In today's post I am asking for your help.
EDIT: I just woke up to see many miracles and I am overwhelmed by your help and support. I did not want to look until I posted my daily dtube video. This is a hard task for me, but I do it every morning now. I knew I knew I would at least have a lot of comments to reply to. But instead, I have a steemit miracle and I am so grateful to all of you.
I will reply to your MANY supportive comments and post as soon as I can - I'm working on this thank you post now. Thank you everyone. I am so relieved and I promise to never stop trying on steemit (and all the places) and help other small fish do the same.
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I know everyone has their own life and problems and need to care about them – but a lot of people will give help when asked. You cannot help me if you do not even know I have this problem. So I am asking for your help.
I Must Raise $120 USD in Two Days.
I have to pay my rent and I do not have the money for it now. That amount comes out to 500 MYR in Malaysia where I live now, and 500 STEEM in this place where I also live. I'm showing you the Crypto Calculator in the @teammalaysia discord group. You have one of these too, right?
My rent is due on the Dec 15, and I do not have it. I’m alone in Malaysia without many resources except what I have here on Steemit. Like @ned, I have cut my expenses as far as I can, but I still need more income to carry on.
I can tell you the long story of why my situation is so bad, but instead I want to tell why I feel hope for the future. I have:
- Good friends on steemit and dtube
- Good friends in Malaysia
- Good attention to my work
- A good place to live
- Access to healthy food
And a lot is going very well for me on steemit now.
Dtube Success
Today I finally showed my face in a @dtube video like everyone has been asking, begging, and telling me to do.
So I showed my face, and look what happened! My first @dtube upvote came in! You can see it in the long bar to the right in steemsupply by @dragosroua.
I have been posting one video a day to dtube as best I can. I have been trying for months and had so many technical issues. Finally I think I have a workflow I can actually complete each day.
I continued through the pain of this dtube ordeal thanks to the pushing of many people, especially @nathanmars. Recently he added me to the dtubefamily777 and delegated sp to me. I am doing everything I can to support Nathan’s efforts because I really believe in what he is doing, and I will continue with even more resolve now.
And you want to see my ugly, old, lop-sided, wrinkled face? I am on it! Stay tuned for my video tomorrow. I cannot believe I am doing this, but I am. If it my face you will upvote, I will film it.
Curation League Success
I have been in the Curation League of @abh12345 for for over a year. I have learned so much from my participation ther.
I recently started pushing hard to succeed and improve. This week I came close to the top 10 in results, and this is because I comment and engage here all day long. This part of the league is for "engagement" not monetary results. I'm way down this list in that regard lol.
Comment Results
I try hard to encourage my fellow steemers on their own posts and with mine. Here are a few of the replies I’ve have had in the last days
These first two are from a post I did to help others get a work flow going for dtube. This is a hard place to succeed, but I know we can all do it if we try. I gathered up all the information I learned by failing and posting it for other people so they might not struggle like I did.
This reason I wrote the post at all was because @fabian98 asked for help in figuring out how to post each day in his dtubesnapq video. here is his reply on my post.
Then I saw that @vincy asked for just the help I was offering on her own post, so I referred her to mine.
I commented on a post about internet privacy to help people not feel so worried. This is one reply I got from @crypto.piotr:
I found a post by @rod.crisafulli about branding and this is a place I need help for my weight loss work. He made a video prompted by my questions and I am so grateful.
I have a steeming twitlist here.
https://twitter.com/FitinfunSharon/lists/steemit-friends
This twitlist has over 400 steemers on it. I have been keeping it and adding to it since I got here in June 2017. I retweet from this list everyday.
My 5000 twitter connections include over 700 people who are in crypto but not on steemit, so they see our posts in their feeds. I try everything I can to increase our steemit Twitter engagement and I am slowly making progress (Come on guys, please retweet your steemit friend’s posts!)
