So here is my story, a story of a skater who joined Steem in January 2018 and never thought he could make it this far.
First of all, big ups to @Theycallmedan for creating the #gratitudechallenge. Through this challenge I realized that many people have completely changed their life just by using our blockchain, Steem.
My case was slightly different though. When I first joined Steem I never thought that I could actually make a living from posting skate videos. We skaters love filming tricks and uploading them on various platforms. If you check out the #skateboarding tag on IG you'll see that thousands of skate videos and photos are being uploaded every minute.
I was doing the same until I started my journey here.
I accidentaly found out about Steem in January 2018, when the bulls were hitting our doors. I had invested some money in crypto back then, mostly in ETH and as I was looking for coins at Coinmarketcap I saw Steem. I love checking out coins and reading about them. After some research I decided to jump on board.
I remember posting my very first video on Dtube and recieving a lot of love from the community,especially from the OG Skaters in here like 
@Steemskate was already a thing back then with
In the following months, I never missed a single @Steemskate contest nor a single @Steemskate post. I remember @Nicolcron uploading the very first #Steemskate Vlog and getting 
This is the #gratitudechallenge and I wanted to shout a HUGE THANK YOU to every OG skater (and not only) who supported me back in the day and still continue to support me.
Yo @Nicolcron, check out this printscreen telling me congrats for achieving rep 60. Hehe.
Who would have thought I'd reach 67 reputation 8 months later!
Some months after my Steem journey started I had a chat with #steemskate boss @Web-gnar. He was too busy with his life and didn't have a lot of time to start contests, curate etc. Web is such a cool guy. I asked him if I could create the 
That's what happened. I created the official
By the way
Up until now, a lot of skaters joined the platform with some of the being HUGE names on the skate industry (Like 
As for now, 4 months ago I decided to quit my daily job and walk my own path. This was the best decision I ever took.
As a full-time Steemian I am feeling more happy, creative and energetic than ever. I have finally time to do all those things I wanted without having any boss above my head yelling me and speaking to me like I am his property.FUCK YOU.
As I mentioned at my post, a coin has 2 sides. Sometimes my Steem income isn't enough for me to pay my rent and my monthly expenses but I don't care. As long as I have my mental health and the time to do whatever I want to do the time I want to do it I don't mind having less money in my pocket. Besides, we only have one life so we better have as much fun as we can.
Closing this vlog, I want to thank Steem and it's people for accepting me as I am (never tried to hide anything in this platform), for leading me towards financial freedom, for meeting new people from all over the world, for being able to help other in need with just a click, for teaching me how to speak and write English, for helping me boost my confidence and last but not least for my future.
Cause if it wasn't for Steem, I could never dream the way I dream now.
