STEEM GROWTH CONTEST - HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU SPENT ON STEEMIT IN THE LAST WEEK By @maazmoid123

HOW MANY HOURS HAVE YOU SPENT ON STEEMIT IN THE LAST WEEK

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We know time is the most important and precious thing in a person's life. When you take time out for something that means, that thing has a special place in your heart. I have been on steemit for more than 1.5 years, and in those times, there were still some days when I could not post because of my busy schedule. And my schedule has just got doubled this year as my Final Year of University has started, which means that along with the studies, I also have to make a final year project which requires a lot of time.

I have been trying to be active on this platform as much as possible because this place has my heart attached. This is the place where I can talk about my heart. I shared my feeling and got some lovely comments which motivated me to write more every day.

Even though I sit on this platform every day, my eyes are usually filled with sleep, and my body is aching because of the tiring days in university and the housework. But still, I try hard and try to be active and write 1 post at least a single day.

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MY SCHEDULE

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This year was quite a busy year till now, as this year I did my Internship at the airport along with my final year project and 5 different courses, even having the classes on Saturday evenings and Sunday Mornings. And since then, my life has become a little hard financially, but I know this is for the best as I think I can earn more after some time if I don't cash out the steem now. And STEEMIT is my only source of earning, even though it has been a long time since my last payout.

So as my current semester is about to end and my final exams are started by the following week on the 24th of May, this was the week of submitting our course projects and giving presentations on them. So time was that I used to wake up at 7:30 am, go to university, come back sometimes at 12:30 pm and sometimes at 3:30 pm according to the class schedule, and after coming home doing my housework and also working on my course projects as well as the final year project.

After doing that, I have made a schedule to work after 9:00 pm at STEEMIT. But sometimes I start late as today I was working on my course project for which I also have to make a presentation which I will give on Thursday. And right now, it is 12:38 am, and I am trying to write my publication so I will not miss a day and be able to complete my promise, which I made at the beginning of this Steemit Engagement Challenge, that I will participate in all the Contests.

My Activites

And also want to put my part in helping to grow the Steem blockchain by Powering up my Steem. And just now, when I checked my power-up status on Steemworld, I got to know that I have powered up by the start of this year 2,268.302 STEEM from which 541.155 STEEM is powered up in just the Past Week.

_{Powered up from 1st January}

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_{Powered up In The Previous Week}

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As you all know, I am a regular client of powering up. Let's check how many comments I have made in the previous week. It might take me a while to count all of them, as I will have to do it manually because I guess no app can calculate how many comments I have made in the last week.

And from my manual counting, I got to know that I have 83 comments, which is a good point, I guess, but I know that they are less than the comments I made last to last week or the first week of the engagement challenge. And it also happened because of my busy schedule.

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I have made the 7 posts in the past week, all of which were about participation in the Steemit Engagement Contest. And just like I promised, I am Alhumdulillah trying to post every day, and only I know how hard it sometimes gets the last week. I also slept at 3 or 4 Am and then woke up again at 7:45 am for my classes at the university.

But I am also happy, as there is always a motivation like my last week's posts; 2 posts have been upvoted by the steemcurator01, which gives the best feeling ever.

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And the last thing I want to share about my activities is the upvotes, I also have tried to make a habit of mine that whenever I open this platform, I firstly vote some people and then start my work, so in the last week, I have given 151 upvotes to 131 accounts, while right now have a Voting CSI of 20.7.

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MY TIME ALLOCATION TO STEEMIT

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Days	Hours
Monday	3hours
Tuesday	3hours
Wednesday	16hours
Thursday	3hours
Friday	3hours
Saturday	3hours
Sunday	3hours
Total	34 hours

So every day, I get active for 3 hours daily at least, I might have spent more time roaming around and reading my colleague's work, but on Wednesday, I have to be active for 16 hours, as I am also a team member of a curating team. I am working in Team Sevengers, and Wednesday is when I have to check all the posts using the #learnwithsteem tag and then curate them.

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My professor from which I studied Strategic management used to tell me that development is easy, but management is the real deal, so even if a person is already has a level of 70 or 65 above but is not able to manage their time, it will get so much difficult for them to take there place in the platform.

I know because I have missed those opportunities in the previous year because I could not manage my time and things. And I think time management is a real deal. Even though I am still struggling with it, I think I am doing and taking time out for the crucial things that need my attention the most, from which STEEMIT is my top priority.

For a person like me whose English is not that good, I get around 1 to 2 hours to write a normal post like this, but I am trying and trying to manage my time.

I have seen my father working hard for us from my childhood, only getting the sleep 2-3 hours a day, but I think it is my time, and now I want my father to retire. And for that, I will have to work hard without making any excuses.

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The other thing which is asked in the contest is that we should write about our opinions about the contests, that what should be added to it to make it more interesting. So, in my opinion, every post should be upvoted by steemcurator01,02, as it will motivate people to write and engage more, haha. I was joking about that because I know that is not possible.

The other thing on my mind was ending the rule of making only 1 post a day, but deep down, I know that rule makes sense. And it is best for this platform, so I will not ask to remove that rule.

I will say that everything is good. I don't feel like anything to change, except the Steemit Engagement Challenge WInning Criteria, as even though I am making 10-15 comments, I am not getting the comments of those people back on my posts. Because of that, I think I will not be able to reach that criteria of almost 50 comments and 10 votes on Average. There might be some people who will complete these criteria. Still, there is a difference here. Most people (not all) support their country's people or those who write in their language, so they have a strong backhand compared to an average person like me. To whom people barely know.

And with this, I will conclude my post, and I want to invite some friends with whom I interacted in this Engagement challenge: @patience20, @cocomuff, and @fombae.
Regards,
@maazmoid123

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_{20% to @steemkindness}

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