I got the notice a couple of days ago that I have been on steem for two years now. I think I waited a few days to post, and then have been at it ever since. Two years of steady effort deserves some notice, so I am glad for https://steemitboard.com by 
I work hard here each day on three blogs. This one is the longest running. I try to be helpful to new people and to ignore anything the big guys are fighting about, or disrupting us with, until I have no choice but to deal with it. I do what works until it doesn't, and try new things I can figure out when the opportunities come up.
I generally post with dapps that pay with upvotes, and enter contests and challenges. I learned early not to post my own topics to no one.
My goal is always 40+ posts a week between the three blogs, and sometimes I make it. I try for 200+ comments each week, and most of the time do that as well. I feel like steem is a place that needs activity to succeed. Without people posting here, what would we be?
I have mostly been living off of steem since December 2017. Most of my other projects have fallen by the wayside during this time. I am so grateful to my auto-voters and manual voters. I pretty much say thank you to all of you whenever I see the votes come in.
I am planning to go to STEEMFest in Bangkok this year. It will be my first. I live in Malaysia, and need to leave the country right at that time anyway for my Visa, so how could I not go? But the money to pay for all of this is a worry, since I barely make it each month now. My eternal optimism is being stretched to the limit, but it is still with me, thankfully.
So here is to a very interesting two years, with hope that many more will come. I feel like STEEM is my online home now, and plan to be here through thick and thin.
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Minnow Tips!
My Newest Minnow Tips Updates:
General Ideas of how to do better on STEEM
Places to comment for Upvotes and More Goodies
Who will upvote my posts when I am new on STEEM?
How Can I Solve My Low RC Problem on STEEM?
Using @dustsweeper on STEEM
Enter contests on STEEM and win!
Do your replies fast with with SteemReply
You should be freewriting if you are a blogger
Post Your First Post of Each Day FIRST on STEEM
Here is my last big minnow tips post before the update if you struggle here at steem.
These tips can help you even if you are not new.
Monday Minnow Tips for Everyone from @fitinfun
Contents of the Above Post
What should I do EACH DAY on STEEM with low power?
What to do with your STEEM
Are you shooting blanks with your votes?
Should you use an autovoter?
Join qurator
Do not post to nowhere
Why bother to comment?
How and Why to use kryptonia
How to get Upvotes
For Twitter Users
How and Why to lease delegated sp
Curation Trails
Using Discord
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dApp Information and Reviews:
If you are posting your posts with the steemit dApp, you are missing out. Take a look at the dApps that pay for your posts and post there instead.
Which dApps have the best payouts on STEEM?
Here are some dApp reviews - more to come :)
esteem
Share2Steem with Twitter Tips
Tasteem Restaurant Reviews dApp before I used it
Tasteem Restaurant Reviews dApp with tips to do better
And here is an update on 
fitinfunfood Update Post
More about using SBI:
https://steemit.com/esteem/@fitinfun/my-steembasicincome-update-spoiler-i-love-sbi
Great post from 
@brittandjosie, with all kinds of help for new people. Definitely worth clicking every link!
Please Help Me Keep Helping at STEEM
Please follow my blogs:
I post on Busy most days, where their upvote for us is based on the collective SP of our followers. We all follow back.
Put my blogs on your curation trail
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How is your journey to better health going?
Is your fitness equipment out handy? Are you on a "diet?" Soon we will be in Bathing Suit Season. Are you ready?
I lost "Half My Size" eight years ago by using natural methods. No tricks, just doing a bit better every day. I started on October 10 one year, and did not give up. Four years later, on October 5th, there I was - thin and healthy for the first time in my life. You can do it too!
This is Sharon
- Healthy Food Ideas on
- Motivation Minnow Tips and Everything Else on
Please follow along or contact me directly if you would like some individual help with weight loss and health. Anyone can do this if I did.