Here is a very active steemer and tweeter who I just added to my list a couple of days ago. I found @sudutpandang because he tweets his creative and well done steemit posts, and someone else on the list rt'd him. So I came over here, connected, and now I retweet him too.
NOTE: If you have a twitter account without many followers, I don't care. Get on my list and tweet your good steemit posts anyway. I will retweet you to 5000 real people when I see them.
I have worked hard on Twitter and I have a good list. Many of my connections retweet steemit posts I send out, BECAUSE THEY LOOK GOOD ON TWITTER, so this throws even a wider net.
What I do on steemit
I normally post 2-4 posts each day, and comment 30-50 times including replying back.
I am a weight loss coach and try to help others lose weight naturally like I did almost eight years ago. A lot of my posts are about that. I was not involved with crypto at all until I got to steemit.
I post with busy, esteem, ulogs, partiko, and now I post dtube videos (with my face in them). I freewrite and post to steemiteducation with my weight loss information. I post a lot of minnow tips; trying to help new people succeed here.
I am in SE Asia so I post travel and photo posts. I enter a lot of contests and challenges.
I feel like I add value to this platform and I am proud of my work here.
How Can You Help Me?
Transfer STEEM
Thanks to the Bank of @teammalaysia on Discord, I can transfer STEEM to MYR and get it where it needs to go without fees. Before I was invited to this wonderful group, I was paying about 15% of all steemit money to fees and exchange rates. I cannot get over this wonderful help I am getting now. I think you will agree that 15% is a big loss no matter what the STEEM price.
I am without regular banking in Malaysia and previously had to use my Thailand Bank to get money over here. The International ATM fee alone is large. My Canadian passport and Tourist Visas limit my access to banking with out fees in the places I have accounts.
Upvotes
If you are unable to help by transfer, like my work, and have upvotes to give, you can upvote any of my older posts. Yes, I know I am not supposed to ask for upvotes, but I hope you will excuse this request due to the circumstances. Perhaps like me, your autovoter is running slow these days since fewer people are posting now, so you might have upvotes to give.
If my posts payout in the next two days, I will be able to get the funds in time.
I also post on @bxlphabet - my son's blog. He has severe ptsd and other problems and is unable to be here now. I am keeping his blog active too with 1-2 posts a day.
My son's work shows his artwork which is mostly sketchs. His posts also cover food, exercise, travel, and are San Diego California related. He was very interested in steemmonsters and I hope he will come back for that one day soon. @bxlphabet's older post payouts will also help me.
Other Crypto Wallets
I have 22 wallets with all variety of crypto coins and will provide that information to anyone who asks me. This money would have to come less the 15% fees by the time I get it.
$120 USD for rent???
You might be wondering how this possibly could be the amount I pay each month for rent, especially if you live over there in the more expesive west.
Yes, it’s true. I live in a condo complex about 30 minutes LRT ride from the city center of Kuala Lumpur, and I love it here. I rent one room in a "villa" (meaning no elevator) sharing the kitchen and bathroom with quite a few nice Malaysian people who cannot believe I am here, but are very nice to me.
This is not a part of town tourists would normally come - just like where I lived in Bangkok for the prior two years. I mostly eat street food and cook market food for myself and just sit here working like I would do anywhere else in the world.
This is why I am in SE Asia in the first place. I came for the lower cost of living and the healthier lifestyle. The amount I am asking for actually includes:
83 Rent – in USD
25 Food – Long term supplies, like coconut oil and laundry soap I ran out of
12 WIFI – I am using my planned time too quickly and need to top off this month.
I figured I would go for broke if I was even going to ask for your help at all. As I said, I have been cutting my expenses to the bone, and all my bulk supplies are pretty much gone now.
The wifi is a limited time per month plan and I have been blowing it out. If it runs out, I will not be able to post at all for a few days and I need to buy more gigs of time to avert that disaster.
I will have a post coming about this struggle and how I am going to beat it soon. A lot of my wifi usage was due to my problems with dtube. I feel like I might be over that problem for the future.
