Hi Steemers!

in #life7 years ago (edited)

Hi!

I guess we all have to start somewhere.

I'm already in my 30s (neither young nor attractive) and don't find much of my life that's interesting (barely travels and neither adventurous with food), yet here I am trying to start a 'blog' (all thanks to a convincing talk by Maverick from 100 degrees)! The notion of earning money (we all know that's why we're here :p) has really got me interested in sitting myself down and cracking my brain to create content.

I guess we all have to stop somehow.

A bad habit. A weird obsession. A dangerous addiction. We all have those I suppose. Mine is definitely video games. Whether on my phone or tablet on computer, armed with reasons from boredom prevention to keeping the mind sharp, I've loaded my gadgets to near capacity with them. Hopefully with this it would perhaps detract me a bit. ;)

I guess we all have to find someway.

Who doesn't dream of being rich? Who wouldn't want to retire young and enjoy life? Who wouldn't choose a life of financial freedom? Alright, I know some love their job/profession and that's awesome. But what I mean here is that you get to choose to work for free without having to worry about your livelihood for the rest of your life.

So back to introducing myself. I'm a musician by night, music teacher by day. Happily married to one wife. Have a 4 year old monster and another popping out soon. I guess I've reached a stage in life where money begins to matter. I still do have hobbies like playing board games and watching sports and tv series. But I'm beginning to see the shift into uncle-hood. Weirdly I do hope steemit plays some role in that! :)

Thanks again for visiting and taking the time to read.

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good to join the bandwagon together! if not i would be too lazy to try this out!

Welcome to steemit, @calebleejl!

This is one nice presentation. I can relate a lot. Altough, i am sure i feel as attractive as a look.

Darn it. :´(

Anyway, my profile is @flashfiction and i would like to present you some links i found really useful when i first signed up here. They will make you start with the right foot on Steemit!

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See you around!

wow! that's a lot of information. thank you!

Hi caleb!!! Here's to more inspiring posts from the musician/musicteacher/cooldad/calvinshero :)

we all gotta start somewhere :) cheers buddy

thanks man! :)

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