How Steemit did the impossible for me
In my entire life I have never been a person who enjoys writing. All throughout my school years I always found myself sliding by on every essay I had to write. I used to procrastinate my papers all week until the night before they were due. In between raid bosses in World of Warcraft I would slap some words together and call it day. I'd even write paragraphs in chat and copy and paste them to Microsoft word (lol). I could never find any passion for anything we had to write in school.
I was always a computer gamer which impacted my school work severely. Starting from when I was a little kid playing Runescape. My typing skills were insanely fast but what I was typing was hardly legible. My teachers would constantly have to correct simple grammatical errors. Even to this day my grammar is not exactly perfect but this website is helping it improve. I constantly find myself googling when to use: to, too, their & there. Even though these are simple English basics my lack of attention in school followed me.
Now to get to the point of this. I've always been a money chaser in my adult life. I find more joy in watching my bank account grow rather than having the items I would buy. When my buddy @derekareith told me I could get paid to blog I was obviously intrigued. The only problem was I knew I hated to write! Over the past month and change of using Steemit I have written more than I did in my entire senior year of high school. I've found that I actually really enjoy writing and it can be a relaxing experience. The fear I felt of others reading my content has gone completely out the window. I actually look forward to hearing some feedback, something that this community is extremely helpful with. Also most of my posts require research leading me to learn something new every time I post! I hope some other people are in the same boat as me! Thank you to the entire Steemit community for helping me find a passion.
Hell yeah brother, you are not alone. I used to constantly dread the idea of writing, especially in school, and though I did used to dabble in poetry, I never really pursued it, as my passions lied elsewhere. However, the more I blogged on here, and the more like-minded people I met, the more I realized how much writing on here was actually helping me, not just mentally, but emotionally and psychologically as well. I feel like I can vent or unravel anything on here, because there will always be someone on here who can relate, or at least sympathize. I'm glad that you found some goodness to be had on here man, and I for one am super excited that you and I are involved in all of this as we watch this platform grow!
I have been writing, and I've always had pretty good grammar and spelling, and I have pushed out at least 10 bloody PhD thesis papers worth of writing over the years. What thrills me about Steem is that now I am actually getting some reward for it, and the rewards are shaping what I decide to write, which is also improving what I write.
I may not be getting huge rewards right now, but as my SP grows and I grow my followers and followed lists, more people are discovering my writing and I am quite sure that it's going to become more than a small part of my income. The awesome thing is that anyone with special skills, that is, anyone, because we all have special skills, can find a niche here, and help educate other people. Steem is not just a promotion system, it is also an education platform.
YES MAN!!!! @jbouchard12. You can do it.
thats awesome!
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That's a really cool story. I would have never guessed writing was not your strong suit!
Great to hear this, keep on writing!