Hey Steemit Family!! What was YOUR 1st blog post you authored on here, and WHY? | E.8 | Post it!! | Community Engagement Series.
My 1st ever blog post & the FUN / Liberty based backstory is here for you below.
It was on Bushcraft / Self Reliance & Off Grid life and interests for me. It was posted on Sept. 23, 2016, about 6 weeks after I signed up LOL.
I did not feel comfortable here, everything was so new, I did not know how to format ANYTHING, and I was feeling my way out around this new place, so yes, I relate to new people -- and remember that DAILY in my posts, series I run, and replies.
That's the TLDR version, if you want the longer story, keep reading or just skip to the comments and let us know here your first blog and why you posted it!
And I want to see your first one that you authored on here, and WHY you chose that topic!
Some of my Backstory for you:
As I just mentioned above in brief, I was not comfortable MAKING a blog post with everyone on here knowing blogging, formatting, making their posts look pretty, I basically joined Steemit the first week of August 2016 -- August is my birthday month so I will always remember that. I believe it might have been August 7th, as some others have now posted their milestones and official "Steemit joining anniversary" dates and I was named in some of them - showing August 7th.
I spent the first weeks here reading and commenting on posts.
A LOT.
I have always said I am not a blogger.... I am just a guy that blogs. And there is a big difference.
I kind of fell into this due to my pursuit of Liberty.
Crypto/Bitcoin/CryptoCurrency/Blockchain is all a part of that journey.
I've always been an activist type person and like helping people, and informing them of things going on in the world that affects them.
I guess all my public activism for years as such, the run for City Council to actually challenge the corrupt establishment and help people.... led me to the research, speeches in public forums, publishing of videos over the years on these things, along with running my Real Estate business, and constantly posting on Social Media like Fascistbook etc - to try and make a difference for humanity.
It eventually over the years led me into the Off Grid / Bushcraft / Outdoors community as I had always had an interest in it, am a bit of a hippy by most standards with my daily beliefs and practices in life for the world around me, the environment, and using sustainable / best practices in my life and belief systems.
My first post ever @Steemit post - the main picture/graphic - and link to it in late Sept. / 2017:
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Why did I pick this topic?
Because I want to live a more self reliant lifestyle. I do not believe everyone should be forced to remain connected to the Matrix and the Grid by the government by force, manufactured and uninformed consent, and coercion if they don't want to be.
I desire to lead a simpler life than we are conditioned daily by media and the agencies to think we need.
Being able to live simply yet well, is something attainable
Primitive skills of self reliance are completely being lost for homesteading / off grid life if you wish to live that way and be connected to the simple, more primitive life and forced to remain connected... to The Grid.
How did my idea for this new series come about?
I was talking a lot one day around March of 2016 with the wordsmith @dwinblood who is a very sharp and engaged guy about some of this.
As usual, when I am online or offline, my mind continues to work on ideas to build community, try different things, and I came up with this idea later to do this
"get to know your neighbour" series...
LOL.
It also serves as a regular reminder / library for people to use to find their FIRST POST which is always special. Some of the series I do, like the STEEMIT NEEDS series - also serves this purpose.
An archive you can always come back to, or someone else can, to find something in particular.
E.2 of this series was posted a long time ago!!! March of 2017 - nearly 5 mths ago, I have quite a few things I work on and they get buried at times, oopsy. (:
I think it is unique and functional! That's why I have come up with a few different series' that I run weekly!!!
I am excited actually to do it so I can engage more with you, as a community and resident on Steemit -- and learn more about you!
The first post you gingerly step out and do on here, as a Minnow, likely says something important about you and I want to listen to you, and learn WHY you chose that topic!
I had an hour's worth of comments typed back and forth with @dwinblood over the March 5th and 6th 2017 period.
One comment that led me to start thinking about doing this series can actually be found right here on our friend @thecryptofiend's post about a topic I focus on regularly and had talked with him on this the night before he made this post:
ENGAGEMENT COUNTS IN ANY COMMUNITY!
Pls. Resteem / Share the link on others pages where you feel you can and invite people. New people! Older Steemians! Everyone is welcome!
Try to engage and help others, we are SteemitFamily I always say!!
Thanks for reading, have a nice day.
If you liked this blog post - please Resteem it and share good content with others!
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My 1st ever blog post & the FUN / Liberty based backstory is here for you below.
