Buying Steem vs. Earning Steem - Which is Better?
Happy day to you friend :) Today I'd like to share an answer to a question that you may have asked yourself at some point. To buy Steem, or to earn Steem... that is the question. (see what I did there lol)
Anyways, when I first got started on this platform, I bought Steem because I was earning little to none on each of my posts. I knew that I had to acquire Steem somehow and truly become invested into the blockchain. Buying when I first got started was the only way I knew how to add Steem to my account.
As time went on and I started become more and more active in my publishing, I started to notice something... I am now earning Steem on my posts! The Dapps used to publish video content started recognizing my work and voting on it with a lot of voting power.
This to me was really exciting and I feel like it caused my brain to go into overdrive. I believe that there is something that changes psychologically in a person when they receive a large whale upvote. The result is to then create and publish MORE content of equal or greater quality.
Whale upvotes validate the work that you put out there on the Steem blockchain. Don't get me wrong, every vote, no matter the size, is important and very much appreciated. Remember this... what gets rewarded get repeated. Positive reinforcement creates a strong form of internal motivation that helps drives a person towards repeating that same action.
When it comes to buying Steem, there are ups and downs. The upside is that you can grow your wallet very quickly and not have to put in much work to get there. The downside is that buying Steem drains your fiat currency from your bank account.
So which is better... buying Steem or earning Steem? In my opinion, I think it is important to do both. If you truly want to get the most out of your Steem experience and build up your Steem Power, then you can build it faster with both buying and earning at the same time.
For me personally, I enjoy earning Steem more simply because it is fun and satisfying to my soul. I like knowing that I can use my mind and my creativity to change people's lives for the better and also earn at the same time.
Do you remember buying your first car? Did your parents tell you to work for that car and save up your money, or did they just go out and buy you one? I remember when my parents made me get a job and save up for my first car. Buying that car was the most satisfying thing in the world because I earned it. I worked for it and that gave me an amazing sense of pride and validated my hard work over the months at my job.
Tell me friend, which do you prefer? Buying or earning? Truthfully, both grow your wallet, just in different ways. Right now, the Steem price is sitting at $1.35 which is a steal. I believe the price will rise again so it is important to stock up now. Like I mentioned, I mainly do that through earning Steem because it is exciting for me and I find it truly enjoyable and satisfying.
Hope you have an amazing rest of your day and I can't wait to see you in the next vlog. Until then my friend, remember... You Are Awesome.
Take care.
-Ken
@kenmelendez
P.S. Bottom line, GET STEEM NOW and don't wait until the price raises upwards of $3.00.
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Thank You for the post. Was searching for one like this.
Nothing like earning it man! Love it! Been really busy lately but determin3d and commited to stay the course!
Hello Friend!! It would certainly be good to buy and I would like to do it, however I am from Venezuela and I support my family with my STEEM and SBD... But I am excited that others grow up here, So greetings !!
Thank you for another good post @kenmelendez I sense that you are an avid reader since I can relate to a lot of the things you write. I think we grew up reading a lot of the same things, but you seem to package your posts better than I have.
It makes me happy though to see you produce consistent content. I feel like you are already successful.. you just need to maintain what you are doing so your Steemit wallet will catch-up enough for you to quit your day jobs.
Keep going @kenmelendez You are doing good! 😊
i 100 percent agree with you
Unbelievable ken ,,,, I agree with this post ,,, but I am an Indonesian / aceh province. In our country as you know it is one of the biggest corruption countries in the world, so with it the state of the global crisis, employment is very narrow, and unemployment is rampant, finances are absent, so for that reason I am eager to buy steem, but there is no money for that. I am honest, I am very confident that the price of steem will rise for the future.
That's a bit of a story from me, but I now just hope the upvote from dtube only, and I continue to post according to my ability.
You can open my history, I if there is money, I immediately buy sbd from my friend....
Thanks ken for sharing this enlighten post without much doubt I guess you wrote this post out of sincerity of heart to help other steemians and I count this as adding value to this platform. This is an eye opener to me who is just eventually about a month in steemit. I greatly agree with you I think buying or earning steem are both good deal it depends on the individual. On the other hand, its fund earning steem!! Lol
lovely ken :)
Ken let's make a collab video what do you say?
If you approve I will think of something amazing.
Thanks for the post, kenmelendez.
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Your post was selected because it is in the 99th percentile for positivity.Your post had an average negative sentiment of -0.011, an average positive sentiment of 0.168, and an average normalized sentiment of 0.16
The most positive sentence in your post had a normalized positivity score of 0.762:
"Take care."
The most negative sentence in your post had a normalized negativity score of -0.225:
"Right now, the Steem price is sitting at $1.35 which is a steal."
Buying Steem would have been great before 2016 .. when price of Steem was quite cheap. Now, I feel that it's better to "earn" Steem rather than buying it.