Hi @hansikhouse, thanks for the opportunity to share my reasons for being here, I've actually been thinking about it a lot lately. Despite ups and downs in rewards I've stayed involved here regularly because -

• it has become an essential outlet where I can explore ideas that I find useful to write about and following certain threads of interest to see where they take me. Sharing these ideas has always felt risky to me and I've grown a lot through daring to write about them anyway. Hopefully these are interesting to others too but when writing I never know.

-I've wanted to improve my storytelling skills, and I've found that showing my work and discussing my studio life and process has provided an unexpected and important catalyst for me to get a perspective on my business and creative interests.

• And another huge reason I'm committed to steemit is the friends that I've made here, such as you. This community has a real place in my life, in my heart and daily I show up to curate, upvote and give feedback because I care deeply about this platform and the friends I've made here.

great post as always, thanks!