I really LOVE steemit and am committed to its success. 

It's true that I like that I get $$ for posting, but I love Steemit because of the character of many of the users--there are truly many cutting-edge characters here using Steemit that I am proud to be interfacing with.

I think Steemit is IMPORTANT because of the foundation/rules/principles Steemit is built upon. I have been saying it for over a year, and I still think Steemit has the potential to be revolutionary!

I have done many things to improve the economy and community of this platform: posting lots of articles, writing lots of comments, organizing and hosting meet ups, starting a Steemit Fashion Line, and getting friends to join. 

Now I want to activate another way to help improve the Steemit Community. 

I find myself reading LOTS of posts every day. I go to my feed maybe 5 times a day, and scroll all the way down to where I see the last post I remember. As I go, I open a new tab for every article I want to read. Often by the time I visit the feed again, I still have tabs open from one of the many I didn't yet get to checking out!

So every bit of time where I am not actively working on something else, I check out some of those tabs. 

Every day I am finding really valuable posts, posts that many would be benefitted by checking out and probably be grateful they did. 

I know that most people are following more people than they can keep track of, and their feed has even more posts than they can check out. Then on top of that, there are still all those valuable posts or genius creators who you might not even be aware of yet!

So because I spend so much time checking out posts, and because I feel like my standards are pretty high, I wanted to start doing a post where I put a list together of the best posts I have read in the last 24-48 hours depending on how many posts I read in any given day. 

This helps me to pay it forward or give back a little bit more to this awesome community and competent creators, by promoting quality posts and exposing YOU to them. 

These posts will:

• Bring attention to posts that deserve up votes. 
• Bring really valuable content to you!
• Help interweave you, who know me, with others worthy of your attention!
• It allows me to ‘do something” with all the time I spend reading and commenting on other people's posts. 
• It also improves the community of Steemit, because it helps refine consensus and get important information spread. 

So what I will do is begin to make a list of the articles I find most valuable every day or couple days depending on how many I find. I will then write a brief intro to the article as to why I feel it's valuable, and then put a link to the article in my post. 

I am not exactly sure yet as to how many I will link in each dose, I will just get a feel for that as I go. Right now it seems like somewhere between 5-10 per issue. Any more than 10 and it's really way too many extra articles to check out in a day for someone, as well as quite a bit for me to be linking and summarizing. 

I am pretty excited about this because I often read posts where I think man only 100 views? Almost EVERYONE needs to actually READ this, not just upvote it. 

So this will be my first edition, and I have written a brief intro with a link to the most important posts I have read in the last 24 hours!

I hope you enjoy this new project and find value in the posts contained within!

Here are my selections for today:

Here is a really great Steemit success story post by @teamsteem!

This guy has been on Steemit for about a year and invested a lot of time not only in making posts but interacting and supporting the greater good of Steemit. In this post, he makes a MAJOR announcement of quitting his job of 10 years to go FULL STEEM AHEAD! He also gives a summary recap of his achievements and highlights of his year on Steemit!

This article is worth reading for 4 reasons:

1. It's always nice to see someone achieve their dream of a better life.

2. It's a great success story for Steemit; the more success stories like this the more people will flock in. 

3. There is some good info in the post about the growing success of the Steemit platform. 

4. He does a cute little celebration dance in front of the camera with a Steemit T-shirt.


Here is a post by a successful and well-known Steemit author @sterlinluxan. He talks about his mistakes, misguided judgments, and greed on his time on Steemit in Confessions Of A Greedy Steemit User.

This article is a valuable read in my eyes for 4 reasons:

1. It's humbling and empowering to see someone write about mistakes, especially someone very successful. 

2. This article is really good for the Steemit platform.

3. It is very well written and makes a lot of points which I am very sure apply to MANY people on Steemit who just don’t have the honor to write about it like he does. 

4. There is a lot to learn about Steemit, yourself and life in general. 

Be sure to check it out

This is one of the best posts I have read in a while by @kyriacos. “Naturally Gay” is not a post for or against homosexuality, it is just a logical and reasonable exploration of the topic. 

 It's really good for 3 reasons: 

1. It addresses a topic that is generally either taboo or very controversial. 

2. It addresses this difficult topic with pure logic and no judgment or emotional bias. 

3. It makes very clear objective points that really cannot be argued except with dogma. 

I hope you check it out, as it's a very sound perspective on this often difficult matter. 

There are few aspects of life more important than water, and the post Proper Hydration: All Water Is Not Equal by @gardenofeden adresses this. Water is fuel for life, including humans. One of the key facets of optimal health is hydration. Most people kinda know this but really have very little clue, let alone achievement, in actual optimal thrival or optimal hydration.

This post is very valuable for 3 reasons: 

1. Almost everyone drinks water yet knows very little about what makes some water “superior for hydration”.

2. Health is very important and hydration is essential; being properly hydrated is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to improve health and even remedy disease. 

3. @gardenofeden is constantly sharing content that improves peoples lives and then uses all proceeds from helping educate to feed, shelter, clothe, and educate more people!

Check it out now!

This is one of my favorite articles I have read lately by @haphazard-hstead, because it's all about natural, sustainable, delicious success! In this article, you get to see how to take very cheap basic vinegar and turn it into expensive balsamic vinegar using free, healthy wild-foraged spruce tree! The vinegar was so good, that he even won a first prize ribbon for it! 

This post is worth reading for 4 reasons:

1. It is very well written, with lots of photos. It makes it look easy!

2. This is a very cheap and sustainable way to make your inexpensive vinegar healthier and more delicious.

3. I feel it's really important to support this type of thing in the ever-increasing industrialized world where everything everyone has or eats is from a store. Let's get back to doing some things ourselves!

4. It's really fun to make things yourself, and this posts inspires that!

Check it out!

I read a lot of great articles in the last 24 hours, but these I felt were very valuable and had something many could walk away with. I am really happy to be able to promote some quality content while also doing something more with all the time I spend reading and commenting on articles. 

My goal is to help make Steemit a better place, and I feel this project supports that goal.
As always, I welcome feedback and appreciate support!

SteemON