Textbook Made it to Dolphin Post. Yaaayyyyy

I've made it to Dolphinhood. Out of the small pond and into the big sea. It has been a jolly old journey and I am pleased to be at this point in my Steemit life. It all started with a person called @spielly posting about COSS on steemit. I read everything COSScoin related so I was interested to see what this Steemit was as I only heard of it as an alt coin. I read his article and noticed he got a few quid for it. I looked into the whole system and I thought it was a genius idea. Getting paid to blog. I always wanted to try writing because it was something I wanted to get into and improve on even so I did a couple of posts. I got 2 cent for my first one and 1 cent for my second one. Happy days I thought. But the posts were pretty crap and I remember something happened with Bitcoin and I just copy and pasted it into a post. A guy called cheetah commented on me and the penny dropped. It was good to learn this at the start. I have led a pretty colourful life so far travelling Europe with my job so i just started writing about that. I started getting more traction on the platform with a couple of curies thrown in. I started getting to know a few like minded people with a similar position to myself and I felt we helped each other grow which was a great benefit to me.
I would like to thank @cryptoandcoffee for being the person I look to for new information. He is really keen on growing here and together I think we are learning more and more each day.

I want to thank @janton as well.I really admire how he takes time and reads everyone's posts. Lots of people scan posts but this guy really reads them. To be at the top nearly every week @abh12345 really is an achievement. I get a right laugh every day reading his comments and sending my sarcastic comeback. He is used to my humor by now and he knows I love him.
These days I am reading less posts than I used as I love @steemmonsters and @lucksackspoker but I try to get to my favorite posts as much as I can. @ginnyannette , @shepz1,@empress-erenny , @sultnpapper,@lucylin , @audreybits, @brittandjosie, @gooddream, @deirdyweirdy , @balticbadger and @erikah are some of my favorite authors for different reasons. I have forgotten some of you so I apologies. I really like @lucylins pro central bank posts also. He really does put up a great argument about how central banks are vital to the future of our economies. He really did change my opinion. I love the Rottschild family after him.
I would like to thank the groups I am in also for helping me grow.@thehiv (Brandan was crucial to my first week in here and explained everything on discord). It helps that he is Irish like myself but I will always be greatful( apart from when he is beating me in poker), @helpie, @steemitbloggers now the @powerhousecollective and I love a good @comedyopenmic and the funniest guy on the platform by a mile is @meesterboom. All great people doing great things on the Steemit platform.
My favorite dapp for posting is @esteem desktop app. I have tried them all and this is by far the best in my opinion. Thanks to @goodkarma for the app and @erikah for the guidance.
Even though he doesn't really know me I want to thank @exyle for his honest opinions about Steemit. If I want some info about where Steemit is at I go to him straight away and watch the videos because he tells it like it is.

So I look forward to the next few months on steemit. It will be interesting. But I have never seen a community so devoted to a platform. That is steem's strong point and how we will succeed. All the discord groups, projects currently being developed in this bear market is brilliant. When things start getting better I have no doubt that we will all reap the benefits.

Cheers
@blanchy