Hi Dora
You made a good call by joining Steemit, i have been on here for the past 5 years and am still here 😻

Check out this tag which will guide you on what being a newbie on here is like - lots of good stuff
https://steemit.com/trending/hive-172186

One thing you should do to get verified is, on a piece of paper write your account name and todays date and add it to this post. It just shows you are a real person :)

Looks like you are in the North Island like me, hey if you need a hand with ANYTHING on here let me know - i was a newbie once as well.