Reading List

Yes, I am not one of those who participate in competitions on time😆. But better late than never. Besides:

you can earn fame, honour, recognition and Steem ;-))

When you enter contests late, you can claim only the first three listed awards, which makes the job of the contest organizer much easier🙂 . Okay, let's get to the point.

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I love to read since childhood. When I had summer vacations, and the children went to the villages to visit their grandmothers, sometimes there was no one to walk or play football with. This was never a problem for me, I could sit all day reading a book.

When I signed up to Steemit, the first thing I did was read other people's posts. Unfortunately, not understanding the features of the platform, I believed that those posts that received the most rewards and are on the trending page are the best and the community values them the most. That's how I realized that what people liked the most were photos of flower pots without a test, self-improvement text posts that consisted entirely of plagiarism, and posts that consisted of 10 valuable characters so valuable that you could see a three-digit dollar amount under the post. It also affected the content I started publishing, but that's a good thing because I got caught by @the-gorilla and that's where my real exploration of the platform began.

Since then, I still read many posts every day. You will rarely notice it because I don't comment that much. Steemit captivated me and I want to be everywhere. I write, read, curate in a team of curators and try to do something useful as a Representative. Therefore, there is often no time left for comments.

Of course, over time I have developed a circle of favorite authors. It's too big to describe in full here, besides I'm bound to forget someone, so don't be offended 😁. I categorize the authors according to the categories that I associate their posts with in my head. It has nothing to do with common sense, it's just how my brain sorts authors.

Reflections

Definitely worth mentioning @jaynie here. Her posts are well designed and you can see that she puts a lot of time and effort into creating a visually appealing look. But her posts are valuable not only for this. In her stories, she often shares her personal experience and her own vision of this or that thing. What is more, she does it not haphazardly, but in great detail. You can always disagree with the given opinion, but it is the opinion of the author, not yours, so it may be different.

I love @denmarkguy's musings as well as his consistent writing style. Sometimes he touches on topics that affect everyone in one way or another. And I like that he does not put material things at the center of his worldview.

It's impossible not to mention @soulfuldreamer here. No matter what she writes about, even if it's porcelain, her posts are always full of reflections. She never takes things for granted. She is always interested in why things are like this and not otherwise. Can something be changed? What would happen if…

I would probably put @soulsdetour in this category. This is also a great author who is not lazy to thoroughly explain his thoughts. She runs her own blog without posting to any of the communities. I think this is how she protects her content from external influences.

literature

Sometimes it's interesting to get away from the real world and dive into a fictional world. Especially on days like today, if you have seen the news about Ukraine. Then I read with particular pleasure, so to speak, literary posts. Here it is worth mentioning the author, who is completely unknown to the organizer of this contest - @weisser-rabe. Her posts are easy to read and always give you something to think about.

Can't miss @wakeupkitty.pal. Her work will definitely appeal to many readers. Personally, I especially like when she resorts to the fantasy genre.

Lifestyle

You can name two hundred authors in this category, but I won't work that hard 😁.

I love @chriddi's posts, there's a lot of love for animals, and the daily life of farming is close to my heart. It's a pity that she rarely pleases us with updates.

An author whose posts are always interesting is @the-gorila. I have no idea how he finds topics. However, now he is busy with programming and I probably won't see his posts about life soon.

Despite the fact that recently @event-horizon writes about travel, I still associate it with the topic of lifestyle. Her posts are very cool, always thorough, with a unique author's style.

Of course, it would be unfair if I didn't mention one of the titans of this platform, namely @patjewell. I love reading her posts and judging by the number of comments, I'm far from alone.

I wanted to mention another Ukrainian author @yetaras. I also try not to miss his diary entries.

Travels

I love travel posts. Such content allows you to get to know the world more widely, to learn something new. In this category, I try not to miss the posts of @charter and @benoitblanc.

Journalism

Here I will mention a person with a big heart @ubongudofot. Of course, his content is much more diverse than just journalism, but this categorization is conditional. His interviews are invaluable, and the project, which is designed to change the entire African content, is simply amazing.

Science

@remlaps is an author who often raises interesting topics in the field of science and blockchain. He is one of those authors whose posts I never miss.

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It is worth noting that some interesting actors are no longer active, such as @enveng and @serap. It's a pity.

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This is far from a complete list of interesting authors and I keep thinking that I forgot to mention a few, but I think it is enough for one post. I hope it will be useful for someone 🙂.