Hello Steemit World! This has been an exciting week for me to be honest. And my adventure is only getting started. 

My name is Ana, I’m 25 years old, and I’m a yoga teacher (I think). I live in a beautiful country: Venezuela. I love this place (no matter its issues), I love my family, and even though my best friends have left the country, and a few more are soon leaving too, I still enjoy being here for the most part. 

I love Yoga with all my heart. It came to my world in the exact moment I needed it, and it saved my life. Teaching Yoga I feel like I’m doing what I must do, I feel it’s the right place to be, the right self to be. But I stopped teaching a few months ago, because of a few major reasons. Right now I’m going through a phase, and I don’t know if it’s normal: I’m mad at yoga.  But that’s a story for another post. 

The thing is, I have a lot of free time for now, and I spend my hours being online, mostly reading memes because, why not? I also like reading, writing, discovering new music, and weird movies. The weirder, the better.

 “But that means you do nothing? How do you survive?” 

I don’t know people, I’m not sure. I don’t know how or why but I’m still alive. But I do know that the lack of work affects me anyway. And though I had been thinking a lot about “what to do”, I hadn’t exactly found something that got me out of my never-ending procrastination cycle. 

And then Steemit came in…

 I met Steemit a couple of weeks ago. My mom invited me to a little meeting about a “social network thing, where you can earn money”. I was skeptical, of course. But then I met @jonsnow1983, and when he started talking, everything changed. I immediately understood Steemit’s potential. I felt it was something I could do, and maybe, just maybe, I could be good at it. At the same time I understood it wasn’t something necessarily “simple”. I would need to invest time (and I have plenty, to be honest), and I would also have to study A LOT, but I was still excited, because the subject was too interesting for me. 

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When I got home the first thing I did was turning on the computer so I could sign up. Then I spent the whole night reading about it, how it worked, what the community was like, what I had to do, it’s ups, it’s downs. I don’t think I slept that night. My mind was on fire. 

Agnikana? Is that your real name? 

I wish. Jk, my name is still cool (“Ana? That’s not so cool”, Yeah but that’s not my entire name. I would like to hear you pronounce my actual name). Agnikana is, so to say, my “spiritual” name. It was given to me by my yoga teachers. It has Indian roots, as it comes from Sanskrit. “Agni” is the God of fire. Hence, Agnikana means “spark of fire”. I haven’t used this name, and I’ve had it for a couple of years now. I love it, and I understand why it was given to me, I think it truly describes my real self. I didn’t use it before because I wasn’t ready to use its power (lol, yes), but I think I’m ready now. 

How do I do this Steemit thing? 

I waited two days to get my account validated, and I spent those days doing the same: studying Steemit. I felt determined to understand it, it sounded very complicated, I got frustrated, I felt like I wasn’t going to be able to learn any of that information, it was too complex, I didn’t feel smart at all. Blockchain? Cryptocoins? What the f*ck are you talking about? You guys looked way too smart for me. Was I going to fit in? 

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When I got my account validated, I didn’t know what to write about. I had spent so much time reading, and yet I didn’t know what to write…  Really? But that night I went out, and I had a little alcohol in my system, and because I am weird like that, I walked away from people, got into my computer, and wrote what would be my first post: Things I write when I’m drunk: About being emotional. It was fun to write, and it also did well for a first post. Was I actually going to make money like this? I think I will make it a whole section: Things I write when I’m drunk. Wouldn’t you read that? I hope you do. It’s going be fun, I promise. 

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There were still too many terms to learn, too many people to meet. Whales? Minnows? Bots? Discord? What’s that? Busy.org? D-tube? D-mania? Is this all Steemit? Why Steem, and also SBD? Steem Power? Should I write in Spanish? Steemit chat? What do I do with that? WHAT’S ALL THIS?! I’M NEVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL! 

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Meeting Steemit people

I went on the Steemit Chat, and I actually met a few great people that helped me, answered some of my doubts, read my rant about my country… Sorry guys, it was a weird day. 

Anyways, talking about my very exciting life (not), I met this awesome person. @geekpowered . He asked if I could help him with some research, as you know, freelancing and stuff. And because it sounded interesting, I agreed. So there they were, my first Steem. What? Money? I don’t think I’ve made so much money working in my life! (weird economy, I know). Was this real money? I had to know. So I did the only thing I could do, a very smart thing: I spent it all… Come on! I was too excited. I spent it mostly on coffee, sugar, lots of cookies, and food. I’m skinny, but I have a fat soul. 

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I love the Steemit Chat, I spend a lot of my time there now, I learn a lot from awesome and sassy people that are almost always willing to help you, if you ask nicely. I hope I gain the “sass” superpower Steemit seems to grant to some of these folks. 

I got Curied! 

Being curied means you have been touched by an angel @curie. Basically your post gets upvoted so hard, you end up crying. (Was that just me?) 

A few days ago I posted a fictional story, it’s very personal for me, and it is definitely my favorite creation: Labyrinth to your hell . I posted it, not expecting much. And a few hours later, it got curied! I was in SHOCK people. I was in shock for hours. Hell, I’m still shocked. My first thoughts were: “So can I buy a phone now? It’s a tool. I can have work done with this tool… it’s not a bad inversion, is it?... Omg Steem, I need to save it.” I’ve been without a phone for almost a year, I think I deserve one (of course, I’m just trying to convince myself it’s a smart move to spend my new money like that). 

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It will continue… 

I kept going to the Steemit meetings, and I will keep going, as I have many questions still. I want to be a part of this community, and I want to spread the word too. I’ve been doing it. I already got some friends to join. But I want to spread the word big time. People need to know this world exists, sharing is caring. This is also why I want to study a lot this crypto-world, so I can spread the word, share knowledge, support people, and help this country with weird economy. 

And so Steemit became a real thing. I’m still determined to keep learning, I know nothing, I’m lost. Just a Minnow. Alice in Wonderland? More like, Ana in Steemitland. So much to read and learn. And it’s so exciting, and scary, but exciting! 

But scary. 

But exciting. 

The adventure goes on!

See you on my next post!