I'm Now A Full-Time Steemian!

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

That's it! I've quit my job. Words can hardly describe how good I feel so I made a Steem dance video to help me with this.

I have been working at my other job for more than 10 years, so quitting it was a pretty huge move for me.

I plan on living on my crypto investments for a while and not necessarily on what Steem could potentially pay me. It just didn't felt right to work at my other job anymore. I was ready for something else.

The Video!

I created the dance video for a blog I wrote yesterday but I've talked myself into publishing this video mostly on its own.

The lyrics of the song somewhat make sense for the situation but that's mostly a coincidence.

In Your Hands!

CHARLIE WINSTON - In Your Hands (Official Video)

Thanks to @papa-pepper for the awesome t-shirt.

Becoming A Better Person!

Steem has clearly been the biggest financial push in regard to helping me quit my day job but really the whole cryptocurrency space as been a real boon for me.

I want to use Steem and other cryptocurrencies as leverage to become a better person and help in the creation of a better world.

I'll let you guys know more about how I feel in my next post as well as continuing to help out create the world we all long for.

I'll use this post and the next one as well as the video to announce to my Facebook friends that I've quit my job. The vast majority of them don't know it yet. (My other dance video mentioning I made more than 100,000$ on Steemit has now 900+ Facebook views.)

Because the idea behind this post was mostly sharing this news, that's mostly it for this post.

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Very hard to see the novel content in this post, You've quit your job to do what exactly ? Posting on Steem ? There should be no expectation of income from the blockchain itself.

I'm sure there are countless things you can do for steem that I'd even be willing to contribute fund to but honestly this first post isn't very encouraging and I believe it give bad example.

Saw a post that was made for money,
The comments were the things most funny,
Transisto hit the nail on the head,
The content inside was mostly dead.

I hear your words
and see your anger
the lyrics are bad
just like mine

I heed you concern @transisto. I think your advice is a wise one.

I plan on living on my crypto investments for a while and not necessarily on what Steem could potentially pay me.

I enjoy being part of Steem with you and I look forward to help each other achieve our mutual goals whenever possible.

I'm thinking of quitting my job to run a Ponzi scheme...

As long as the ponzi ponzes, no worries... ;-)

According to his post he made 100,000 off his first dance video whether he expected to or not. That is enough to live off of for a while even if he doesn't make anymore money off the blockchain...

That's right. I was totally unable to ignore Steem's calling anymore. I say Steem but the situation is much more complex obviously. It's a mix of a lot of thing but surely I feel like love what at the center of my decision so that's why this decision feels like the right decision not matter what happen next.

Yes, absolutely! It's so liberating to quit your job...

But you can do even better :)

I have been a "perpetual traveler" (read: technically homeless living in hotels and such) for a while now and it is even more fun than just not having a job.

You don't have to take my word for it.

You can read the stories from my life on my blog @traveladdict

I am in the middle of posting my epic 1200 kilometer hitchhiking story... a LOT of stunning photos... what it's like to spend a week in a rural Nepali village where no foreigner has ever been... and that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. :)

Congratulations! I've been thinking of making steemit my retirement work later.

like this simple words.

My posts haven't started making money yet and I want to quit my job! :)

Make money by giving us nice content :)

Very interesting, good luck going full time crypto. Thanks for sharing all the helpful links.

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This is really inspiring. Congrats on reaching some big goals of yours and continuing to set new ones. I love seeing people take steps of courage to create the life they really want. Well done

thats mega man well done and keep on steeming bro excellent ps what was the track in the video

Awesome man! Congrats! I swear, I keep kicking myself for not committing to the platform last August when I first heard about it. With all the time, effort, energy, and hard work you've put in, you've earned it man.

I can identify with you talking about quitting your day job. For about 6 months, I worked a solid job in the car importing business, and did ALL THINGS crypto after. It was crazy. I was recently afforded the opportunity to take a few months off to focus on being a better trader, and that's when I joined Steemit.

So, I can only imagine how busy you were while you were working a 9-5! I have a feeling your decision is going to pay off in spades. woot woot! Congrats again!

this is a terrbile gif

WTF is up with the sick kiddie GIFs?

agree. thats why I posted the parody for this bs from 'bad grandpa' movie

HAHA! That dance move!

WTF is up with the sick kiddie GIFs?

Its funny spam that just made .20

That pretty much sums up a lot of many people situation in regard to Steem and their other jobs as well a crypto trading.

I'm so fascinated by your story.The main reason why this crypto world are so good that they are helping people not to just focus on career and living life in auto-mode but opens their mind to explore and become more conscious about themselves and about the life overall.
I'm in my early 20's , i'm working my ass off everyday and investing every single penny in crypto currencies coz i truly believe that investing in future is more important than having a short time income and living a miserable life. I'm trying to take care of myself and loved ones and one day i will reach that point where i'm gonna be able to open my full potential on giving and helping others through this amazing platform.
Sincerely, thanks for being here and sharing with us your journey.

Dreams must become reality...with hard work @mirage

It's not about working hard it's about working smart :-D

That is great. I wish this had been around in my twenties. I am in my forties, though I am trying to live life as if age doesn't matter anymore. I don't have enough to show for the last 17 years since I've been in the corporate world. I have something, but nowhere near what I should based on all the stress and time and agitation. I wish I could go back to a younger age and start again. Instead I am trying to start again now and live the independent life. Good luck to all of us.

Make sure to look at cryptocurrencies market and how they perform in the last months and years and try to evaluate the risk vs reward potential. They might do very good for you.

Thank you, I will!

You're on the right track, young man. But may I, a somewhat older man, offer a small bit of unsolicited advice? Putting all your eggs into a crypto basket at this moment in history may turn out to be the most amazing speculation ever. Then again, it could ruin you. If there is a black swan event that crashes the crypto market for a period of time or if some government control entity like the G20 decides to limit or ban cryptos, we could all be crying. My advice would be to put up to one half your savings into hard money that is being almost thrown away for a pittance in the market right now. That would be physical silver and gold. Goldmoney.com is an easy way to start. Some people don't like GM for various, shall we say, political reasons which are, in this case, irrelevant. I find it to be useful and sound. All the best to you.

You right. I'm not sure I'll buy some hard money. I could buy a business or diversify into other assets.

Make sure to consider Steem pretty much as just another cryptocurrency. They all have forces and weaknesses and Steem is no different. That being said I've been pretty bullish on Steem and it served me good up to now.

Well said young man. No amount of investment in crypto is too small. Even a $5 investment can turn into serious money.

thanks mate.. my idole.. haha. nice dance. the face is really telling joyful.


It must feel really good to cut the cord on having a job @teamsteem. Just thinking about it makes me want to dance!

noone told me about this platform last August :( I m sure I would have joined :(
Well I guess we are still part of the early members , If the platform will grow as I expect it to grow.

wow amazing. good luck

sounds pretty nice, hope you will be now able to post more frequently, cant wait to see you posting more now.

I sure will.