achievement1 by @debrastripes : My Introduction Post

Hello, steemians! How's your day so far? Since I am a newbie, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Deborah hence the username @debrastripes. It's a wordplay of zebra + stripes. Witty right? I am 29 years of age and I am from Cebu, Philippines! I've known about steemit for quite some time now. Still, I just grasped what it is all about just recently since I started investing in cryptocurrencies such as Ether and Link. It's been a while since I created this account, but I had second thoughts of doing this, thinking I might not be good enough. Still, after seeing my friends enjoying this community, I might as well join the club! I asked around for tips on navigating since I'm not entirely familiar with how this works. Shout out to @mariarosa27 and @jenny018 for helping me out!

What's cool about steemit is that you can post bits of your everyday life in a blog-like manner. One of the selling points why I decided to join steemit, is to squeeze my creative writing muscles! I used to love writing before, but it faded as time passed since I didn't have an outlet for that. I am not comfortable with posting long-winded captions on other social media platforms. But here, you are allowed to do that without sounding like you are ranting. Plus, I have so many photos stored on my phone that I wanted to share, some mediocre and some that hold a deep sentimental value to me. And, of course, the possibility of earning additional cash consistently sounds good. So it's like killing two birds with one stone!

Anyways, more about me, I love music. And when I say I love music, I mean that I listen to all genres of music, well, maybe except for one. I like pop, RnB, jazz, rock, folk-rock, country, classical, lo-fi, and indie. The only type of music that I dislike is screamo, if that is considered music at all. Tip: If you find yourself in a stressful situation and want to unwind a little bit, go ahead and listen to The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams. Chopin's Nocturne is quite relaxing as well.

Another thing that I dearly love is reading. I'm not big on reading self-help/nonfiction books, though. My type is more on fantasy, mystery-thriller, gothic horror styles. I don't remember the exact moment when I discovered my love for reading. Still, I can distinctly remember reading all the short stories in my schoolbooks when I was young. I was fascinated with Rumpelstiltskin as a kid, and then came Harry Potter, and it blew me away. The last book that I read that I highly enjoy is Silent Companions by Laura Purcell. It is gothic-style horror fiction. That book legit gave me the heebie-jeebies. Tana French's The Likeness is also a fabulous book if you are into an undercover detective kind of book. The story is about a profiler summoned to a crime scene. Upon arriving there, she was dumbstruck when she found the murder victim. To say their resemblance is uncanny would be an understatement. To add to the mystery, the victim also has the same name she was using when she worked for an undercover job before. Read it if you want to add book worming to your favorite hobbies! Which leads us to probably my favorite hobby of all: EATING! Lol, I am a big foodlover! I especially love carbs. Carbs is the love of my life which sucks because it is the one thing that I have to cut back on now that I am desperately trying to lose weight.

I think that's about it for now. I will be posting more about myself and daily life in the future and looking forward to finding new friends on this platform. Thank you if you have come this far, and I hope I didn't bore you with this long introduction. Have a great day, everyone!