THIS IS MY FIRST POST!

I am an actress, a writer, and a mother of sons. 

I have worked professionally in the performing arts for almost 20 years, not counting the couple of commercials I did as a kid for Kool Aid and Cheerios. You might have even seen some of my work on screen, depending on the type of TV shows or films you’re into. I have over 4000 followers on Twitter, who are mostly fans from a specific job I worked on, which isn’t a huge amount when I see the number of followers that some of my peers have (heck you might even have more followers than me!), but it’s a number significant enough to make me believe that I have had a fairly successful career. However, “success” in my industry is a funny thing, because just when you think that you’ve finally got your foot in the door, you suddenly experience a long season of rolling tumbleweed, where literally nobody wants to invite you for an audition and you go back to accepting castings for vacuum cleaners; this was particularly evident after taking time out to have our first child, but I shall save all that for one of my future posts! I've decided to remain anonymous as I’d like to share my unfiltered opinions and experiences, but not jeopardise my already flailing acting career and almost non-existent writing career, not to mention the unwanted impact this might have on my children’s privacy.

I’m new to the Steemit community, and also new to the Bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain world. My knowledge is still quite limited (I actually thought that “Alt coin” was the name of another coin, until I tried to find it!), but I’m slowly learning! Although I’m a latecomer, I think that this is the perfect time to get involved. There was so much euphoria over Bitcoin and cryptocurrency before and during the Christmas period, it was all that everyone talked about and all over the news. I witnessed my own brother buy on a high and advise his friends to jump in with him, and then fall out with the same friends (who took his advice) when the market dipped. A friend of mine also tried to rope me into one of those multi-level marketing pyramid schemes (the best way I can describe it), where I could earn 27 Bitcoin by the end of the year by filling up an imaginary house with tenants and charging them rent. Things were starting to get a bit CRAZY! Now, Bitcoin is still all over the news but in a negative way, bans here, bans there, losing value, social media and other sites banning advertising, etc - which is exactly why I think that this is the perfect time to get involved.

My husband encouraged me to join Steemit as, whilst I am new to the world of Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, he is not. He isn’t a fellow Steemian because he doesn't enjoy the social aspect of social media, which is an important requirement to join I’d say. I would actually describe him as a “closet crypto”, as he always plays dumb whenever we go out and socialise, never revealing how much he actually knows - I really don’t know what that’s all about! Makes me wonder if there are any other closet cryptos out there! Another potential post brewing there!...

Anyway, after an emotional outburst I had recently because “I don’t wanna go back to my da-haaaay jo-hob!!!” when my maternity leave ends, my husband sat me down and educated me about the many other benefits that this alien world has to it. 

It. Blew. My. Mind.

I had no idea that there were so many other ways to get involved and potentially be rewarded whilst doing stuff that you actually enjoy. This is probably because the only thing I’d witnessed him do was buy, invest, sell, re-invest, and so on and so forth. Suddenly, my eyes were opened to a whole new world with limitless potential, and this excites me. As someone who is creatively inclined with an aversion to numbers and charts, it was always going to be a challenge to get me interested in (let alone excited about) cryptocurrency and blockchain, when numbers and charts was all that I had previously related it to. From the moment my husband introduced me to Steemit, I was hooked. I had a browse around the site, read a few posts, and instantly wanted to upvote several posts, so I decided to join the community.

I probably won’t be able to solely rely on this to make a living, but the thought that I will be able to be a part of something exciting, to nurture it, to help it grow, and that *maybe* I could even give up my day job to work from home (the dream!), well, it’d be silly not to give it a shot. This in turn could allow me to focus on my kids, first and foremost, and perhaps resurrect my acting career WHILST getting much enjoyment from contributing to this community, where upvoting can, not only help myself, but others too. It’s really a no brainer. 

It’s so nice to see something that’s been created to really benefit its contributors for a change, and I’m looking forward to seeing it grow and evolve. I’m also excited about learning more as I travel further along my journey into this new and exciting world. My spaceship has landed, and I’m hoping that I’ve found a new home. Thanks for having me!