....That is all my love for Steem and little achievement I made over 730 Days (2Years).

Thanks @steemitboard for sending me notification of my 2nd Birthday on steem. I woke up this morning with the reminder which quickly sends me to all flashback memory I spent on Steem.

Over the 2 years I had spent, I managed to reach 70 reputation which in starting was unreachable, then I become a Dolphin having my wallet value more than 5000 SP which all comes through post and curation rewards. And still I am looking forward for more with #newsteem in place. The stay getting more interesting, everyday is new day on Steem where new things comes up each day making my journey full of excitement and enjoyment.

A Flashback Memory

I posted my first post on 04-Oct-2019. Like everyone, my journey was very quite, and in dark. It was my first meting with crypto world and I was kind of lost.
I started normally with my introduction post and soon expecting rewards. With no proper support or guidance I started to lose my interest. But then come @sanmi who give me some good understanding tips of the platform and guided me to join community. There on I started to know the importance of it and started to look for community membership.

Community Roleplay

Community on Steem is group of individual of same level of interest who join hand together to help and motivate each other. Realising it's importance , I applied to @thealliance membership and somehow I accepted within the community. However I need to brush up on my post which I corrected through help of family member.
I am kind of love with the @enginewitty famblam with everyone quite supportive and helping me. However I could not match up with their discord conversation due to some gaps in timings and level of English. This is begining of my community journey. And soon I became part of @thesteemengine, @qurator, @powerhousecreatives @ecotrain @helpie and others who always support quality post and I started gaining confidence to survive on Steem.

One thing is pretty clear, community does play an important role on user development. They support, guide and help to make Steem journey more meaningful. Success on Steem is not possible if you are not contributing towards community goals.

Though I accept I fall short in user interaction at any of these community more so of my shy nature and some odd timing.

Association with @utopian

My first big reward $40 come through an Utopian contribution. In Nov-Dec 2017 I came through the open source contribution platform and soon made many contribution to build on my wallet. Even I guided many users to make use of the oppurtunity and they also pitch in to make utopian contributor. Utopian does play a major role in making me Dolphin.

What kept me going ??

Frankly, when I joined Steem, I never thought, I could survive so long. 2 Years is not just a number. It has 730 days of continous posting and curating. I never set any target for reputation or reaching any goals. However I always wanted @blocktrades upvote on my post. That is the single name that kept me going till now. When I joined, I only knew that @blocktrades gives heavy upvotes on posts. And I started to wish for its upvotes with each post. The eagerness to have @blocktrades name on my post help me reaching certain milestone. And finally I had twice of upvote thanks to @anomadsoul who always comes up with interesting Blocktrades sponsored contest.

Steem Roller Coster Ride

I have seen many ups and down on Steem. I was part of it when it was trending at high and also when it was low. I witness three hardfork HF 20/211/22. So many changes were made and everytime the platform comes up with updated and fresh version. There was time when bid-bots rules the platform and anyone can make any #shitpost into trending page. And also the #newsteem when reward fairness is at best. It has everything Rewards/Downvotes and Upvotes.
Stepping into #newsteem after 2 years makes me feel to spend more years on Steem. The introduction of fair reward has flush in more vigor to hunt for more Steem.

If anyone have some spare amount to invest, I feel Steem is the best option. Currently trending at quite low price, this is the best time to invest more and increase the stake to make the journey for smoother.

Sincere Apologies in Advance

I know it's feel bad to mention so many names , but on my 2nd Birthday, I just wanted to thanks @firepower @geetharao @bobinson @enginewitty @clixmoney @anomadsoul @sanmi @eco-alex , @jaynie @nainaztengra @andrianna @abh12345 @paulag @c0ff33a, and each member of the community for making my 2 years memorable.

Plans on #newsteem

At first I hesitate with the new EIP proposal, introduced with #newsteem but gradually I started liking the change as it bring more curation rewards.
Looking at the dual benefit of manual curation by big whales and high curation value, I am now more focus to keep hunting for more Steem with each day. Since the changes were brought into #newsteem so many things have changed, now using bid-bots were quite risky on the other hand manual curation is going quite well. Everyone is cashing on with quality content which help is fair reward distribution as well as quality content.

I will make sure to remain active as I did so far in my 2 years stint, Hope I keep bringing more meaningful and interesting content everyday to entertain everyone.

Stay Calm....

Keep Steeming...Steem On !!!

Namaste from @steemflow