STEEMIT - BITTER LESSONS OF A LIFETIME! - 1

Yes, I did cash out some SBD yesterday. Small but thrilling experience it was – my first cash out. I use this opportunity to post a huge gratitude to @fifebanks who ‘carried’ me to STEEMIT where I write, learn and earn - and I have been learning and earning slowly but steadily. And a shout out to @colinbrazendale who has been teaching me Steemit winning strategies, @surpassinggoogle who has motivated me in no small measure, @tojukaka and @temitopebanks my Steemit lecturers and my friend @thefairlady…

You see, a full grown man like me should not step out to the arena to dance with children without first mastering the music. If he does, he’ll be lifting the left leg when others are lifting the right, and he’ll make a good fool of himself! I joined Steemit and started running without learning how to crawl. Haven heard that one gets paid simply by upvoting, resteeming and commenting, I started following, upvoting, resteeming and commenting on every post that popped up! ‘Click and earn’ became my song and I was clicking away at everything that appeared on my screen! There’s ‘free’ money to be made, man!

I went berserk with clicking frenzy when I noticed that my reputation was rising! Emboldened, encouraged and energized, I increased my pace with the assiduity of a lion and the speed of a cheetah! There’s ‘free’ money to be made! I was bulldozing any and every post that dared to appear. And I was having fun. For two full days I went without sleep – following anyone in sight, upvoting every one, resteeming them all. How could I sleep when there’s money to be made!

Then it happened! The message popped up - ‘You have exhausted your bandwidth. You need to Power Up’ bla bla bla’! Whaaaat! Little did I know that as I was losing sleep to gain reputation, get upvotes and gain SBD, I was losing bandwidth very fast. I couldn’t do anything anymore. My blog had frozen! Slowly, the scales fell off my eyes as I learned that I had freely donated my voting power to everyone – deserving and undeserving! I had become powerless and my site motionless.

And so for the past 7 days I’ve been only able to watch other moderate, more sensible, dancers enjoy the arena in their slow but steady rhythmic dance while I, crippled by overzealous dance steps, have now been turned into a silent, bewildered spectator…

So my advice to newbies:

1. DON'T DEPLETE YOUR BANDWIDTH – it’s your Steemit blood!

2. SPEND YOUR STEEM POWER WISELY – it’s your Steemit muscle!

3. RESTEEM WITH MODERATE SPEED! – or the system will think you’re spamming!

4. TRULY READ POSTS AND WATCH VIDEOS! – there’s a lot to learn from most of them!

Be wise – don’t repeat my mistake!

And be nice - upvote me so I can Power Up!

Thank you!