My Entry to "Qurator2018 Membership Contest"

Hello Qurator Moderators - I have never mentioned this to anyone until just now, but it has always been my Life Long Dream to become a Qurator Member! Well maybe not life long, but for as long as I have been on Steemit! Well maybe not quite that long either... It has been at the top of my list at least since I first read about it via @goldendawne. You see, @goldendawne has been very much an inspiration and a bit of a mentor to me since joining this wonderful community some 3 weeks ago. When first signing up for Steemit, I was not sure exactly where I wanted to go with it. As is states in my Introduction Post "I am a homesteader whose interests span from the sea to the stars." So what should one with such an expansive interest base blog about? I soon found out that people on here are interested in hearing about my life and what I know. Being raised by "hippie parents" on a "hippie island" I know about homesteading, gardening and conservation. As an adult, after schooling and world travels, I moved back to the island that I was raised on. Here I live on 7.5 acres. My dream is to raise 80% of the food my family and I eat. I would also like to build a free community garden for those who do not have the space to grow their own food. While I certainly wish that I had documented my projects to date, I still have years and years of projects lined up that I will document in detail and post to Steemit and the Homesteading community.

I am human like most and as a human I am motivated by reward. On a homestead, the reward of a completed project and the satisfaction one gets from it is more than enough to keep me going. On a platform like Steemit, the number of upvotes and the amount of monetary rewards one gets is a major motivating factor. There certainly is a sense of fellowship that one gets when finding a great niche as we have found in the homesteading community. This can also keep one coming back but sometimes it is not enough. This is where @qurator comes into play. Without proper support and exposure the numbers are stacked against us "minnows" to be discovered and therefor reward for our work is not guaranteed. From what I have read, I believe that Qurator can help its members increase their exposure and therefor up the chances of being noticed. I have big plans for this blog and will continue to do the hard ground work to build up my following but I am also never above asking for help when it is available. So please help me achieve my "Life Long Dream" ;) haha of becoming a Qurator member by voting for my admission.

Your friend in homesteading adventure @jonpetrich