You’re absolutely right (forgive me for not writing in the third person - lol): on SteemIt, you have a chance to be yourself.

We’re all ‘weird kids’ here, for all that matters. We wouldn’t be on SteemIt if we weren’t ;0)

In the beginning, I too was a bit afraid to write and make connections to other people. At first, I brought all insecurities and doubts I have in the ‘real world’ with me. But after a while I discovered there was nothing to be afraid of. Although I’m not such a ‘community-minded’ person, I fell in love with the SteemIt community. The guys and gals of the #newbieresteemday initiative played a big part in that. They were/are always there, helping me, supporting me...
They taught me that ‘being yourself’ is more than good enough here on the platform. Over the months, I got more involved, I learned how to speak my mind, I opened up...

In real life, I’m rather shy. There’s no way in the world I would go over to someone I didn’t know and give him a warm welcome hug 😊 On SteemIt I learned how important that is.

I really like the sentence you ended with: ‘If we don’t embrace change, we will become irrelevant’. Gotta hang that up somewhere in my house... ;0)

Thanks for joining @titajuls, you’ve posted a valid entry

P.s.: writing in the third person is actually not such a bad idea: in every comment you make, you mention your username a couple of times, which makes I already remember it - lol. Smart move!