Why Creativity And Not Begging Would Get You Far in Steemit
Asking for help seem to be "becoming a trend" these days. Charity is one proof of love, caring and sharing but my folks taught me - "charity when forced is no longer charity"- it's close to extortion.
It's freaking easy to help specially if you are able isn't it? However, helping someone too often could lead the person to become too dependent. Too dependent is not a good thing to develop - its the road to parasitism and creating an overly dependent community would hamper each individual's capacity to become the best that they can ever be. I don't think we would ever want that to happen. Do we?
If you have noticed I've resteemed two contests the last time I was here. I was hoping the begging spams in my chat would stop but I guess sometimes messages need to be worded and I'm trying my best to be as polite in doing so as possible.
Can you see the caterpillars below? Yes, they are all chewing on one brocolli leaf. When I saw them they gave me an idea of what to post. Unfortunately, I couldn't due to my very busy sched.
See, @papa-pepper is running a contest and is throwing away his generosity in this post. When I took that pic it was during the night so taking a pic with a paper that shows my account name on it wasn't an option so I went back last Saturday to take another one at day time.
I resteemed it so the people spamming me in the chat would find a way to earning Steem the creative way. There are so many opportunities knocking on your doors you just have to open your eyes and find a way to do something to meet them. By the way, here's a video as a proof that I did take those pics which would pass as a proof. Yes, that's one of the rules. I read the posts people I follow throw here and sometimes, I upvote and comment on it.
This afternoon, I was still recuperating from fever, soar throat and chills in my garden when this lil' fellow showed up.
It gave me the chance to have a second entry.
Yes, that's his lunch on his mouth. Here's the video of proof.
As a bonus, he decided to land on my hand and flew away when he's finished eating.
Why did I join? I would never say no to anyone's generosity and I have often written this line as a comment. However, whether I win or not doesn't matter. I had so much fun watching these lil' creatures do their stuff specially the damselfly. It's very seldom that one catches a damsel fly having lunch and to be able to capture and show it to you is I believe - what makes this post valuable. I haven't surfed the net to check if there's any footage of such a thing on the net but I don't think there's much. Most of the time they're just showing them laying their eggs in the water.
See ...you can say well, you have a lot of SP so you should help me or .. look for authors hosting contests, challenges and throwing gifts on their posts if you are after scoring some Steem but in my experience and the many authors who have been here for a year and are pioneer in posting here, it's mostly creativity that brought us this far and is still giving a lot of people a break through. Begging is never a solution. It could fend people off and you may actually unconsciously be pushing them away if you go on doing so.
Is it easy to be creative? Yes! If you believe that it is. It's all a matter of thinking out of the box, stepping out of your comfort zone, doing something that has never been done or posted in here and and being open to growth. Yes, yes, there are many other values to possess when Steemiting and if you could choose some more choose positive ones only. Those that would make you grow and take you far down the road in this community.
Before you click that submit story or even draft that novel you wrote - ask yourself .. and put yourself into your readers shoes... - what value could you get out of your post? If there's none then don't be surprised that no one paid you a visit.
I took each pic and both video with my Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 and no cute little creatures on plants were harmed in making this post.
edit : spelling correction
Here's my most recent post: **TIP : Don't waste your voting power on posts that have already been paid out.
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Dear @englishtchrivy......you have been missed.
So sorry to hear you have been poorly.
Lovely photographs and videos.....good luck with the contests.
Keep the damselflies coming.....Steemians cannot get enough of them.
There is a principle for the topic here.....One must be able to discern when support becomes enablement. It is a fine line. Hold that line....
Wishing you and yours all the best. Abientotlater. ^_^
thank you!
oh - not so bad :)
now doing well .. had to rest really been acting like a bee the past days
but we also need to attend to our social life don't we?
this one is with really good friends - the ones you want to have in your life
for the very reason that I resonate with the many of them plus they exude positivity and no small talks
I totally agree with that principle !..
We very much like to support everyone here, too isn't it? However, in order to get help one must help one's self first, too !
As for the damselflies - he was trying to smile while holding on to his food! hahaha
only that guy can pull that off how does he do that? it's even bigger than his mandibles haha
he eats quietly though must have learned some etiquettes :D
Merci Mon ami!
Aw sorry to hear you have been ill lass. I completely agree with your post. It puts people off when they are cold called in chat.