When my number needed came to 500 STEEM/MYR, I figured this was a good sign. But in truth, if I can get to the rent amount of 330 STEEM/MRY, I will be able to pay the rent and that will be enough.
You can check my wallet to see what I have so far. At this writing, the amount is 73 STEEM, so I already have 20% of the rent amount.
What else?
I will be so grateful for ANY other ideas, comments, or help you can think of that I am not mentioning here.
It's hard to ask for help, but I do not know another alternative. Many thanks for reading this post and any help or ideas you can offer.
I would not normally tag people in my posts, but I am doing so today. These are people that have supported my work in the past, with upvoting, resteeming, contests and/or tweeting, and I hope you will see this post today.
This list is in no particular order and is not complete. I have been grateful for the help of so many people in the last year and a half. Steemit has been a really good place for me, and I only hope to do better.
@mariannewest
@majes.tytyty
@surpassinggoogle
@kachinhenry
@berniesanders
@kiwideb
@oldtimer
@tattoodjay
@dswigle
@iamjadeline
@khimgoh
@josephinengpy
@jerrybanfield
@jaynie
@stackin
@sergiomendes
@felt.buzz
@ausbitbank
@happydolphin
@mediahousent
@oldtimer
@theycallmedan
@worldcapture
@world-travel-pro
@zord189
@stephenkendal
@braaiboy
@neoxian
@canadian-coconut
@reonlouw
@giantbear
@ecoinstant
@d00k13
@travelling-two
Thank you so much for reading my post everyone. Here's to better times ahead.
~ Sharon @fitinfun
This is why I believe in miracles
Are you worried about gaining weight over the holidays?
December 2011 is the month when my weight loss efforts really took off. Please follow my blog for weight loss information, or contact me directly if you would like some individual help.
Damn didn't realise that 500 Steem was $120 now! Wow! Wouldn't want to give that 500 Steem up. SORRY! Didn't want to cause any pain, just notice that it's a bargain. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is trying to get your $120 in 3 days. I'll look at some older posts that I haven't upvoted and vote a few. It's not much - 2 cents per vote, but every little counts.
You definitely need a long-term solution. Can't think of any major revolutionary solution(s) yet, however, setting up a Fundition campaign to pay for a year's rent could be an idea. You would need to raise $120 (plus $80 for safe keeping) times 12 months equals $2,400. Of course, there might be other costs... It's a long-term project that won't be funded in a day or even a month, but since you make 4 or so posts a day then maybe one or two posts a day (if you can afford it) can have your special fundition tag, which would mean the payout from that post(s) would go towards that campaign and not into your wallet. Its like a locked savings account, which is activated and released when the project is funded. It's a slow and tedious process, but one that could help. I'll try to think of more effective ways, but every small idea helps. 😉
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Well this is a mind-blowing comment. First thank you so much for your 2 cents that actually does matter!!! This is why I have such low expenses. I've seen fundition posts, but really do not know much about it. I am very willing to try. Thank you so much, Sam. I have a fried brain now, since I have been working on this post for too many hours, but I would really like to understand this for the future. You are awesome :)
The steem/myr really surprised me too :)
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No worries! Glad to help out where I can. Yea there are a few campaigns out there. Take a rest, but give it a look after you solve this issue. Look at it on the 16th of December 😊
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Stressful times :(
I have to be honest and say that i'm generally not attracted to these kind of posts. However, because I know the amount of work you've put in here, and feel you aren't trying to pull a fast one, I'll try to help.
Let's hope those fulltimebots believe this to be a worthy cause also. Good luck raising what you need.
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Aw! Thank you so much Asher @abh12345. I'm definitely telling it like it is and I just hope I can keep going here.
I am going to stop upvoting myself in a few days when I make the effort to go change my auto-voter. So you see you have an impact with your work.
I'm seeing those bots now. TYTYTY. I will not let you down.
