I have been approaching 1000 followers for a while now (my amount of new followers has dropped off a bit lately - as I haven't had as much time to engage because I am travelling!). However I have had some time today to check back in and have just noticed I have ticked over 1000 followers!

I am not one to celebrate milestones on here too often because I know the numbers lie (and I think that Steemit is a bit flooded with the milestone type posts), but it is still nice to come in and see 1000 are following you (even if loads of them are bots or are long gone from Steemit!)

I joined Steemit in February and have learnt a whole lot during my time here (and met some pretty cool people!) - thanks to all of my followers (even the bots), but especially those who are active and engaging in my content (you know who you are!) - I know by now that Steemit isn't a place to make a fortune, and I get more satisfaction from having people engage in my content than from the small financial compensation I am making (I look at it as a nice bonus!)

Along the way I have seen the price of Steem rise and fall, and rise and fall again - and also the amount of active users rise and fall along with the price of Steem.

If I could offer a couple of pieces of advice to new Steemians they would be:
You probably won't get rich from Steemit (The majority of people make only a few dollars in their first few months - some might make $100!

• Steemit is a great community as is more than just a platform to try and make some money - engage in the community, there are some amazing people on Steemit
• Steemit is a bit complicated at first to understand, but give it some time and it isn't too overwhelming - just keep educating yourself!

Looking ahead

I basically plan to keep doing what I have been doing here - writing content which will help out new users on Steemit, and also writing on other topics such as music, cryptocurrency, technology and travel. And memes, because memes = life, and sometimes people can take things a bit serious on here at times so it's good to have a laugh.

In the past I was running weekly 5 Steem Basic Income shares giveaways, which I will be starting back up after summer - in the meantime I will be giving away shares to worthy Steemians. For the moment I will give 1 SBI share to my most loyal follower (according to Steam Spectacles anyway!) @johngreenfield. I met @johngreenfield early on my journey on Steemit and we share a similar interest in music and a variety of other topics. I encourage everyone to give back to the community and those that support you.

Thanks everyone for the support - next stop 2000 followers :)