My Most Incredible Steemit Milestone Moment and Why It Means the World to Me!
This is my first milestone post on Steem blockchain, because now I want this to be permanently preserved on this incredible platform, to be able to remind myself in the future, how awesome this place really is!
I came back from a serious accident and have been vigorously writing for the past 25 days. I assumed that having a minor disability would slow me down and ruin my life but if anything my motivation to succeed is now off the charts and I think I am in a position to give back more to the Steemit community than ever before.
After spending every single day on Steemit ever since I joined the original slack in the 2nd half of June a year ago, I had a long and forced sabbatical where the most I could do comfortably was keep an eye on Steemit.Chat with my phone but it wasn't possible to sit and use the computer. So when I could finally sit for long duration and type more comfortably, I knew that I just didn't want to, infact couldn't stop writing on Steemit anymore.
I'd like to think I've accomplished a fair bit in the past year on Steemit but I'll leave that one for the Steemiversary post as our steemit buddy @acidyo likes to call it. But, I want to a highlight a few amazing things I've accomplished on Steemit in the last 25 days.
- This is my 20th post in 25 days.
- I've gained 1050+ incredible followers in 25 days to take the total over 1700+.
- I've managed over a 1000 comments.
- I even managed a $120+ payout for a comment proving how valuable it is to leave a feedback at the right time.
- I finally got into the big leagues once by getting over 700 votes and over $1600 in post value. A fantastic achievement for me!
- I was able to pull myself out of near insanity by pouring my thoughts into words and I've found peace in doing that on Steemit which in turn has inspired many readers of my blogs!
- The engagement on my articles have motivated me further to take this platform across my country and continue my efforts in building a global community of Steemit Users!
But these are the most important ones!
- I was able to gift my mom a new phone with the money I earned on Steemit. She bought me my first phone 12 years ago and continues to be my biggest well-wisher to date, helping me achieve my biggest goals. @geetharao has signed up on steemit now and she hopes to use this platform using @good-karma's esteem app on her mobile. I also plan on teaching her to use @busy.org and @steepshot which I think she will appreciate a lot.
- It was my dream to achieve a certain financial goal of earning my entire past annual income from a corporate job held many years ago in my early-to-mid twenties in a single month before the age of 30. Today, I've accomplished that in less than 25 days (inspite of a disability). I've been as close as 30-40% of this income in the past running my content dev' and editorial consulting firm but today as I focus purely on Steemit to earn my bread, the achievement feels nothing short of surreal.
- Being a consistent author once again has allowed me to contribute back to Steemit and to the society around me by way of donations and I'll post a half yearly update on that front soon followed by a Steemiversary post in July.
- I have over 20K Steem today. Looking back this always felt impossible! There was a time when I never thought I could do this! Just around SteemFest last year I had around 6K SP or so! Even as I missed the boat to buy more Steem due to my hospitalisation I'm going to write and with your support earn my way into over 25K-30K in Steem Power holdings this year.
- Started the first in a series of Steemit Accelerators in India to help recruitment of new users and assist existing users in understanding how to use this platform and add value to Steemit!
It's my strong belief that If I could do it, so can everyone on Steemit!
I took my parents out for a celebratory dinner last night and treated them to some delicious Kerala style cuisine. This memory is the most precious of all of my achievements in the past 25 days and the fact that Steemit made this happen makes me owe all my success to this platform. My folks are proud of me, what more could I possibly need in life!
Restored motor controls, KTM 690 Enduro R and an old 80 Series Landcruiser for an RTW Overland adventure will do! ;)
Thank you @dantheman and @ned for envisioning and creating this place and the entire development team, witnesses, @riverhead, my moderation team at Steemit.Chat, @roelandp for @steemfest, Firepower crew and users of Steemit.com in helping take this platform to the next level!
Steemit has undoubtedly given me a new purpose in life now!
I'm going to help Steemit grow huge in India and in the world! Get the best people on board and continue building a strong community of users! So I request you to stand by me and support my work on Steemit.
I also have a disability (blind from birth), and after dinner with @Riverhead the other night I feel ready to help make Steemit accessible. This could change the world for people with disabilities, and I mean that sincerely.
