What My Steem Username Means to Me?

in #zzan5 years ago (edited)

Hey everyone! @SumatraNate here!

In this post, I want to share the meaning of my Steem ID.

2019-07-25 09_32_59-Sumatra Nate (@sumatranate) — Steemit.png

Background Information


I joined the Steem community on June 2, 2017, a few days after starting a leave of absence with my employer at the time. If you have been following my Steem blog, you may have heard me talk about the depression I was experiencing when I joined the Steem community. My family and I were experiencing a lot of changes, and to be honest, I was not handling those changes very well.

My family and I had lived overseas for more than 10 years. And during a trip back to the United States, I felt like we needed to move back. This decision was very challenging because it meant I would be leaving a job that I enjoyed very much and my family would be leaving the place we called home. We lived on the island of Sumatra, which is one of 17,000 islands in Indonesia. So when I joined Steem I decided to put Sumatra in my user name.

Writing Steem posts was like therapy for me. Creating content helped me feel productive and gave me an opportunity to express my thoughts and feelings during a time when I felt "worthless."

As the years have gone by, my family has slowly adjusted to life back in the United States. It has been a growing process, and I am grateful for the members of the Steem community that have supported me along the way.

No one calls me Nate in real life


My wife calls me Nathan. My mom calls me Nathan. My dad calls me Nathan. Everyone offline calls me Nathan.

But Sumatra Nathan did not sound very cool (in my opinion), so I shorten my name to Nate for my Steem username.

And the result Sumatra + Nate = @SumatraNate.

But what is the importance of a Steem username?

When I first joined the Steem community, I did not really understand the difference between Steem and Steemit.com. I thought they were the same. Boy was I wrong!

A Steem username is much bigger than a Steemit.com user name. My Steem username allows me to:

  • create content
  • interact with other community members
  • financially support other community members
  • make financial decisions
  • make investment decisions
  • explore a growing number of frontend interfaces
  • obtain a growing number of tokens
  • find new recreational opportunities (shoutout to SteemMonsters)

To me, my Steem username is like a key that can open up many doors. And something amazing is that it will be able to open up doors that have not even been built yet.

Final Thoughts


My Steem username has personal meaning. It explains a bit about my past. It provides me the opportunity to share my present with other people. And it will create new opportunities for my future.

I am very grateful for the day I joined Steem. I am very blessed by everyone who has supported me. I hope you feel my support as well. And I look forward to sharing many more adventures with you all.

Thanks for stopping by!
@SumatraNate

I was prompted to write about my Steem username because of a post from @floridasnail. If you want to learn more, click here

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@improv - thanks for the promotion. I would really like to create more training modules, but things are moving so fast that it is hard to keep information current. I hope that my Markdown course will be helpful for many!

I like it.

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늘 감사드립니다. 곰돌씨.ㅎㅎ

wow, what a great posting about your ID~
Sumatra + Nate~
now, I can remember your ID
thank you for participation and enjoy ZZAN

Thanks @floridasnail. I appreciate the opportunity to share about my Steem Name and the support of the ZZAN community.

I like Indonesia Sumatra Iceland too ^^
Well come to join zzan

Sumatra is a beautiful island and her people are wonderful! Thanks for leaving a comment!

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Your UA account score is currently 4.492 which ranks you at #2153 across all Steem accounts.
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My steem username describes my attitude and can be permuted to my name .

Sorry sitting in the dark while the rest of the family is sleeping in so a short cut and paste replying vote
Wil be back to normal tomorrow