I'm on Steemit for the long run!!

Steem value is low...it's a fact! Although it's not the first time and I know by experience that now is the time to see who is really engaged with the community.

Am I a role model Steemian?

When I Joined Steemit in October 2016 I didn't know how to blog, didn't have any special skill (sing, write, representing, photograph), but at home, everyone praised my special cooks, and I began with a #SundayCook series.

Later on March-April 2017, Steem value was between 0.10$ and 0.30$, and we had the HF18, our payouts went all to 0$ (as far as I remember) and the majority of our votes worth 0,0(...)1$! Some people left or stopped posting on a regular basis.

Fortunately, I found a group of people that were starting a weekly challenge post, and that gave me a reason to start posting on a daily basis: Monochromemonday, TreeTuesday, BeachWednesday, and SunThursday. That allowed me to know more Steemians and we were interacting again!

Did you noticed there wasn't a theme for Fridays?
That's right!! This was the reason I started running LoveFriday (here's the first LoveFriday post). Since 28th April 2017, I've been running LoveFriday on a weekly basis, manually voting and commenting.

Other aspects:

• I don't use bots, bidbots or whatever. I refuse to buy votes(!);
• I still manually vote what I find to be quality posts;
• I did a financial effort to be at SteemFest 2 and 3;
• I try to keep as much Steem as I can.

Here's my last best post: Steemfest3 - My experience and insights [EN] | Steemfest3 - A minha experiência e perspectiva [PT], at least it took me a lot of time and dedication :)

It is on the hard times that we must show our support!!

_{(It's Sunday and it's time to prepare to approach the stove to prepare our lunch - SundayCook!)}

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