2,017 Followers Milestone - A Year On Steemit!

This isn't supposed to be a wee-wee measuring contest, but this is my first time getting a good following ever since "following" became a thing on the Internet. Pretty surprising since I don't even think about it, except watching the numbers climb up! I think more than 50% of them are inactive, but I'll take whatever numbers I get lol. For those interested, here's my re-introduction post from 7 months ago.

The past year has been one of the most interesting times of my life getting involved in blockchain communities. I think cryptocurrencies are quickly becoming the hottest consumer products in the world. Because why not? Why is something that everybody uses - like the money that we use everyday - not be treated as a consumer product that's ripe for innovation? Nothing much has changed since its rudimentary inception by King Alyattes of Lydia in 600 B.C, until Bitcoin came along showing the way for the rest of us.

Now we can contribute whatever we want while essentially being co-owner in multiple projects. That's the magic of the tokenomy. It allows any relatively small, but diverse groups of people all over the world to operate in these new world organisations, contributing whatever they see fit. In this game, having no real job-scopes may ironically feel paralysing, but trust me, the best thing to do is to keep learning and do whatever floats your boat - anytime! It'll be up to others to decide on the value of your contributions.

In fact, I believe in this notion so much that I actually applied for a job at https://colony.io before stumbling into the Steem blockchain. Needless to say they rejected the email with the subject title - "Are you looking for a shapeshifter?". No loss over there because Steem ended up being a much better implementation for the spirit of open-source communities. So for the past year I've been dabbling in just about everything I'm interested in blockchain projects from Ethereum smart contracts, setting up cabals, and blogging like I never used to.

As much as I like the newfound freedom, spreading myself out too thin is turning out to be a real big problem! I've been losing plenty of sleep and finding myself lost in the ethers of the new world economy. I've even neglected DJing and music production for close to a year now. The many potentials of blockchain technology is definitely astonishing and I'm really glad to have spent a great deal of time growing with the early adopters, many of whom started out as total strangers, and now it feels strangely like family. I'm definitely digging Steemit's diverse community more than any other. Plus, I still consider Steemit to be a killer app just by encapsulating the concept of "social currency".

With that, I'm planning to stay in the game and continue developing ideas with the hope of expanding the notion of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. In that, I'm still looking into my long-delayed plans to live a functionally mobile and nomadic lifestyle. It would be great travelling around, connecting the dots in various blockchain projects. If you're new to blockchain communities, I would highly recommend treating it all as self-exploration and self-development. Oh, have fun being (anti) social while you're at it!

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Not sure if it'll work for everybody, but here are some Steemit tips:-

• Write freely - check out my 11-month old article here.

• Remind readers to follow you in a non-pushy way. What I do is I tend to put "Follow me @kevinwong" at the end of my posts. Only that.

• Collaborate, and seek to help out great but largely unrecognised talents. Special thanks to @donkeypong for showing the way since the beginning.

• Attend Steemfest if possible - it's really something special!

• Stay in the game! Can't stress this enough.

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Thanks for reading!
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