Hi Steemit!! I QUIT MY JOB TO TRAVEL THE WORLD !! First Post (Ahhhhh) #introduceyourself

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Hello Everyone, :) I am a newbie here and after joining steemit almost two weeks ago, I have finally decided to introduce myself to the @steemit community . My name is Shashi and I live in London but I'm originally from Srilanka. Traveller by heart but I was a Travel agent by profession and yes it came with its own perks . Nevertheless there was not a single day that I wasn't secretly wishing that I'd win the big jackpot so that I can quit my office job and travel full time. I've always been a bit of a Nomad since I was a teenager and travelling has been the biggest passion in my life. It could be something as simple as quick trip to the next town,I was always thrilled with the excitement. And when it came to the point that I started question about my own sanity and not living the life I've always imagined , I've finally manage to pluck up the courage to say bye-bye to my 10 plus years of career in the travel trade to do my first, a month long backpacking trip to Europe in the summer last year. when I look back , quitting my job was the bravest and also the best thing I've ever done in my life . when People ask me if I ever regret my decision , I'd always say that there's nothing I'd been more sure about. it has given me an abundance of happiness and freedom that big bucks can't buy.

Now I can pick up my sticks whenever I want. I just love getting myself out and about and exploring the world feeling lucky to live on a planet with such an amazing diversity of
People, landscape, culture, history and all those beautiful places to experience. For me it didn’t matter how adverse, weird or crazy the weather is or was, it’ was all about the thrill of being there, running about in the rain, sunning it up on the beautiful beach or sitting out all snug under a brightly lit star filled sky...I would rather see it as it is than dream of it…I had to be there, I needed that. My soul was literally trying to get out and venture in the outdoor, breathe in the air, from the highways leading out of the cities; my feet craving to feel the earth beneath and my heart to beat an extra beat just thinking I'm just about to reach my new destination! :D

I'm currently working on my own travel blog and I'd love to take you with me on my journey around the world. may it be sitting on a beach in the Greek Islands and watch the sun set into the Aegean Sea, or going on the most scenic train ride through the beautiful country side in Sri Lanka, it would be my absolute pleasure.

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I'm also a huge foodie and I promise not to tempt you with my new found love for the Vegan food with a twist of Sri Lankan flavours . And I'd love to share with you the thoughts and experiences I had while trying to adopt a minimalist life style .
And I'd also like to thank my friend @viog37 for introducing me to the both @cryptocurrency and @steemit platform. Without his constant encouragement ( annoyance :p) I wouldn't have been able to join this community. I look forward to reading your blogs and getting to know everyone of you. much love and happy blogging ! <3

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Welcome to steemit @truetravelette I love the photos and It seems that you have a lot of interesting things happening that you can share with us. =)

I look forward to sharing m journey with the @steemit community. Thanks for the love :)

Awesome! Hope that from now on, you'll get to find the real path you want to trek on. Hold tight cause it's an exciting and rocky road. But you'll definitely going to enjoy it. :D Fingers crossed ;)

Thank You so much for your kind words :)

You can come to my place, i will show you everything here, and feature you in my channel

Ahahaha since when i'm annoying lol. Glad to see you finally made the jump to the @steemit community. Keep on the good job from now on :)

You've been a pain in the neck since the day I met you. lol . Thank you so much for the guidance and constant encouragement. :)

Yeay :D !! Haha most welcome Shashi :)

Greetings From Mr. Crypto!
I enjoyed your post and I'm pleased to meet you!

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Thank You so much and I'm pleased to meet you too!

Hey girl, I'm Oatmeal Joey, and you are lovely and I love your photos and I love the trains.

Hi Joey, Lovely to meet you here and Thank you so much for your comments . the picture of the train is from one of the most scenic and popular train rides in Sri Lanka. :)

maybe you can tell us more about that in a future post if you please :)

I will definitely do. Just working on another post already. Thank you. :))

And that is amazing. It is tough for me to say good bye too when I travel.

I know the feeling. Good Byes are always hard but travelling is so rewarding !

Hey, welcome to steemit!

Travel photos have a good audience here! you'll be welcome. You might check out Steepshot.io an instagram style photo sharing app.

I'm @markrmorrisjr and I work with a lot of newcomers. If you haven't yet, you're likley to run into bandwidth issues once you start posting. Here are some free things you can do to minimize the problem. You'll also find the competition for eyeballs can be stiff, so, here are some ideas I'm using to build a new account to test the differences in the platform since I got here 2 years ago. If you need anything, don't hesitate to find me, or follow @dolphinschool (That's my new acccount) for new tips and hacks every day!

what's the thing about the bandwidth by the way? what is its purpose, and how does it help ?? Thanks

bandwidth is your power to do ANYTHING on steemit, post, upvote, comment, transfer funds, power up, etc. If you read the first of those articles I shared, you'll understand it better. Your bandwidth is related to your SP, which you have very little of in the beginning, unless you invest cash. No, it does not help. If you run out, you'll be stuck, with nothing to do but wait for it to power back up sometimes a day or more.

Thank You for taking the time to comment on my post with such valuable information. I will make sure to go through them thoroughly. I'm also following both your accounts now.

WELCOME TO STEEMIT!

@truetravelette - Wow, congratulations on your huge step(s). I wish you plenty of success.

*Welcome, I wish you all the success on Steemit. I will be following you...

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Thank You and following you back!!

Thank-you, much appreciated. Have yourself a fantastabulous day!

Welcome to steemit traveller...
That's a huge decision you took...superb :)

Thank You! I appreciate the every bit of encouragement !!