A role model Steemian - the power to move ideas and generate action

I'm doing this entry the last minute, since I just saw about it now. I have approximately 1 hour to complete the write-up, but I'm not letting the opportunity of becoming one step closer to my vision here in Steemit. I'll be starting off with an assessment of my self -- of whether I would qualify to be called a "good" Steemian.

By the way, this contest is hosted by @anomadsoul and the link to the contest post is found here.

Self-assessment of my qualities as a Steemian - am I good enough?

A role model has several definitions, but @anomadsoul cited among others, some characteristics of a good Steemian:

Powering up for the better

Is not permanently Powering down - nothing wrong with powering down a few weeks if you need money, but permanently powering down means you don´t trust the platform and are not very committed to Steemit.

I have ambitious goals here in Steemit, and I plan to accumulate 1,500 SP by the end of 2018. This might be a small goal for others, but I observed that this is good enough to create movement. From the beginning, I use all the rewards to build up my SP. I'm very much thinking long term, and I am really planning to have bigger voice in the community -- a voice that I can utilize to bring fruition to some of visions and ambitions in life.

Idea weaver and content creator

Posts original and quality content - quality is subjective, but we all have a certain standard.

So far, all the posts I've shared here in Steemit are originally crafted for the exclusive consumption of the community. There are excerpts or photos that I use from my existing blogs, but I make sure I deliver a different perspective. I fully understand the need of this community to always generate "value". As suggested by many Steemians, I am focusing my efforts in joining communities and contests (with frequent posts on some Steemit tips for my friends [who recently joined] to read),but I have a lot of ideas in mind that I'll be sharing in the months to come.

Personal resources

Cites sources whenever part of the content does not belong to her/him.

Most (if not all) of the photos I used here in Steemit came from my personal library. I enjoy taking photos of restaurants and travel destinations I go to. It just feels great sharing them via my posts. I also want to develop more creativity which is why I try to innovate photos that I embed in my posts.

The passion to connect

Tries to reply to the comments on his/her posts
Comments on other people´s posts and gives some feedback to the author.

I really want to connect with people, and get to know their insights. Unfortunately, I rarely get comments on my posts. Hence, right now, what I do is I just comment on other people's posts. I also share my insights about the topics I'm very much inclined to.

Doing the right thing

Does not selfvote more than once a day.

I have to be honest. I still vote on my posts, but when it comes to voting my own comments, I already ditched the idea ever since I learned that it's commonly frowned upon to self-vote on your own comments.

Smart usage of tools

Does not use bidbots to get votes - nothing wrong to use them once in a while to boost a good post or to promote an initiative or project, but come on, not on every post.

Honestly impels me to share that I do use bots to promote my posts sometimes, but I just do this for the posts which I've really put effort and energy to. However, I realized that nothing beats the fulfillment you'll receive when all the upvotes come from genuine readers. Hence, I am slowly veering away from the usage of the bidbots.

Curation

Spreads his/her votes as wide as he/she can within their SP possibilities.

I'm trying to spread my votes on topics I want to support. Also, some of my VPs are spent on my friends as encouragement for them to continue sharing their ideas, craft and passion here in Steemit.

PAL + Steem Philippines

Hangs out in some chat channels regularly.

Whenever I have free time, I always drop by the PAL discord channel. That's where I get some ideas with my posts sometimes. Also, I've met Steemians there which really helped me out in knowing the beauty of the community. Shout out to @juliakponsford, @dearjoyce and etc.

The witnesses

Approves at least 10 witnesses (30 would be better but well).

I am slowly learning more about Steemians who are really looking at the welfare of the entire community. I currently have no more than 10, which is why for now, I assigned @steemgigs as a proxy. My vision is similar with his, so I know that my witness votes are in good hands.

Hopefully, with my responses above, you would consider me qualified to be labeled as "good". I am providing assurance that whatever delegation will be given, I will put more responsibility to it.

The Power of 500

Make a post about what you are doing for Steemit, for your community and for everyone else. Tell me how you spend your voting power. If you have a project(s) shout about them in your post. Let me know what you blog about and why you write about that. Share with me how would you use the SP I will be delegating to you if you win this contest. Whatever you think is worth mentioning, do it, it doesn´t matter if you think is small.

It took me days to fully appreciate Steemit, but as soon as I discovered its potential I became a believer of the community. I just now that it can unleash the deepest talent, skills and gifts we have in us.

I can still remember the excitement I felt in joining contests that awaken my sleeping passion on art and music. Then, I imagined a scenario wherein more people are driven by their passion. From then, I started admiring what the community is capable of producing.

If I'll be given extra SP, I will use it to support talents, but I'm looking at talents, hobbies or interests that are still untapped as of the moment. I'll also be supporting crazy ideas -- the crazier the better as long as they are producing value for the community.

I'll also be allocating more time to find posts that are worthy of being curated. I want the right people to be consistently motivated, and with how Steemit is designed, an upvote will be able to do it.

Also, my group of friends and I recently started a channel called @trulaloo -- which we envision to generate value by providing quality entertainment and humor. I started finding and reaching out to communities that will support production of these type of content. However, there weren't much. In fact, I didn't find any as of the moment. (Maybe I didn't search enough). Most of the groups support art, literature and music, which of course I am very happy about since those are also within my passions. However, I just think that it will be nice if we can start supporting content-creators that are currently not within the Steemit-radar.

Anyway, my time is up! I want to share more things but I need to hit the post button.

Thank you very much for reading!

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