One thing I should add: It was REALLY easy. I thought it would be tough, since I'm not fully crypto-literate yet, but Steemit made it easy. I was sent to blocktrade where I was given an address. I put that into my bitcoin wallet, selected how much I wanted to send, and what fee I wanted to pay (I chose the lowest fee). It took very little time to send, and the site did all the work behind the scenes. It's far more convenient to be your own bank than you might think! I'm not easily impressed, but I'm impressed.
Thanks for resteeming my post, @hempy : )