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Great work you are doing here! Glad to have you around! dont give up :) I sent your post to some friends and got you a little something in your wallet :) steem on my friend :)
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Thank you so much, @lizanomadsoul. This means so much to me. I appreciate your help so much and I am not giving up in the least!
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Happy to help :) Steemians stick together :) Good luck!
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Wow, @berniesanders!
https://steemd.com/tx/4d1d28d126f03ba6682ed6cacc7b90f57bf543f3
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Wow.
Bernie you are an enigma! Fair play!
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Added a few cents with my upvote, good luck!
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Wow @fitinfun
This is impressive. It seem that you collected already almost 200usd in STEEM. I never expected steemit community to be THAT supportive ... shocking
Congratulations.
Yours
Piotr
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I will go find some old posts and hit them with my accounts and my alts that are on the orphansofdoom curation trail I made to help out around here. Hope it helps
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I hope that helped. That was one of the reasons i made the trail for.
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It might sound trite with these kinds of things. But I don't want to think badly about this. I do not know you and have never even interacted with you in Steemit. I only believe that humans live to help each other regardless of race and religion or who and whatever they are, as long as it is used for good. That's what my religion teaches, when we do good it will return to ourselves as well as vice versa....I believe it. I hope a little help can ease the burden of life that you experience.
May God always protect you and provide a better life in the future.
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I don't think badly of this comment at all. I feel happy to get it. I feel like God has a purpose for me, and I only want to fulfill it. Thank you for your support , @dwiitavita. It means the world to me. And thank you so much for the wallet transfer. I will not let you down.
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Just a little bit Mrs @fitinfun and I am glad to be here, to help each others.
Have your nice day 😊
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Man... Grrr... I wish I could do more. But upvoted. Resteemed and will send you 50 Steem as soon as I get home 😘 best luck and hope you can get it to not delay that payment.
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Good to hear you finally put your face in your videos. People want to see a person and not necessarily being preached at by crypto enthusiasts. It gets boring fast.
Anyway, I hope some people helped you. I'll check how much liquid steem I can transfer. The FIAT price is hirting everyone.
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*hurting
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My twitter handle is 'shaido'. You can add me there if you want, and maybe retweet some of the stuff I put on my Steem feed if you want. I'll see what I can do.
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Thanks for using eSteem!
Your post has been voted as a part of eSteem encouragement program. Keep up the good work! Install Android, iOS Mobile app or Windows, Mac, Linux Surfer app, if you haven't already!
Learn more: https://esteem.app
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I will send you my real love by buying food and groceries for you again. Just hang on there.... You are a treasure here. People will help. ❤️ I love your positive thinking. And I like you being honest and true in this post. Stating the fact and asking respectfully. From the heart to hearts.
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Good luck getting the rent! I upvoted as many posts from the last few days as I could and sent 4 Steem!
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Thank you so much, @jiujitsu. I will succeed with help from good people like you. I saw all your voting. That was really nice of you and for the transfer too. I know I can make it and do better. {{{hugs}}}
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No problem. I see you now have over 800 Steem liquid. Glad I could pitch in. One of the best things about Steemit is community helping each other out :)
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I came across your post by a resteem @cryptomaniacsgr has made, and I also see that you took part in my contest. It's funny how social networking works 😁
I've sent you a little something in your wallet. I know it's not enough, but I hope it will make a difference for you.
Good luck, and I'll put you in my auto-vote to further support you! :)
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I resteemed your post. I have a startup project myself and am pretty much a blockchain developer. I am way ahead of the competition in my field. It's http://U4Ride.xyz. I have rent to pay myself so I understand your situation. I have been mining Bitcoin since the early days, my 'crypto bank' is http://EvolvedMoney.xyz
I need to lose a little weight myself and am going jogging now, on the advice of a friend. Follow me and upvote my reply, that will make me happy.
Steemit is a wonderful place and many have gotten wealthy because of it, but I never thought about asking for rent money here, how novel.
Nour!
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All the best to you. Hope you manage to get to your goal.
