Hi @theworldbyana,

nice introduction post! Sounds like we have some things in common! I love Portugal by the way!! And love might be an understatement. Haha.

I am also quite new on Steemit! So far I have learned that this is a great platform to network with people from across the globe and make a few bucks along the way. Or should I stay 'make some steem'? :)

I encourage you to take the time to search posts and users who interest you and to upvote their posts and follow them. Start curating your feed. This way you will start seeing some nice curation awards.

If you continuously post great content and are actively upvoting other users posts and commenting on them you should be off to a great start!

I hope this helps! Welcome!
Cheers, CAT