Think outside the box.

As a newbie on steemit you are in for a long road to actually digging out of the first delegated steem power you recieve. I was there earning fractions of a penny when I realized this is not working. Did I give up? Hell no. I put in a plan of action. The rule to live by is don't invest anything you are not willing to loose. What does that mean? It means don't screw yourself trying to become a millionaire overnight. I will share a couple of my personal ways of buying crypto and steem on the side and how to get it here from fiat currency.

How to get it here

I use a throw away bank account (accounts are ussually free to open if you keep a certain amount in them ) that I only use for crypto transactions that way if it becomes comprised I don't loose my life savings or even rent money. Then you want a site like coinbase so you can buy the crypto using fiat money. You can then HODL it for a while if the market is going up or you can transfer it straight to steem or steem power using blocktrades.

Ideas on how to earn.

1. I collect scrap metal.

A little bit soon becomes a lot. This load will be about $ 125 -$200. If I have aluminim it is way better pay

Yes, you will have to deal with crackheads but do you want steem or not?

2 . Firewood

I have been cutting firewood for over 25 years so it is second nature to me. It pays usually $35 for a 8 foot long 4 foot high stack. Plus it is a great workout splitting firewood by hand and takes out a lot of agression.

3 . Perks of my job
Luckily besides my base pay at work we get spiffy and upsell $$$
At the end of each month we get to gamble on draws for all the stuff we up sold throughout the month

I have had a page filled out like that and got $20 on the gamble snd other months I have got overy $450. Luck of the draw but free crypto either way.

We also have a chemical compsnny that gives us stickers off their products. Each sevicera comes with 3 stickers. Each sticker is a dollar. At the going rate 1.5 stickers is a steem power.

4 . Faucets
I go hit up faucets like coinpot and do all of them once a day. They don't pay shit daily but once again. A little adds up over time. I can cash them out once a year for 20 to 50 steem power depending on the going rate.

5 . Being frugal
Edited this one in after the fact.
Being frugal is something people consider poor people do. Bullshit. Over half of Warren Buffets wardrobe is from goodwill. That guy could buy us all and he is still frugal enough to not try to keep up with the jones' . So be frugal and bring your lunch to work instead of eating out. Saving that $3- $7 a day adds up to $60- $140 a month if you work 20 days a month. $140 will damn near buy you 100 steem at the going rate of $1.50 a steem. Buying cloths on the cheap at goodwill is not a bad thing. they have very nice cloths there. I had to do community service at a goodwill and it really opened my eyes on how much stuff they throw out because it does not meet their high standard. Don't believe me? go ahead and buy the same pair of jeans for $60 instead of $6, just more steem power for me to absorb.

In closing

I hope this kick starts your brain to realize that there are tons of ways to earn steem. Literally every dollar counts. Just because it is a dollar today doesn't mean it won't be $600 this time next year. Do you know why I used those specific numbers? Because even after the huge crash this year if you had bought $1 of bitcoin last year on this day it would be worth $600 today. Every penny counts. 1 penny last year would be $6 today . So get to work you lazy bum's and remember to throw me some scraps when you are millionaire's.