Hello Steemit world! Excited to be here and would love some advice!

Hi guys, I have very recently joined Steemit and have just been feeling my way around the site before i decided to post anything.

I'm a normal hardworking family guy from the North East of England in a place called Newcastle (if any of you know it?) and i find myself coming online to find people that share passions and interests similar to mine.

Love most sport particularly football (soccer as you may call it! haha) , loving crypto and all things blockchain- its the future! Love new technology and innovation. Music is also a MASSIVE part of my life, I am also a huge fan of writing/typing, I find it very therapeutic and satisfying.

I dont want to bore you all too much on my first post, but i would love to hear from you guys and I hope to contribute to the community. I would love any help/tips or pointers to getting up and running on here and would be extremely grateful for any advice.

Have a great day!

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Welcome here to Steemit! I am also a fan of typing!

Thanks rcarter! 👌

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Hi steemsociety, very thorough and awesome advice! I will certainly take onboard what you said! ;)

Hey man ! Welcome to Steemit!

Thanks buddy! Appreciate it

@cryptochum welcome to this great community..I'm positive you'll do well , I've followed you, please do well to follow back..peace!

I certainly will do! Thanks for the follow! 👌

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Hey janne, thanks very much for the heads up and really appreciate you taking time out your day to post that! I’ll be sure to add you and follow your advice! 👌

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Hello and welcome to Steemit. I like the soccer too. We have similar likes. I hope that you will enjoy this comunity. Best Regards. :)

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Thanks very much, great to meet you!