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So it has finally come. It's the last Day of the Year 2017, we are all enjoying the last Day of 2017 as we enjoy it every Year. So it's high Time I looked back at what steemit has offered to me and how it was a Lifesaver.
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So it has been 210 Days on the Dot Since I joined this amazing Platform and truth be told it wasn't all fun in the Begining. I got barely any Upvotes on my Posts and my Morale was at an All Time Low.
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Then the most amazing thing happened
I WAS TOUCHED BY A WHALE !!
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Hell yeah it was awesome, I was running on fumes but that Upvote gave me a Recharge which was much needed. I still remember it was @blocktrades who gave me about 60 USD upvote on a Post which was about Biryani Preparation. I was ecstatic and felt awesome.
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After that I was properly motivated to draw some attention to my posts which resulted nicely as I got visited time to time by some Whales like @firepower @s4s @glitterfart and many more.
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Why Steemit was a Lifesaver?
Some of you guys might think its because of the Money. But actually, it was much Precious than that. Before I found Steemit IO was going through a Breakup with my Ex which broke me in half. I went into Depression and there was nothing that seemed helpful.
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Enter Steemit
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Here I found many Peoples who helped me out either directly talking to me or by encouraging from their Posts. Plus I had no problem opening up to them and talk out all my issues as I felt very comfortable.talking to them.
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Bot Help
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Yes I have no shame in agreeing to the fact that I do use Bots to give my post some Visibility and I try to keep a limit of 1 - 2 Bot Upvotes per Post. I am truly grateful to Bots such as @buildawhale @postpromoter @pushup @smartmarket and some other Bots I use.
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All in all Steemit has been Nice to me and I am truly Grateful to it and all its Members.
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You got a 2.37% upvote from @postpromoter courtesy of @arunava!
steem on in 2018. Happy holidays!
Happy new Year @dali.soh and Happy Holidays.
Happy New Year @turksays
Mehn,its nice to hear your testimony. That gives me encouragement that my "upvoteless" post will make money soon.
I don't want to be all bark but no Bite so I upvoted some of your posts as a Sign that stick with this Platform you will find Success.
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Dear friend...life is a journey, never giveup in whatever you do. Life is short...have fun and It'll be ok.
Yes, life is short and we never know what lies in the corner so we should have fun.
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great post to end 2017, congratulation you've got this far, wish you all the best and better in 2018 :)
Same to you @dumasari I hope 2018 brings Joy to your life like never before.
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