Introducing myself

Hi everyone, I’m Adam.

How did I get to SteemIt?

I’ve recently been researching cryptocurrencies, such an exciting time to be involved, and stumbled across SteemIt yesterday. I had seen the currency on the coin price websites but didn’t know what it was (like most of the coins really).
I’m really excited to actually use the block chain technology in a practical sense, and I’m really excited to invest in and get involved in the Steem community. I’ve always loved blogs but felt they had died off almost completely in the Facebook/Twitter age… while Reddit is great, it has always had a very cynical undertone and there is just so much there it’s hard to really find a voice. I really miss the days when people updated their blogs daily and so you can imagine just how pumped I was to find SteemIt… two of my passions combined!

I’d love to take this opportunity to introduce myself… I work in IT and my partner and I recently moved from Australia to the US so that I could train and compete on the TV show American Ninja Warrior. The transition has been way more difficult than I ever expected, but we’re starting to find our feet and get into the American groove.

What is American Ninja Warrior

American Ninja Warrior is a reality TV show where competitors tackle an extremely hard obstacle course. About 700 people are chosen to compete each year (although they get something like 77,000 applications) and of the 9 years it’s been on, only 2 athletes have finished the course. It’s a worldwide phenomenon, the show is now in 20 different countries and only 10 people have finished the course in all those countries. It is hard.

A few months after we left Australia, I heard word that the television show Australian Ninja Warrior was being created… so I flew back to compete. It was one of the most fun experiences of my life… I had an absolute blast and got addicted straight away.

Here is my run on Season 1 of Australian Ninja Warrior:

I train a lot for Ninja Warrior, and when I first started there was hardly any information on how to train online…. It wasn’t until I started flying around the US visiting different Ninja Gyms that I found out how generous people were with their advice, and I’ve learnt so much from both friends and strangers that I decided to write it all down in my blog Australian Ninja Warrior .

I might not win Ninja Warrior myself, but if I can help others learn and get better, then that’s absolutely a win in my books.

What else?

I’m also an avid photographer… I love images and movies so much. My partner has always been in bands and so I bought a camera to take photos of their gigs to help them out, and got right into it from there. I love landscape photography but could never get a handle on it, instead I taught myself studio photography. Working in IT can be a little bit dry and lonely at times, so having a creative outlet where I’m dealing with happy fun people who get so excited to get photos of themselves is extremely rewarding (even if I’ve spent way more on camera and studio gear that I could ever hope to make back).

What are you going to do with STEEM?##

I’m excited to write blogs on my photography, my training, my thoughts on cryptocurrencies, my diet, trying to live in the country and get off the grid, my ninja adventures, and hopefully helpful articles on all that and more. I hope you’ll stick around for the ride.

As I work in IT, the projects I work on are never guaranteed, I could be working solidly for months and months or I could be finished up tomorrow, I'd love to be able to generate some income blogging on topics I love...

I’m still very new to SteemIt but I look forward to interacting with you all and hopefully creating some meaningful online friendships. If you have any advice for an absolute newbie I’d be very excited to hear it.

I am a little worried that it is all a Ponzi scheme, but I love the concept so I'm really hoping it's not. Still not sure how it generates an income without advertising.

Thanks so much,
Adam.