I just received my 1st steemit payout, and although it wasn't much, it did one thing- it gave me a taste of success. Prior to getting my 1st payout, everything was hypothetical and I was completely lost. I have watched video after video trying to better understand how and how much do I get paid. Even though I still don't have it all figured out, I better understand how pay outs work.
Today, I noticed a notification at the top of my wallet that had a button to claim my rewards. I have to be honest, I was afraid to click it, and do something I didn't mean to do. I looked up an old post by 
The results were right in line with what they said on the post. My reward was distributed as Steem Power and Steem Dollars. I now have an updated balance, and I look forward to the next step of transferring and leveraging my rewards. Any advice for using my rewards?
