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It took me time to think of how to come up with an introductory post, the feeling of being a newbie again clouded my thoughts, and putting together words to tell the platform about myself again became a mission that must be accomplished.
I remembered what it was like trying to sell yourself the best way you can to the platform, I felt the same way seeing this week's first task.
I told myself, "you have done this for quite some time, this shouldn't be a problem". As much as I tried coming up with something, I kept reaching a dead end; what I thought would be easy eventually turned out to be something I needed to give my best shot at.
Probably I am not qualified to be what I thought I was or I just lacked the inspiration to put words together but then I remembered how this article must be free of negativity.
I took my mind off it and went engaging online.
I saw a post from @dreemsteem and she did what she does best, which is inspiring you to come out of that shell for a bigger accomplishment.
I read her article and saw the perfect place for me to start, you should learn from this as well.
There isn't much about me than a baby blogger is who working hard to stop crawling, I know it is taking time and I am glad I have met people who have held my hands, teaching me how to take those steps.
I have fallen and tried walking again, they never get tired of helping me grow from time to time. I might not be a reputable writer like my mentor but I know that I am growing even if adding an inch would take time, what matters is not staying stagnant.
My name is George, and I am a male from Nigeria. I am from a happy family of five and the first son of the family.
At first, I chose to blog for a reason which was earning but it went from one to a lot more. Today, the ability to learn and engage with people from across the world gave me a different love and passion for it, my day usually doesn't end well without writing and a few engagements with other writers online.
Today being the first day of the third-week challenge requires us to answer these questions and here are my answers.
Where are you the happiest?
My happiest place is home, I couldn't think of anywhere else to be my happiest place. It isn't just a building that sums up being home for me, it is family. It has to do with people who love me despite knowing my flaws, people who believe in me regardless of my imperfection, people who choose to stand by me even I am down, and people who inspire me to keep moving regardless of the challenges life brings.
My happiest place is with them, I feel safe and comfortable around them.
I wouldn't have believed it would be easy building a family outside your reach until I took my first step into blogging, I met lots of people who made me feel like I was at home even though we are millions of miles apart.
What positive traits can you bring to a team?
Motivation and engagement are the things I am confident about, I slack off easily when it comes to teamwork but I usually try as much as possible to motivate people and give my time engagement to grind out results.
Dreemsteem gave me the privilege to be a tutor during a university project, I discovered that I get motivated and as well motivate others when it comes to my university duties. During my days as a supervisor, engaging with my team/customers and motivating them to meet targets was very easy for me to do.
What is something positive about you that some might see as negative?
I listen more than I talk, people have defined this habit as pride but they are wrong because I detest it.
I am terrible at talking when involved in a conversation that has to do with lots of people, I many time feel lost so instead of fighting to be heard, I choose to learn and my silence usually turn out to be a bad thing. I have been kicked out of many online groups during clean-up, only a few people understand that I usually choose to learn more than I talk and I do pour out my mind only when there is a need for me to do so.
What has been/being your favorite positive surprise about Hive?
I got to know about have exactly a year ago but I was reluctant to join because of what happened on the last platform I was, I went around trying to build myself again on a different platform; it is usually not easy trying to build from scratch again.
@dreemsteem told me then to join but I stalled because of my experience on Steemit and when I did, my engagement was slow.
I couldn't engage because I had to wait for my power resources to fill back before I could have continuous engagement, everything was boring. I reached out to @Kenechukwu and @dreemsteem, they delegated some power to me so I can do little things daily.
I was engaging bit by bit and at some point, I realized Hive wasn't what I thought it was. I thought it was about groups supporting their member, a kind of every man for himself system but I was wrong. It turned out to be a place filled with love and support from everyone as long as you choose to engage.
I was surprised at how lots of the members embraced me and my naughty idea about the platform vanished.
I hope I didn't bore you more than I expected, remember no negativity. Thanks for reading.
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