Nice damselfly shots!
much thanks haha
had a crazy busy super fun weekend which led to sleeping late and short and getting wet in the rain was no ideal bonus :D though it was sure fun, too
I guess they found another way instead of going through your wallet :)
through the chat
plus lamenting on their posts .. I find complain containing posts very unattractive plus I try to stay away from those, too - energy is contagious lamenting sounds miserable - no thanks!
I totally get you. There are quite a few of them and they do suck the life from you. I am all for the occasions where everyone rallies around but there are a lot of posts these days just out and out panhandling! Now they do it in the wallet a well sigh
At least you had a super fun weekend!! :0)
I don't mind helping - it feels good to do so anyway
that's what we've been doing isn't it?
but if it's forced and it already feels like a gun is being pointed at you - it kind'a gives you a heaving heart - that's when helping becomes sort'a forced = fake- no fun isn't it?
That is the equation that sums it up.
I agree. I want the unpleasant bot to disappear
I hope that at the moment you are much better, You are very right in what you say, here we have to work hard and try to do our best, set as a goal to improve day by day, as an old friend said "A better always better, Level of exigency, eagerness of perfection "
Thank you very much for sharing these beautiful images and their corresponding videos.
I wish you a speedy improvement dear friend @englishtchrivy
thank you !
I totally agree :) except for the work hard part :) not all the time ;) there's also that work smart :)
When I said hard, I meant the content, control before publishing, publishing, interacting with people, answering the messages in your post, visiting other jobs, that takes permanence and time, is not only published and ready. Maybe it's the word instead of, hard, no doubt intelligence is essential in these things.
hahaha okay okay I got you :)
and I agree :D
Hope you are feeling better :-)
Posts with value are definitely key...so are comments with value! Which brings me to ask...how do you get those awesome close-up shots? I definitely cannot do that in such detail with my iphone. My guess is you are using a 'real' camera??
I am :)
took a homeopathic meds
and slept till 1 pm this afternoon
can you imagine?
aching back but fever's all gone
napped earlier this evening now can't sleep haha
tsk tsk tsk
no I really took them with my Samsung Galaxy A3 - it has an 8MP camera
both pics and videos were taken with the same phone
if you click on the video - utube usually adds the medium on the details I can't fake that
so does the pic
if you download it - and click on properties it would show you which phone or camera was used to take it
I just love the close-up photos...I think I need assess the need to get a 'real' camera :-)
thanks a lot!
or you could buy a phone with a good one
how about the same phone?
these days it costs less than 200 euro - open sim
dont know how much it is in dollars though .. maybe 190?
still cheaper than an Iphone 6
still cheaper than a DSLR or a canon D7 - I'd really like to have that ..
i have an iphone 6+ It just doesn't do those close-ups. Maybe it's just an app? hmmm, gonna look into that
no really :)
it's 100 pure organic Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 phone cam :)
Awesome post, totally agree @englishchrivy
thank you!
I haven't seen you in while!
i hope you are well!
am glad to find you here!
Thank you. Yeah I haven't been feeling well for a while, but trying to keep making some money lol. Take care
be well :)
dropped by your page no post it seems
a lot of resteems :)
There are post but yes some resteemed
amazing post as always and I agree with all your words.
Also, amazing pictures and video's!
I am glad you are feeling better again. Being sick asks a lot from your body so the fact that you took rest is a good thing!
You have been missed!
aw! dank je wel!
.. iets gek gedaan :D
maar komt allemaal goed
alles goed?
lang niet gezien! maar .. ik ben ook vaker absent :D
Iets geks doen is altijd leuk! lol
Ik merk inderdaad dat je vaker afwezig bent.
Met mij gaat het allemaal prima.
Lekker bezig van alles en nog wat!
Hopelijk binnen kort een grote verandering :D Maar ik kan nog niet vertellen wat hahahha
xxxx
Very creative and you have a good blog for today.
I really enjoy the beauty of your work is my friend @englishtchrivy
thanks
I have only just started posting on steemit a couple of days ago, and already, I have rediscovered my love of photography! (after looking back through my folders, after leaving them 'gathering dust' for a while).
I'm looking for new camera now ! great post
thank you and good luck!
Pictures of bugs...really creative!
You are right! The only good way is to be creative. It's hard but it's possible. It needs just a lot of efforts and patience. Only in this case the person will have a success.
it's not the only way, no .. there are many ways
but rather do so than go begging