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Wow. You are one hard working mama! Upvoted and resteemed
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The first time I saw you in my comment a few days ago I was fascinated with you, one of your comments on my video made me browse almost all of your posts on @steemit and @dtube.
But after you write this post, your charm drops a few times from my point of view. I felt strange and was amazed by this.
I read all of your writing in this post and there is nothing left, the more you write the more bored I read it, and the bigger it concludes your goal in this post. I was just surprised.
So, do you need help? Are you having trouble ???, I sympathize with that.
But your long writing makes me really flower?
But thank you for marking me, it's effective to make me read your posts.
Hi my brother, if you need help I have an idea, aren't you active on @dtube? Well, you can be helped by that as long as you have a way to open your eyes @dtube to see the homepage more clearly.
Is there anything else I can do for you?
Do you want me to instant transfer SBD / Steem to your wallet?
Then what way can I help?
I am a person who is often confused who likes to help people get confused, but your long writing makes me more confused ...
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Oh my goodness @sudutpandang! I am so sorry. I was trying to explain as well as I could, but I see now this is too long.
I was using our interaction together as an example of my work here.
Yes, if you can help by transferring steem or sbd to me this is the help I need in the next 2 days. But I see you already resteemed my post and this is help enough.
And yes, I will be more active on dtube. I will be there every day now.
Thank you so much for reading all my posts before. I'm really happy you liked them, and I will try to do better.
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Okay.., thanks for sharing 😎👍
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So you plan to stay in Malaysia for how long? @fitinfun
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Prayers to you my friend. 🙏
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Thank you so much, @wonderwop. My prayers were answered, and now it is up to me to do better.
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Sorry I just saw this. Gave it a full upvote. Wish I knew you needed this before I supported someone else for the holidays. It was a stranger that was in need and I happened to be there at the right moment. Well things all happen for a reason, looks like you have raised the funds needed and I helped someone local make sure to have xmas for her 3 kids.
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God bless you, @thedarkhorse. I I was able to get the money and the rent paid. I am so grateful. I am not completely out of the woods, but doing so much better now.
Can you remind me what to do with your program that has been upvoting me and @bxlphabet? See me a link or something. You are on my list of people to contact. I want to add to it. Someone gave me some funds, requesting it go into steemit programs for the future.
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@minnowbuilder is the program that gives votes to shareholders and then free votes to plankton until they turn into minnows. We have had helped build multiple minnows already and it's great seeing these people stay motivated with the extra boost. It's pennies, but it's recognition which I feel helps keep people motivated.
Right now MB2 is selling shares.
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Side note, with the lower posting volume of many shareholders we are giving out votes equal to a full 10x what 1 self vote would be worth for the steem paid in per day. That is, if you gave 1 Steem the upvote is equal to a vote coming from a 10sp account. This isn't guaranteed to continue, but I don't see it changing anytime soon.
Extra bonus is these accounts are all Owned SP. By not relying on any leases the accounts are constantly growing which means the vote values are growing also (in vests, maybe not dollars right now). Just an example the people who bought in the first round of MB2 paid 1 steem per share and the account is now worth 1.12 steem per share which is the current price. So upvotes in terms of vests have increased by 12% in just under 3 months time.
Personally I think this growth rate is great and been very happy with what we have achieved.
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Did I get in on the first round? I don't remember, but I am glad you pushed me. I just did it because it was for you lol :)
I am doing transfers for each of us now.
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I'm pretty sure you did get in on the first round. It was a small amount so your votes are small but this all adds up over time. The nice thing is you can cash out your shares down the road (10% management fee at that time) and walk away with the profit, your investment, and having gotten all those votes in the mean time. Don't think anyone else offers something that strong in a vote program.
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I'm all in! Trust me when I tell you I understand about pennies. I just sent the money now. I'm so glad I have it to send, and consistently pray for this place to succeed.
Are you in steem-ua? I can't decide about delegating to them since I lease sp still.
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