️🎉️🎈 Celebrating!️🎉️🎈 Has it been 6 months already? It is unbelievable how quickly these months passed by and how emotional we can get when an anniversary time arrives..

I was just re-reading my introduction post and I feel really lucky that many of the persons commenting back then, are still my good friends!

This post will not about how many posts, sp, reputation I have or how much it has grown. I think that this is not so important. There are many people that have more reasons to celebrate regarding accomplishments: )

I may have not gone so far in the 6 months, but I am happy that I have made steps forward..

I wish to share with you the words of a favorite poet of mine, who was born and passed away on this very day. April 29th.

(Please read more about Constantine Cavafy here)

Ithaca

As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.

[...]

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

_{Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard}

_{(C.P. Cavafy, Collected Poems. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Edited by George Savidis. Revised Edition. Princeton University Press, 1992)}

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Back to our topic, I think it is more important that I mention some of the things I have learned and share my steemit plans with you.

As time goes by, people change, goals may evolve and plans follow the people .. so here's what I have learned (on the steemit road)

Together

In Steemit We Grow

It is a platform where 'togetherness' is important. We exist and evolve together, with our friends, with our fellow travelers.

In Steemit We Share

Sharing thoughts, sharing art, sharing knowledge, sharing feelings makes us richer as persons and more full as characters.

In Steemit We Explore & Discover

Thousands of articles are written every day and all we need to do is search and explore the world. Explore, Discover and make new friends all around the world

In Steemit We Have The Power

The Platform is Us. So what matters more is to behave with honesty, integrity, respect, gratitude, humbleness.

My Projects

Greek - Trail (the Greek Community on Steemit)

I am Greek and I am proud. Greek-Trail was here when I first arrived and assisted with my (many) questions and I made some new wonderful friends!

I have been helping with welcoming new Greeks and sharing information and guides with them and for the past few weeks I have been curating on behalf of @greek-trail.

Feel free to produce good content and use the tag #greek-trail to be supported.

Please do not post plagiarised content or photos of which you do not own the copyrights.

Any question is always welcome, so I invite you to ask if you are not certain about something.

Find Greek Trail on facebook & on discord

Stay tuned for more in the @greek-trail community!

SteemSTEM (A Community Project about Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)

I had been looking for a way to write about stuff I love and am interested in, and I found it at @steemstem.

As some of you may know, the first steemstem posts I ever read were by @trumpman and @ruth-girl (two different persons but with unique personalities and an amazing style of writing)

That intriggued me to learn more and as a (wanna be and always striving) to be an amateur scientist (searching for facts over fiction - as per new steemstem logo), I started experimenting with writing.

I discovered that apart from quality and honest writing there are quality quidelines (following steemit etiquette) that I want to follow in all my posts!

If you wish to know more, read this post How to be a member of the steemstem community & Why I support steemstem

I am happy to be one of the SteemSTEM Mentors so feel free to reach out for any questions or guidance if you wish to write about scientific topics / projects!

On a Personal Level

I am constantly upvoting quality content and I wish to 'spread the steemit love' around like confetti!

A friend of mine told me yesterday that I almost made it to the top 1000 users in terms of upvoting. (Thanks, I did not know that)

You can check the stats of any user at the steemocean by @ura-soul

I will keep on writing guides, I believe they are helpful to me and to other users and I can always share a link when I am asked a question :)

My strong belief is that we need to give to this platform, we need to not being selfish.

Maybe I am dreamer. Am I the only one?

I believe that the platform is us, so it is up to everyone of us to select their actions at all levels.

Thank you so much for visiting and bearing my ranting! Thank You also for being here, reading, commenting, supporting me in any way. I do appreciate it ❣️

p.s. Stay Tuned for tomorrow's Dada Contest Results ❣️️🎈

p.s.2 I have a difficult Exam waiting for me next week, so I will probably just posting some images (if at all) because I will be studying + working too. Please forgive me for that. I really wish to make it and pass this exam; this could mean the beginning of a MSc for me.. Let's see ..

Cheers, Be Healthy, Enjoy Your Time and Be True to You first and to Everybody Else!

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