It is also a core branch of #steemgigs, so please join the SteemGigs community on discord already containing around 700 gifted steemian family members. See this URL for more info
https://steemit.com/steemit/@surpassinggoogle/steemit-s-untalented-is-in-beta-participate-freely-because-every-participant-in-this-contest-will-win-something-no-losers
and also this URL for the discord community
https://discord.gg/CGuPyyT
If you want to vote a witness, you can vote steemgigs too. Simply go to
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
and type steemgigs into the first search box. Stay awesome!
Just incase you find any level or form of gifts, talents, attempts at out-of-the-boxness, or any steemian low in confidence about their abilities, worth, etc; please don't let it slip emptily by.
Kindly call on me! Simply reply to any such post and add @steem-untalented or #untalented to your reply and i will be there to upvote, acknowledge, strengthen and encourage them.
Its always awesome to read about how Steemit has changed someone's life. I feel it happening to me too since I started Steemit. I can tell you're a driven individual with a great path ahead of you. Good luck in the future as well!
It's great that we are here and seeing our lives chance. What an incredible feeling to have a platform which rewards contribution and effort.
A well written blog. It is clear why you are doing well on here. It is nice to see hard work pay off. Many blessings.
Thank you so much. Wishing you success in life and on Steemit.
It sounds like Steemit has been a tremendously positive experience for you. So many people seem to get so much out of the platform.
This part really spoke to me: "Good habits are necessary to succeed in anything. I have tried doing things in past but somewhere along the way, I used to lose interest. I did not have that deep desire to stay focused."
We have to make our tasks into habits, so that when we don't feel like accomplishing our goals, we can rely on habit to guide us through the process. When we don't have motivation, we can at least stick to our habits, because they are trained behaviours.
I hope that 2018 is an AMAZING year for you on Steemit. Best of luck, friend!
Yeah...Great to see steemit changing and revolutionizing our lives...
I love the consistency and benevolence part!
Thank you so much. Consistency is really the key I think.
This is awesome. I agree that it has shown the teacher in you. I learn from your posts.
Thank you so much for the feedback.
Awesome adjustments Ilyas!
Great to hear that steemit helped you out of a financial difficult situation.
Your development in the Crypto world is also Interesting.
The really awesome thing is, that this is just the beginning.
You are doing very well on here and as I can see, your work gets appreciated more and more.
It was just the question of time, when you will have the big breakthrough.
I know that you will become much bigger on here and I'm glad that I can go this way together with you.
All the best for you my friend!
Jason, I am sure that I will be following your lead on Steemit. You have the winning attitude and your Steemit progress is fuelled by steroids.
Your Steemit progress is fuelled by steroids hahaha this is great.
Thank you my friend!
I love that internet can be a gathering place for good human beings like you! There's a lot of garbage out there too, but there's hope!
I believe we attract who we are as people ourselves. A good way to attract good people is to be good.
Always a pleasure to read your work. Steemit.com has provided a way for a lot of us to express our inner talent, it has also been beneficial..keep doing what you do best
Thank you so much. Pleasure having you around. Just followed you in hope of coming across your posts and interact there.
@ilyastarar Congratulation brother keep it up please share tips of YouTube channelto rank up. please visit to blogs @syedwaqas
Thanks. Brother, I haven't worked much on YouTube but videos' SEO is just like that on a blog post. It matter where and how many times you use your keyword.
I echo what others say. Which software are you using to track your crypto portfolio. Im on multiple exchanges and wish to have a consolidated snap shot. Thanks for your contribution.
I'm not sure if it's what he uses but you might look up the delta app, available for both Android and iOs. It's great for tracking your portfolio and at a glance numbers snapshot etc.
https://getdelta.io
Delta seems to be a good choice. Thanks!
Anytime :)
Good to have another option and compare it with what I have. Thanks for sharing.
Hey, I use Portfolio app.
Unbelievably brilliant writing1 I am liking you more and more each day! I wish I could upvote you with greater values and help you build yourself financially faster because you really worth it, but you are on my radar and as i advance in this platform I hope I will be able to post you back for your great content.
Thanks!
These words are worth more than any upvote. Upvotes can be bought. Such feedback and appreciation must be earned. Thank you for having a big heart. We need big hearts.
You are doing good job .
I am new here. I am shocked to hear about steemit. Its a very good plateform for everyone who wants to earn money.....
Please visit my profile give me good suggestions i need it.
Amazing how steemit can change lives. My life changed too when I joined steemit. Thanks for this inspiration!
You have a very inspiring story. Masha Allah, you have polished your skills time to time and in a short span of time on Steemit you have achieved great results.I am an eyewitness to your success on steemit!
No doubt about you are a Leader, mentor, coach, teacher and ability of quick learning. I have learned a lot from your quality articles. Your life is the name of Challenges, hardships, Painful childhood but Alhum du Lillah these Challenges makes you. ( Some time challenges makes you or break you)!
It shows you have a great willpower and enthusiasm.
Without Focus and unprecedented consistency, we can't succede!
You are laser focous and consistence. Thanks for your great post.
you are asset of steemit community @ilyastarar.
Thank you so much for your amazing words. Steemit has brought a new life to my life and you know it from the very beginning. Thanks for being a part of my journey. I wish you more success.
Ahan you painted an amazing picture of your efforts and achievements.
The defining moments in life are when you find the inner strength to carry you through the hardships because life is not a bed of roses..
Keep on struggling best of luck @ilyastarar
That is a great transformation, Ilya. It makes me happy to see steemit make a positive impact on so many people around the world!
Good to see your excellent contribution towards steemit community, you (@ilyastarar) are the very first person who inspired me towards steemit,
I have just posted an article here;
Change your life in 2018 with Positive Thinking !!
I hope you like, expecting something good out of it.
Personal stories always motivate people, the way you described your situation is fluid. Motivation is contagious it caught us the moment we take interest and listen to it.
Keep it up.