Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 65: What if I didn't know Steemit?

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I just couldn't wait to hop in on this contest, topics like this never gets old on steemit, everyone sure has something to say as touching this topic both old and new steemians. Yeah! I've got something to say too and am going to be using the contest guideline to share my thoughts. Let's get right into it guys!

Before you were introduced to steemit, what digital or physical work did you base your income on?

A beautiful question we've got here. Before I joined steemit, I was a student and as such my whole life centered on my studies then, I didn't think about working because I felt it would distract me, moreso I had no skill that I could do by the side to earn, nothing was coming to mind, the graphic I am doing today was somthing born out of interest and a need in my local church.

So my source of income was basically stipends from my parent...I didn't feel good about this whole thing but I've got no choice than to live within the means of what was sent to me almost monthly and that was it. Did it meet all my need? Of course not but I had no choice even though my needs almost crushed me.

Have you been a victim of online scams? Is steemit a breakthrough?

How won't I be a victim, just tell me how? Lols...I fell victim of online scam on about three occasions and all of these experiences made me better when it comes to financial matters. There are some lessons in life you might never get to understand better until you experience them such is mine.

My needs pushed me into all of these online stuffs which were around some pyramid scheme and investment opportunities. I could remember borrowing to invest in one online money doubling and multiplying schemes. I think I know too well now not to borrow money to invest anymore and ultimately not to invest blindly.

I know too well to do my due diligence before investing in anything that would bring returns. Of course I didn't learn not to invest from all of these experiences but to be careful of investment opportunities especially the ones that are obviously unrealistic. Personally I've come to realize that ponzi scheme and online scam cannot be completely eradicated.

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The reason is not farfetched, as long as there is something called greed in the heart of man , these stuffs will continually thrive because they feed off the greed of men. How do you feel naturally when someone tells you bring 50 steems and then come next week to get 500 steems.

Naturally you get turn on while you brain is almost shutting down because you don't want to see the impossibility but rather the obvious trap of that unrealistic returns and how it can solve many of your wants and not even needs. This is the tipping point for these scammer, they capitalize on that psychological fact,collect your 50 steems and then zoom off.

Do you prefer writing on Steemit for a month in your home to working under someone for a month under duress?

Working under duress just spoilt the whole narrative, however working under someone is not a death sentence. Even while on steemit I still worked under someone just for the purpose of learning what he does in the hope that someday I could utilize well the money earned from steemit which of course could disappear into the thin air if not properly utilized.
Depending on what I want from life, I could do both as occasion demands but not under duress anyways but willingly.

Yeah! I think I have not even mentioned how I got to know about steemit...well in my quest to get it right financially and leverage on the many online opportunities, I explored many things including scam opportunities but then it seems God saw my heart and my readiness to follow this path, he made me come in contact with a guy I have always know in my local church.

He just got drawn to me somehow even after knowing him for quite sometime. He just said to me one day that "do you know you could write stuffs online and then earn crypto?" I was like how is that possible. Prior to this time, I had issues with cryptocurrency, it seems the circle where I belong didn't believe in it, they saw it as something irresponsible people who want to loss all they have do.

So I was sceptical, but approached the issue with an open heart by telling him to tell me more about this thing because obviously, I needed a breakthrough financially as I've toiled and toiled online all to no avail even though i knew genuine opportunities existed there.

When he saw interest so strong emanating from me, he fixed a day and decided to show me steemit and how it operates. He did that in about 1 hour showing me the steemit interface and how to navigate and then I saw something striking, I saw my pictures and some other people I know on his blog, he had obviously been using them to post and earn...

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This made me decide to join, it means I've been all over steemit even before I came on board in person...lols. About a day or two after, I had already created and set up my account and then made my introduction post and the rest is history...you can connect the rest of the story today.

Has steemit made you a bit independent financially than how you were? If yes or no, how and why? Explain with reasons

Yes! Steemit changed the narrative. I don't think I can ever forget my first paycheck from steemit, it was like dream, I was like can one really generate income from ones activity online even with the money in my hands. It was small then, I think about N2,500 in nigerian currency then, even as a newbie.

You know I pulled out the little liquid steem I had then just to test if this thing is real. The problem with many online thing is that you accumulate so much on those platform and can't withdraw them, this made me curious about steemit and prompted my withdrawal. When I successfully did the withdrawal which gave me N2500, I was encouraged and continued until today.

Today I do not earn N2500, and I owe it all to God because he has made me grow over the years. I am still trusting Him for greater heights even on the platform.

Imagine your life without Steemit and tell us in 3 sentences as the concluding part of your post.

Life without steem will really destabilize me, I must be sincere now because I've built a substantial part of my life around this platform, there were times I was totally depending on this platform and it met all my needs, it still does even though not 100 percent but it sure provide my basic need as a man.

If today am out of steemit, it means God has another source of income for me that would be lucrative enough to foot my bills...but for now we are still here and I do not hope to pull out anytime soon because blogging on this platform has become a lifestyle for me like I've always said.

I think I've said more than was requested of me in this contest, it's time to drop my pen but before I go, I would like to invite @kidi04 @rakiya @okere-blessing.

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Regards
@lhorgic❤️

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