Hello, fellow Steemian,

My name is Erik. That's actually not my real name but, a name that I prefer. Erik is my alias. For some reasons, I'm not quite comfortable with revealing my name in this virtual space so I'm going to stick with Erik for a while. I'm 26 years old and currently living in Malaysia. I love science and right now, I'm studying to become an engineer. Hopefully, by the end of 2019, I will graduate.

There are so many things that I would like to express, the first time I heard about Steemit. It's like too good to be true. Social media, blog and cryptocurrency jammed up into a single platform? No, way! Spoiler alert, way! Before I made my own decision to venture into this kind of business, I've taken the liberty to look carefully at the platform and I must say, it's pretty intriguing. I was introduced to this platform by @n4zriofficial about a month ago. I'm not a risk taker and even though joining Steemit doesn't seem to put me in any risky situation, I still need a week to think. Yeah, people might say, it's kinda silly to put it into much thought, but I'm not worried about whether or not I have to pay or what kind of income I could get from this blogging experience. It's the commitment to a long-term blogging that made me quite concerned. I'm pretty much someone who will be committing to something for a long time, so making this kind of decision is a big thing for me.

The first failed step

Well, last month, I tried to register an account by using my friend's laptop but after 3 weeks of waiting, my registration was still not approved by the Steemit's board of administrator. I guess, the potential explanation is that the laptop that I used were also being used by my friend for Steemit's purposes. So, I'm quite frustrated by that.

Yesterday, while waiting in the cafeteria to eat my dinner, I met with @n4zriofficial. He asked about my progress and I said, I didn't even start yet. After explaining the situation, he offered to create an account for me if I'm still want to continue with Steemit. I thought to myself "there's no harm in trying" so I just nod my head off. After 10 minutes, I got my account. He spent 4.5 SBD to create an account for me, and I felt grateful. Now there are no excuses for me to slack off. I need to get started as soon as I can so that I would feel what its like to be in the Steemit's community.

Short Term Target

I'm quite a goal-directed person. It's true that the system (how we proceed to achieve a goal) is the most important part of succeeding in this platform but in my opinion, without a goal, you will not know what to do, where to push yourself and how to spend your own effort, so yeah, goal is quite important. By the end of June 2018, I should have at least:

• 500 followers
• 100 Steem Power
• 30 views per post
• At least 500 words per article
• Post at least once per day

I've studied a bit about the basic mechanism of this platform and how it operates, so I'm quite familiar with it. I know it seems easy to achieve those objectives that I have listed, but it is quite an achievement if I can achieve it by the end of June 2018.

I do appreciate feedback from you guys when I post my article for the day and I prefer for you to speak your mind. I wouldn't be offended. I promise.

Focus and Concluding Remark

Well, I would love to dedicate myself to science especially health and physics related topics. I would love to learn something new, anything and everything. There are many ways that we can improve ourselves and one of it is to learn something new every single day.

It's difficult to find fellow Malaysian in this platform and one of my friends suggested to me to use the teammalaysia hashtag. It's nice to know that there are many Malaysian who are bold enough to take the first step towards a better future with Steemit. I would love to know anyone from any part of the world. It will be my pleasure.

I think I have blabbed enough. I'm so excited and I can't help it. I would like to thank everyone who read through my post. It's time to start working on my first article. See ya.