My first month on Steemit and 3 months into crpytocurrency

So as of today i will of been posting on Steemit for 27 days and what an experience its been.

Had some great chats with some of the community and learned a ton of stuff along the way. Probably most importantly that just because we have different opinions doesn't mean we cant get along.

Steemit has given me a place to post my opinions, thoughts and any-ol random crap i can think of with the possibility to make money and meet people i never would of met before from all around the globe.
The content can be a little annoying to sift through with so many people posting such random stuff but once you do a little digging there are some real gems to be found.

I started my Steemit journey with no expectations either positive or negative as i consider myself a realist and i have been pleasantly surprised for the most part.

I only began researching and investing in crypto around 3 months ago. I did buy some bitcoin a few years back but i spent that on silk road and man oh man i wish i held onto it, but you know what they say. Better late than never, so here i am on the crypto band wagon investing and researching with a lot of my spare time.
I even started mining recently though the rewards so far are minimal with my given choice of coins.

My first purchase and coin i did a lot of research on was Ripple (xrp). I noticed it had a large market cap but was still fairly cheap even though it had risen from 0.006 cents to 0.15 cents when i bought in. It hasn't performed astonishingly but i also consider ripple to be a long term hold and i haven't put heaps into it because i find it goes against what crypto strives to be. Never-the-less i consider it to be a coin with some real world use cases and that's very important when it comes to investing.

My second and most obvious choice was Bitcoin, though i have used most of my BTC to trade into other cryptos i plan on buying and holding at least 5-10 BTC for long term gains. After all Bitcoin is the original and the best and if some of the price predictions are true 5 BTC should me plenty enough to buy a house in Australia in the next 10 years :)

Ethereum is something i began mining and investing in about a month ago. It has solid use cases is backed by some large companies and has performed fairly steadily over the last year or so. As a side note it is also moving to POF soon which will be a plus.

Golem is another crypto i like the look of. Again it has real world use cases and i know there are similiar coins but i havent looked into them enough to say anything about them. As Warren Buffet says "never invest in something you don't understand" so for now my chips are stacked in Golem when it comes to that particular use case.

Litecoin. Ah the silver to Bitcoins gold. I am yet to actually purchase any LTC which is probably a mistake on my part but i also use my funds for investment in things other than crypto and i just haven't had any spare laying around for it yet. But over the months ive watched Litecoin perform well and consistently rise.

Last but not least is Steem! i actually was waiting to throw a few hundred $$$ into Steem until i had had a chance to gauge the platform myself but now that I've done so im definitely keen to invest more into it. It recently spiked a little price wise so im thinking of waiting a week or 2 to buy in. Buying Steem would also go against one of my philosophy's of "never buy something you can earn" but since buying Steem can actually be quite the tool in earning Steem i think i may have to make an exception in this case.

I don't know what the future of crypto or Steem is but im hoping over the next few years as it gains more attention and traction the prices will skyrocket. I'm disappointed in myself for not getting involved much earlier but regret has never helped anyone move forward and make progress. The past is the past and the only thing you shouuld use the past for is learning from your own mistakes.

If you guys enjoy any of my writing or posts please upvote follow and even resteem me.
I'm starting to fit into my groove here on Steemit and im hoping one day in the not too distant future to be a whale. Maybe not a big blue whale but at least one of those cute little dwarf Sperm whales.
Once i get there my aim is to help others up the Steemit chain and pass along the generosity ive received from everyone here.