I love this planet called Steemit 😍💖 CONTEST @malloryblythe

I had to wait twelve days to activate my account. I was so excited about the opportunity to write whatever I wanted and the possibility of generating money while having fun, that the days seemed like months to me.

My first post went unnoticed, create my own labels and it was clear that it was a hazing: zero votes, zero comments, zero visualizations. I knew it would be hard to make myself noticed, but I did not get discouraged, I understood that I needed to learn about this universe.

The first weeks were of love, hate and stumbles. I remember that I was registered in a trail and my VP remained on the ground and, worse, I did not receive a 0.001 participation. I still can not understand how it is that I'm going to benefit from that.

I have overcome the Facebook syndrome of wanting to like everything that happens in front of my eyes. I monitor my VP level and I take care of managing my upvotes to 10 per day.

One day I discovered the contests and it seemed great. I have won some of them that have helped me cope with the crisis in my country. I'm unemployed, so this became a blessing.

What I love about this planet Steemit, is the amount of wonderful people who seem that their only mission in life is to make others happy.

Yesterday, I participated in a daily giveaways contest of @dreamryder007. I explained that I would use the money to buy augmentation glasses for my daughter and me. Then, @giddyupngo asked what the total was in SBD. I did the calculations and he sent me the amount.

I was so surprised at such generosity, that I could not respond at once. I did not know what to say. When I woke up this morning I ran to my account to verify that it was not a dream.