It was on Bushcraft / Self Reliance & Off Grid life and interests for me. It was posted on Sept. 23, 2016, about 6 weeks after I signed up LOL.
I did not feel comfortable here, everything was so new, I did not know how to format ANYTHING, and I was feeling my way out around this new place, so yes, I relate to new people -- and remember that DAILY in my posts, series I run, and replies.
That's the TLDR version, if you want the longer story, keep reading or just skip to the comments and let us know here your first blog and why you posted it!
And I want to see your first one that you authored on here, and WHY you chose that topic!
Some of my Backstory for you:
As I just mentioned above in brief, I was not comfortable MAKING a blog post with everyone on here knowing blogging, formatting, making their posts look pretty, I basically joined Steemit the first week of August 2016 -- August is my birthday month so I will always remember that. I believe it might have been August 7th, as some others have now posted their milestones and official "Steemit joining anniversary" dates and I was named in some of them - showing August 7th.
I spent the first weeks here reading and commenting on posts.
A LOT.
I have always said I am not a blogger.... I am just a guy that blogs. And there is a big difference.
I kind of fell into this due to my pursuit of Liberty.
Crypto/Bitcoin/CryptoCurrency/Blockchain is all a part of that journey.
I've always been an activist type person and like helping people, and informing them of things going on in the world that affects them.
I guess all my public activism for years as such, the run for City Council to actually challenge the corrupt establishment and help people.... led me to the research, speeches in public forums, publishing of videos over the years on these things, along with running my Real Estate business, and constantly posting on Social Media like Fascistbook etc - to try and make a difference for humanity.
It eventually over the years led me into the Off Grid / Bushcraft / Outdoors community as I had always had an interest in it, am a bit of a hippy by most standards with my daily beliefs and practices in life for the world around me, the environment, and using sustainable / best practices in my life and belief systems.
My first post ever @Steemit post - the main picture/graphic - and link to it in late Sept. / 2017:
--
--
Why did I pick this topic?
Because I want to live a more self reliant lifestyle. I do not believe everyone should be forced to remain connected to the Matrix and the Grid by the government by force, manufactured and uninformed consent, and coercion if they don't want to be.
I desire to lead a simpler life than we are conditioned daily by media and the agencies to think we need.
Being able to live simply yet well, is something attainable
Primitive skills of self reliance are completely being lost for homesteading / off grid life if you wish to live that way and be connected to the simple, more primitive life and forced to remain connected... to The Grid.
How did my idea for this new series come about?
I was talking a lot one day around March of 2016 with the wordsmith @dwinblood who is a very sharp and engaged guy about some of this.
As usual, when I am online or offline, my mind continues to work on ideas to build community, try different things, and I came up with this idea later to do this
"get to know your neighbour" series...
LOL.
It also serves as a regular reminder / library for people to use to find their FIRST POST which is always special. Some of the series I do, like the STEEMIT NEEDS series - also serves this purpose.
An archive you can always come back to, or someone else can, to find something in particular.
E.2 of this series was posted a long time ago!!! March of 2017 - nearly 5 mths ago, I have quite a few things I work on and they get buried at times, oopsy. (:
I think it is unique and functional! That's why I have come up with a few different series' that I run weekly!!!
I am excited actually to do it so I can engage more with you, as a community and resident on Steemit -- and learn more about you!
The first post you gingerly step out and do on here, as a Minnow, likely says something important about you and I want to listen to you, and learn WHY you chose that topic!
I had an hour's worth of comments typed back and forth with @dwinblood over the March 5th and 6th 2017 period.
One comment that led me to start thinking about doing this series can actually be found right here on our friend @thecryptofiend's post about a topic I focus on regularly and had talked with him on this the night before he made this post:
ENGAGEMENT COUNTS IN ANY COMMUNITY!
Pls. Resteem / Share the link on others pages where you feel you can and invite people. New people! Older Steemians! Everyone is welcome!
Try to engage and help others, we are SteemitFamily I always say!!
Thanks for reading, have a nice day.
If you liked this blog post - please Resteem it and share good content with others!
--
Some of my recent blogs:
--
Most Images: Gif's - via Giphy.com , Funny or Die.com / Pixabay. Today:
If you feel my posts are undervalued or you want to donate to tip me - I would appreciate it very much.
