I was at the beginning an unsocial butterfly who wrote bad poetry and was deep into negativity and my depression.
Founding my Ohana @steemifamilyph was one breakthrough that I had in getting better as they inspired me to become a social bumblebee as I shared my life and experiences with them.
I am now very active in community building with both @steemitfamilyph and @promo-mentors
Engagement was always a strong suit in my end in my real life but only practiced it here in Steemit on my 2nd month when i shifted gears and changed my mentality.
I admit I was a beggar on my first month because I was taught wrong by the first group I was in but have rectified that. So what we teach our Ohana is never to vote beg but rather work on good quality posts.
Steemit has changed my life and I am happy to be in it.
I am happy to see how steemit has change your life, the early day of most people wasn't nice because of lack of proper orientation but thanks to community like @peomo-mentor which I am also a part of, that spend time to educate newbies and give feedback on their posts.
Yes the promo-mentors are awesome and helping people get into their A game in posting in Steemit!
Community building will be key to the success of Steem in the long run.
Yeah and with community feature to be lunched this year everything just gonna go well as expected
Seven months ago I never would have thought or considered myself to be where I am today.
Deciding to be a beggar or chooser came naturally to me. Educating and guiding people is just something I was taught from an early age.
Same here
I never thought I could have goon this far
But I grab the social part of steemit
Interacting and making friends on steemit was the breakthrough
I never interacted this much on ANY other social media site. Haven't been on FB in forever. Twitter is too political.
Personally i"ve never been the social type, I only visit face once in a while while Instagram and twitter aren't my thing. Steemit brought out the interacting part of me.
I think at some point in time we can all admit to this. I know I did some in the VERY early stages. But quickly went back to my newspaper reporting days and realized interaction, real interaction, is key and what gets you further.
Building a community (or communities) is so important. Having a base to call home and build off of; plus the support of the community members.
Having a solid and strong support system, and mentor, is just to important to skip.
I fully understand the depression part of it and if I am honest with myself, I have to claim the negativity aspect too. I try VERY hard to push it out of my life and focus on helping others. It not only helps me get my mind off real life, but it just feels good to. I think the feel good part is what helps to heal.