Steemit Engagement Challenge 4 | STEEM GROWTH CONTEST - Theme : How many hours have you spent on steemit in the last week By @ronindboss

Greetings Everyone,
I'm glad to be back in steemit after a rough weekend, I chose this contest to start with because it's very easy for me to express my experience and feelings for steemit. Ever since joining this platform I've met inspiring role models from different part of the world and became friends with them. Before wasting much of your time, let's get started...

Epilogue

Looking back in time, I joined steemit on September 2021, I was invited by @swaylee and he showed me important rules and regulations of the platform. After some time I was familiar with the workings and layout of steemit. I've was at Rep 52 and at that time, Steemit crypto academy was placing assignment for beginners and they can only qualify if they have Rep 55.

I was so anxious as the way my fellow users was making lots of money, it was just like steemit was conducting charity and giveaways to them. Soon later I was about to reach Rep 55 and by that time, the academy season has finished. I was sad at first then I realised that quitting won't get me anywhere. So I upped my game and work harder until I reach my goal.

Today I'm currently at Rep 63, it was not an easy journey because due to the opportunities steemit offered, more and more people joined the platform and it became harder to win contest and get votes but only a coward would stop there. Instead of only participating in Contest, I explored other communities and became familiar with the moderators and members, as I am now, I can humbly say I've understood everything about steemit.

With the help of steemit, i was able to make loads of money that would seem illegal if my parents was to know about it. Well, I couldn't blame them because the internet and blockchain didn't exist in their time and the only way to make money then was through labour. I hope to achieve my goal of becoming a dolphin by the year end so I can proudly call myself a steemian.

Time Spent in Past Week

I engage myself in steemit virtually everyday and if I was to write down my whole activities during the week, it would be very tiring to read. So to make the article more readable, I'll summarize it into the three parts of the day namly morning, afternoon and evening/night.

Mornings 🌅

Every morning when I visit steemit website, I research for post ideas that needs to be published on Steemit, I look for ideas that haven't been discussed on Steemit so that my page can look authentic and free from copying. I used to publish Art drawings tutorial as article but it seems it didn't get the attention I wanted. So moved to fintech posts and with the launch of the new Learn With Steem Tag and curator team, I've taken into consideration to post more ideas that educates people on Steemit.

In addition to this, I also check @disconnect page for any contest that would catch my interest. If I found any, I'll add it to my list of articles to write about in the morning. So I mostly spend like 1.5 hrs in the morning.

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Afternoons ☀️

When it's afternoon, I prepare myself to start writing down the topics and ideas I've gathered. I take my time In checking for spelling mistakes and i apply the right markdowns for beautification of the post. This part tends to be stressful as it takes a lot of time and effort completing it but it's all worth my time. I spent around 2 to 3 hours depending on the type of articles I'm writing.

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Evening / Night 🌃

By this time I must have published the article already and now I'll spend my time reading and commenting on other's posts. I also check the @steemitblog page to get updated on the latest trends and happenings ongoing in the platform just like the engagement contest. I'm also awaiting the announcement of the new season of crypto academy and I'm looking forward to participating in it.

My desire for steemit grows stronger at night and sometimes if I can across an idea for a post, I might start writing about it even though I usually write in the afternoons. On average, I spend around 2 hours at night.

Time	Hours	weekly
Morning	1.5	10.5 hours weekly
Afternoon	2.5	17.5 hours weekly
Evening	2	14 hours weekly
Total	6	42 hours weekly

My Opinion about the benefits of the Steemit Engagement Challenge

In my opinion, the engagement contest brings a lot of engagement in the Steemit platform. The more people post, the more others are likely to join and participate, this initiative has proven to be successfully because of the support given by Steem curator 01 and Steemcurator02. The more you post and comments, the more you are likely to get supported.

This challenge has also increase exploration into new communities, take steem Colombia as example, I've never come across that community since joining steemit and I only heard about it when the engagement contest started. If the next engagement contest can use more communities, then it'll be of great advantage to the Admin And Mods of the community.

My Suggestions To Improve This Challenge In The Next period

Judging by what everything is thinking, it has to be the issue of not getting support from 01 or 02. Well I've had my share of voteless post in the first week of the engagement contest. I participated in 5 out of 7 of the ongoing contest and didn't get a single support. It was so frustrating because I put a lot of effort into the contest and it still ended up paying out with no support.

Mt suggestion is that 01 or 02 should vote people post even if it doesn't meet their requirements, voting must not be above $15, you can vote $10 or $5 or any amount they wish to give. By doing This, it shows that the steemit team really cares for the users post despite the low level of quality. Some people might not have the time to compile quality article due to their busy work schedule.

So let's try to help one another so we'll grow and make steemit a wonderful place to be in. Thanks for reading...⭐

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