Aloha From Honolulu

Hello Steemit. My name is Pearl. I joined Steemit on August 7, after buying an account from @anonsteem.

I am a 63-year-old Army veteran, living in Hawaii since 1986. Currently, I live with my roommate (we're platonic friends—Hawaii is expensive) and his cat.

From 1986 to 1998, I worked, first for a telecommunications company and later for a big government contractor, as a Computer Graphic Artist and a Software Technician. In 1998 I was laid-off, a few year later I became disabled by a movement disorder.

lawn chairs on our deck area in the backyard...

a bike stand in downtown Honolulu...

Since then, I've pursued various ways of making money at home with my computer. In 2014, I worked up the courage to open my first Zazzle store. Now I'm a ProDesigner (an attagirl Zazzle gives to their moderately successful designers) and I spend a lot of time designing personalized items for my three stores.

In 2014, I started making small investments in BitCoin. Got distracted with other things and put crypto-currency on the back burner until the end of 2016, when BitCoin had an astounding price increase. Now, I'm busy educating myself in all things crypto and hope to increase my investments until I've built up a sizable nest egg.

pink tropical flowers...

Earlier this year, my favorite crypto YouTubers @trevonjb, @rowbv, and @jerrybanfield introduced me to Steemit. I look forward to participating on Steemit and hope to make my posts fun and useful.

I plan on writing about my graphic design process, my MS Access databases, and public domain comic books. Please give me your suggestions!

Bruce Wayne, my roommate's 10-month-old kitty...

Aloha Everybody!