As the excitement of Summer wanes and the winter holidays have not yet arrived, we need something to do on Steemit to pass the time.

You're probably thinking, "Aren't we already doing those things right now?" Well, sure...but if you really want to spice things up, try these simple steps to make your Steemit day much more interesting!

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1 - Log into Your Account

First things first: Log into your account with your posting key. Never, ever, ever, NEVER sign in with your active key or master password - unless you like being phished and having your money stolen or losing your account altogether.

Once you're logged in, you're ready for some Steemit action!

2 - Check Your Blog Posts and Comments for Engagement

Aww, man...after 12 hours, nobody has upvoted or commented on your posts yet. Well, except for those bots that upvote everything at 1% or those accounts that spam you with "folow me becuz i luv u!" But where are all of the other users? You might be asking yourself, "Am I invisible?"

Oh, well. On to the next step.

3 - Visit the Trending Page

Oh, no! Steemit must be broken! This is exactly the same as it was yesterday...and last week...and last month! Is Steemit being DDOSed again? I sure hope they fix that soon. I can't wait to see which users will be on trending tomorrow!

4 - Upvote Your Favorite Authors

So now you're checking on your personal list of authors that you follow. And then you see something really cool.

"Oh, wait a minute. I voted on this post last night. And four hours ago. And 30 minutes ago. That's odd.

Click

"Hmm...here's that funny comic that I upvoted yesterday. And last night. And this morning. And an hour ago. Why are my votes not working??? Does Steemit hate me???"

"Whatever."

Click

And now you're ready for some really fun stuff!

5 - Engage in a Discussion by Leaving a Comment

You've just discovered a post with a lively discussion and wanted to jump in with some poignant counterarguments. After carefully crafting what you think is the best comment in the entire thread - and literally the longest one - you hit that 'POST' button.

And the little circle starts spinning.

And spinning...

And spinning...

And...

Spinning...

And you think to yourself, "Oh, my god! I hope I can still copy that comment!"

You try to copy it, but no luck. Still, the circle spins and you remain hopeful. Until...

504 Gateway Time-out

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!"

You refresh the page and try to remember how awesome your comment was. You type it all out again but can't help feeling like the original was so much better...that you're forgetting something. After 30 minutes of editing and contemplating, you think, "Screw it! Close enough!" And then you hit the 'POST' button.

Click

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"What in the even...? How did I get logged out??? ARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!"

6 - Create a Blog Post

“Great! I just finished writing my essay on gamma pulses and extinction events and I’m ready to post!”

Click

“Oh, no…not that spinning circle again.”

Error: The WS connection was closed before this operation was made

"Umm...maybe I'll just try again tomorrow. My auto-voters won't even be able to support me right now anyway."

7 - Buy STEEM in the Internal Marketplace

After being sufficiently frustrated by logging in, voting, and commenting problems, you can try your luck with purchasing some cheap STEEM on the internal marketplace. You just earned 2.84 SBDs from your last week's worth of posts and now you're ready to turn that into some much needed stake in the Steem blockchain.

You place your bid, you wait 40 minutes for someone to accept it, and then you see the transaction go through. Hooray! You're now just a little bit larger than the lowest of the Steem plankton! Time to go out and upvote some posts!

No, wait. Before doing that, there were some rewards to collect. You click on the 'Claim Rewards' button on your transfers page.

Ten seconds pass.

Then 20 seconds.

Then 30 seconds.

Then a minute.

"Not again," You say out loud. You refresh the page. And then you see it.

"My 2.84 SBD? Why do I still have that??? I already sold it for STEEM!!! Is this blockchain real? Am I even on a real website right now?"

Maybe you're ready to skip this step and just move on to the next one.

8 - Send Someone a Tip from Your Wallet

"Nope. I'll pass. Let me go see what's happening on Facebook..."

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Aaaaaaand...Scene!

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_{Images of woman courtesy of Pixabay.com.}

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Image courtesy of @mynameisbrian