Hi Steemit, my name is Nate Miller!

For the last 7 years I've basically lived in a cave, plus under a rock, and that rock was completely covered with bat shit.

I got out though.

You see, I'd been dealing with lifelong depression, arthritis, psoriasis, being a father, and losing my own father. I'm 35 now, but, because of these issues, I've felt old for years.

Somehow, I've managed to get control over most of these things (except for the death of my dad, I'm not a necromancer after all) and I've ended up in a very happy place with my life.

Except for one issue.

On September 1st, 2017, I lost my job. I took severance pay, cashed out my measly retirement fund, and went on unemployment.

When you file for unemployment here you have to attend three workshops focused on career training. They had one about entrepreneurship. I went and I loved it.

To maintain my unemployment insurance, I decided that I would apply for jobs in the art field and see what happened. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck due to not having a proper portfolio or any work done for actual paying clients. That made me want to strike out on my own even more.

That's when I read a post on Medium.com from a 24 year old by the name of Thomas Kuegler who had just finished building a course called "Medium Mastery." He promised to show us how he made $500 in one month writing for Medium. Since it was the first time he was offering the course he only charged $200 for 5 Modules taught over 5 weeks.

I signed up immediately.

When I was in high school I fell in love with drawing. I gave it up when I went to college because I didn't believe it was possible to get paid to make art. So after 17 years of giving it up, and a newly deepened disdain for corporate America, I'm finally ready to try my hand at it.

I've been figuring it out as I go, art and business. Anything I need to learn, I learn it. Then I write about it for Medium.

In December 2017 I made $161.30. In January 2018 I made $476.53. I still can't believe it. I've never made this much money outside of a traditional 9 to 5, ever. Especially with my own creative work.

Recently I read an article on Medium that referenced Steem. I never bothered to look into Bitcoin, crypto, or any other anythings that dealt with blockchain. I'm a complete noob.

But I did some research on Steem and found out about Steemit and DTube. I love the concept and think the platform shows a ton of promise. So I came here to give it a shot.

This week I'm putting the finishing touches on my 2018 social media strategy for my art, writing, and video venture I've dubbed Nate Does Art.

Steemit and DTube are going to be part of that strategy.

I'm psyched and can't wait to meet everyone in this community. :)

-Nate Miller