I can understand! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. @riverhead has helped me a ton ever since I've gotten here. It would be great if we could help make this place eve more accessible to people with disabilities indeed! :) Would you have any solutions that you think we can implement towards this effect?
Yes, I've started keeping notes. The site needs some work, but nothing unsurmountable. I also want to research other ways to access the blockchain. So much wonderful stuff.
I agree but Steemit should improve on things in the days to come! :)
Steemit is totally revolutionary. I'm quite sure as Steemit acquires more users and exposure to the greater public, they will be able to attract more talented developers to build the platform.
For sure, I'm going to do like what @firepower is doing, which is simply just spread the word of Steemit.
Gained so much inspiration, just by reading the post!
I'm really happy for you. I remember your FB post about the accident and seeing you come back to soar higher is so inspiring. Congrats on hitting those goals. Wishing you all the best as you aim to hit even higher ones.
You rock, bud. It's always been a fantastic experience knowing you. Hopefully, we will get to see someday.
Thank you so much @infovore It's been awesome knowing you. I will visit Nigeria soon and meet you there if incase you dont come to SF2. We will meet one day for sure! :) Thank you for your support on my work and for your kind words buddy! :)
wasnt aware of your health issues, great post!
Thank you @kingscrown. :)
I use a dynamic splint to work now after some moron crashed into me....
Woww buddy, you are in so much pain, still you work that much on steemit. You are truly a legend here.
Thank you dude! I have to work everyday to keep living!
Great post! Wow, what a positive air reign in these lines. Thank you so very much. All for one and one for all! Namaste :)
Awesome story! That's so crazy that you were able to finance a new phone for your mom AND a fancy dinner. Definitely upvoted and followed @firepower and @eric-boucher. Keep it up!
Thanks for the fellowship! Namaste :)
@kava Thank you bro! :)
@eric-boucher Thank you for always supporting my work and leaving me a feedback! :)
It is my pleasure, thank for all your quality work. It is really appreciate. Namaste :)
Thank you!
Followed & Upvoted
Follow back please :) and upvote one of my blogs thankyou ;)
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Thanks @thecrytotrader
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Haha.. good to see you have improved a lot since then.
Hahahahah 😂😂 i totally forgot about this but ya we all have our dark past 😅
keep going and wish you a good recovery ;)
Yo @Firepower a.k.a Meghan !!!
You're awesome dude , we all knew your fighting spirit and never say die attitude . now , thanks to Steemit the whole world is getting to know @Firepower's Willpower :)
After your accident i was seriously worried for the future of your businesses and as to how you'd manage your finances !
But all the skills you acquired by working your ass off for the past 10 years has finally started to pay dividends , and i couldn't be happier than this for you :)
Cheers !
Bro! Thank you so much! :) I have been working on building various skill sets over the years and now driving forward with a dedicated and focused approach! It's starting to pay off now and I'm sure the next 10 years will be interesting for sure! Thank you for unrelenting support! :D
One I hope to accomplish this. It's tough balancing work and family. No work means no money to travel with my family. Work all the time and my family feels abandoned.
It's tough for sure but I guess no one got anywhere without facing their individual challenges. If you are a family man then it's really tough, I could imagine, juggling everything is difficult but a little effort everyday is all that's mostly needed! :)
Very inspirational post. I like the way you put things together in a comprehensive way. (List all those nice achievements for example)
Keep up the good work and I believe u can reach all your goals :-)
(PS: 1st time I used the "reblog" feature :p)
Thank you so much! :) Stay tuned for future posts! :)
Congratulations @firepower on your wonderful achievments! It seems that you have a strong vision of what you want to achieve and have been working non stop to get it. You must have an insanely high amount of motivation. I am personally trying to out in more work on this network as I to see the possibility for financial success as well as helping build a community that I believe in! Exciting times. Best of luck to you in the future.
Thank you so much! And yes I am highly self motivated and that really helps me a lot with what I have to do everyday! :)
Thanks a whole bunch, this is quite inspiring, I'm going through some tough times and you opened my eyes to being part of an active community as an outlet, keep on posting man!
Will do! Thank you :)