--
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My first blog was about me! My second blog was about how to pick yourself up when down. As i am a mental health advocate
Good stuff my man!!!!
I just voted you up --- and it boosted your rep from 25 to 29 in one shot, I do this for new people several times a week to help out!!!
Introduction! :D
My first Steemit post was actually a repost of a piece I'd written for my personal blog -- Redhens.ca. I'd started that blog while on maternity leave because I wanted to challenge myself with a new medium and keep my writing skills in practice.
Funnily enough, I just shut the blog down last week. I'm heading back to my full-time job soon. I wanted to simplify my life and make time for other writing projects/goals. Something had to give.
Fortunately, I've found that Steemit offers me everything I wanted from a personal blog and more. Becoming involved in this site has been a wonderful learning opportunity and the five months that I've been here have certainly flown by. It's kind of nice to reflect on what things were like when I first started. Great idea!
Hey @redhens, nice connecting here! I also repurposed one of my old blog posts (a true wilderness "survival" adventure if you're interested https://steemit.com/travel/@jobsande/surviving-a-15-mile-hike-on-a-spoonfull-of-peanut-butter), although my first post was my intro post like the others mentioned above.
Congrats on heading back to the FT job world! I'm there too, it's definitely not "easy" sometimes to squeeze in Steemit time in addition since my job for a software company is also 100% online, and I like being active and away from the screen, but I do my best.
Are you planning on continuing with Steemit when you start the job?
Also I do know a bunch of folks who maintain their Steemit account as an extra channel/ in addition to their own blog/site. Might be too much work though with you soon to be working full time :P
Yep, I'm planning to stick with Steemit, but I'm like you -- I like to have some time away from the screen. I've been writing a lot of posts about writing and editing for Steemit, and I'm currently working on a website/blog where I can reshare and archive that content. The one challenge with Steemit is that the stuff we create here seems to have a short shelf life. But I think Steemit and the new site will be enough to manage for a while, which is why I gave up my "fun" blog.
I'll check out your post. Peanut butter and hiking -- sounds like a good time! Lol!
Ah yeah, trust me with a FT j-o-b, the website and Steemit will be PLENTY of work, hah. Actually a pretty cool idea with having that blog to share what you post on Steem. The "traditional" view , or at least how I thought of it seems to be blog first, Steem second...I'll have to consider that moving forward as I start posting more here (I've resolved not to post too often for the near future in favor of commenting, until I can build up a bit more traction - something I wrote about https://steemit.com/help/@jobsande/best-steemit-newbie-strategy-posting-vs-commenting).
True about the short shelf life, yep that is the big downside to taking a ton of time crafting a well-thought out post, editing, etc only to have it get 10 views, a couple quick comments, then be forgotten. This is exactly why I'm sticking to 95% commenting for now.
Thanks, it was my buddy and it was quite the experience :P I did go through something similar myself though, might have to make that a future post...
I have not heard from you in so long LOL, it is nice to see your name again and hear your stories.
Funny, on my #DigitalDetox series here, I just said maybe 5 mins ago --- in a reply I am desiring and working hard to actually simplify my life.
Good luck and best wishes with your job (again, LOL)
(:
My first blog post was about living in the moment and how awesome it is for yourself. https://steemit.com/live/@bitdollar/living-in-the-moment-power-up-your-life
Helped me so much with stress and not enjoying my life as much as I could. Now I do every single moment! :)
No way I will post it. My first posts a year ago were complete trash. I was just figuring out what's this platform about :-)
Nice name! Now I'm go'n deep into your heap. ~smiles~ I promise to leave it there...unless you'd like me to haul it on up here for you and the-rest-of-us. One man's treasure 'n alla that...right?
Just say the word. };-)>
logyx
I first post was an intro of myself , I figured since "everyone" did it, so would I. After I learned that you should not post as much in the beginning, I began to comment comment comment , and now I'm here :D
My first post was me asking about how steemit worked and if anyone had any suggestions for me to go about using this system!
My first post was why I think LBRY will grow..lol and it is still low... I regret I didn't make a introduceyourself post :D
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https://twitter.com/BarryDutton/status/894237574377680897
My first was my introduction post. I took the first few hours of my steemit travels looking around and seeing what was happening before I dove in and started to write my own posts. The introduction area seemed to be the right fit ;)
Wow, that is quick, but as you saw in my post, I did not write a blog for weeks LOL