New Steemer!
Hello all!
It's awesome to join the community and start chatting with everyone. First, let me introduce myself so that you have somewhat of an idea who the "newbie" is.
My name is Dawn and I am the mom of a wonderful 6 almost 7-year-old. Of course, that's my main job but who I am is so much more. I hope that over time and through my posts we all get to know each other and enjoy what we all bring to the Steemit table :-). Professionally I have been an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for 17 years. I think when I first started teaching in the early 2000s, wow, that makes me feel old....sorry to digress. LOL I loved being an educator and I especially loved teaching people from other countries the English language. I never designed my classroom as this strict place where you had to speak English, or else! I was the teacher that went against the grain and basically didn't follow the rules. My entire thought process was, meet each student where they are and support them in their desire to learn a second, in some cases a third, language. I believed I was there to teach the art of communication. It was never about forcing someone to meet a goal by the end of the semester or school year. We all live in this amazing world, and all have to communicate with one another, no? So why not transform this class into cultivating the art of communicating?
I still love teaching, but I think my time was up last year and I left the traditional classroom setting. I still teach as an adjunct professor which is perfect for me at the moment. This freedom allows me to develop how I'd like this part of my life to be.
So I guess you can say I am here on Steemit to be able to share with my fellow Steemers. I want to share my love for yoga, transcendental meditation, my vegan lifestyle, and I am really excited about learning from you how to dive into this cryptocurrency world. Plenty more as well! I am sure there are tons of people here I can and will learn from.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention how I got here! A wonderful friend of mine from undergrad mentioned this site to me months ago. I listened but wasn't really clear on how this all works. Now I'm here with you all and our community of friends. Something tells me I am in the right place!
Happy upvoting folks! (I hope that's the right word)
Dawn
DJMsteemit
welcome @internaljourney, fellow yogini here. I'm looking forward to your shares--this is a really good environment to blossom creatively...
Thank you! I love the username! I am looking forward to sharing and learning along with making connections. Great to talk with you. Namaste.
namaste, and thank you on the compliment...
Hello Dawn! Welcome to Steemit and thank you for being a teacher. I love teaching as well but am usually found behind a computer screen.
If you don't mind me sharing, I have found this guide on formatting helpful for posts (not my article, just one I use when formatting articles): https://steemit.com/writing/@minion/professional-tutorial-for-post-formatting-both-for-beginners-and-advanced-users
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions about Steemit. The community has been very accepting and they'll jump into help. We're all in this together!
Hi Michael! Thanks, I appreciate the welcome. Nope, I do not mind you sharing at all. Thank you, any information I can get that will help me fit right in is always welcomed. I will definitely send questions when I am feeling if I may be a little lost.
I look forward to diving in the communty!
This post has received a 1.3 % upvote from @boomerang thanks to: @alao
Welcome!
Thanks!
Hello Dawn!
Welcome to the community. I look forward to see the content you'll create, as you seem very passionate. The pictures are awesome!
Read you soon!
Hello! Yes, I am excited to join the community and have taken a day to peruse and become more familiar with the site. Thank you!
Welcome to the community . I hope you like it here .
Thanks!
From one educator to another, welcome to Steemit @internaljourney!
Peace to my fellow educator! Thank you Maat1881!
Welcome to Steemit! :)
Thanks :-).
Welcome To Steemit! You are really going to like it here. This is a unique place where there is no competition. Instead, we all work to build success by helping each other out. The best way to grow is to build Steem Power and vote to reward other authors.
I encourage you to take the time to search for other posts that interest you and upvote them. Also, start following authors that post good content and upvote them as well. Follow Me! Make some friends and you will be well on your way to earning some nice curation rewards and growing your following!
This is a great place to network with other people from all over the world. If you continually post great content you will grow a following in no time and start making some nice author rewards.
Best Of Luck!
Thanks so much for that information. I am seriously looking forward to jumping right into the community. I am learning how all of it works :-). I will definitely follow you. Can't wait to meet others from all over.
Welcome. I pray things turn around for you. Good luck!