One of the things that helps making your stay on Steemit enjoyable are communities. I would say it is probably the most important thing for everyone here in order to find an audience. They help you to connect with each other, see beyond the username and create new friendships. The lessons we learn from them can directly be applied on your life outside of the Steem ecosystem.
Surround Yourself With Inspiring People
We all have friends we grew up with who are very different then ourselves. Some of them are so far away from your own aspirations that they will not support you on your own path. That's life and the love and respect you have for each other is enough to stay friends. But it also means you might want to consider to find more like-minded people. This sounds harder then it is. Go to meet-ups, conferences, online groups and so on that focus on topics you really want to learn more about. Steemit has many interest groups as well and with the upcoming hivemind feature that introduces community accounts this will accelerate the growth of them even more.
Quickly you will see who is doing the work you want to learn from or connect with. The leaders of their tribes, the influencers, the pioneers and creative minds. Listen carefully to what they have to say. If you have much to say about that as well then start a conversation with them and feel the resonance. On the other hand, if there is still much too learn for you as you might just stumble into a whole new field then listen, learn and ask questions. But make sure to con+tinue surrounding yourself with these people and their ideas. Learning from others has always been a great way to grow - but stay true to yourself in the process.
I Found My Tribe At Anarchapulco
In February this year I went to Acapulco in Mexico to attend the Anarchapulco conference. It is run by @dollarvigilante who is a pioneer in crypto and anarcho-capitalism. Four years ago he started this event which has developed into one of the most popular crypto events which also puts a big focus on anarchy ideas, health and spirituality. Every encounter I had there was out of the ordinary, each conversation felt like finding a long lost friend.
This feeling was mostly mutual and indicated a strong synchronistic effects of beings comming together to find each other. It became clear to me that everything is meaningful and that I have to figure out how all these people can enrich my life to grow and become a better person. Ever since I left Mexico I was networking with the new friends I made and I feel like swimming in a pool of opportunities now.
@TribeSteemUp Unites This Community On Steemit
I met Kenny from @kennyskitchen on my first day in Acapulco. He is one of these people I am talking about. Going through huge personal changes in the past few years he has build a network of people that accelerate his own growth. He created the Steemit community @tribesteemup which supports many authors from this network who all share this mutually felt mindset we all experienced at Anarchapulco. It is hard to put it into words but it really feels like we have all been called together somehow.
The funny thing is that I already know and follow many of the tribe and enjoy their work. So becoming a part of this and contributing myself to support and help all these authors makes me feel like doing something that will make a difference to the world in the future. There is much I can and need to learn from all these people and my growth has just begun. I believe what Mark Passio is saying about Natural Law (here in my own words): You have to learn, you have to understand and then you have to put that into action to achieve wisdom.
So what I will do now is reading up on them and try to connect with the tribe in order to grow myself. The good thing is that I can take my time and do it in the pace that feels right to me. There are also other communities I want to engage with more so I have to see how to manage all of this. The journey is the lesson.