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Hello everyone 😍

Picture of myself early last year
I feel so delighted to join this great community. I heard about Hive from a friend of mine who happened not to be here at the moment, he got to know about hive via a WhatsApp group and since he knows I have interest in writing and meeting great writers, he decided to link me with someone who knows better about the community. I really appreciate him. I must also thank @kingsleyy who put me through the basics of Hives as a newbie, and how it works, I am sincerely grateful.

A little about myself
My name is Joyce Alarapon, I am 22 years old and I’m a citizen of Nigeria. I am a dark, tall and beautiful woman.

My background
I hail from a family of four, I am the first child of two and I’m an indigene of Akure, the capital city of Ondo state, Nigeria. Akure is a place where I was born and lived for the first 16 years of my life before I got into college. I then came back to Akure to sort for my internship placement after graduation from college. Growing up as a child and up till now, it has been my dream to become a great writer and a medical practitioner. So, I decided to become a Medical Laboratory Scientist and a Copywriter. A Copywriter because I have loved writing articles, novels since I was younger. I have always been fascinated about how a piece of writing can stir up different emotions.

My academics
My primary education was from The Achievers Royal Nursery and Primary School, Akure. I also got my West Africa Senior School Certificate from Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School, Akure, where I spent 6 years and majored in sciences. I got admitted into the University of Medical Sciences in Ondo, another town in Ondo State. Here, I spent 5 years studying the medical laboratory science and I got my first degree (B.MLS) late last year.

Myself on induction day

My achievement ( non academics)
I remember while I was an undergraduate, I had an online restaurant where I cooked and sold food via pickup and delivery services.
This cut across WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter. I did this not only as a hobby but to also support myself financially. Below are the pictures I took of the Nigerian dishes I made:

I also did learn the basics of graphics designing. This really helped me to make designs for my brand and for other business owners like me.
Of course I wouldn’t forget to add that I write as well, I wrote unpublished novels as a teenager, I began to write articles later on as a freelancer, the main purpose of joining this great community is to connect with great minds and writers and that I will learn from everyone here through their support to help me grow.
Another little win that I must acknowledge is learning digital marketing. This skill really helped me sell virtual products.

My hobbies
Among others, I love to write, read (mostly non academic books), great books that I read recently was “think and grow rich- Napoleon Hill”, “Think like an entrepreneur, act like a CEO- Beverly E. Jones”.
Oh my gosh, I love to cook so much, more reason I cook for fun and sometimes for sale.
I also love listening to music, I prefer genre such as afro beats, pop, RnB and lastly, dancing, yes, I love moving my body so much to my favorite songs.

Few interesting facts about me:
• I love to drink.
• I love dolling myself up with makeups (self taught makeovers).
• I love playing dress up just to take beautiful pictures.
• I love to eat, a lot.
• My favorite meal is a Nigeria dish “Amala and Ewedu and goat meat”.
•I am obsessed with my natural hair. It is long and healthy plus I love styling it so much.
•I love editing videos.

My goals
My goal is to be a very sound medical practitioner as well as a great lifestyle writer, blogger and hair brand influencer. I want to learn from you all and grow so well on this amazing platform.
Below are few pictures of my natural hair.


I so submit, my warm regards🌬️.

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Wow!
You're really good with words and I'm jealous already. Lol🤣.
Your free write made it very clear that you've been into writing.

My dear, you're specially welcome to this platform and one thing you must know is that, consistency is the key here. Don't giveup even though your goals are not forthcoming.

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Awwwwn, thank you once again for introducing me to this great platform. I will put in every effort to be consistent on here. Hope to keep learning from you and all other hiver.

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Hello Joyce happy new year and welcome to the platform. And thank you @kingsleyy thank you for onboarding on this mighty fine day and nice to meet you! I found your account because I got a message you are new, and because the beginning can be difficult I swung by with some tips.

You took the step to become a blogger and that’s great. I like to welcome you to the Hive blockchain and platform. A very extensive platform of fun and words.

As of now you are a hiver or newBee as we are calling ourselves. This moment is perfect to give some tips and help you get started.

Also maybe you used the #introduceyourself tag and more hivers come with tips and tricks so the first steps won’t be that difficult. Still take your time because we are so diverse it will take some time to understand and earn.

I was welcomed with good advice too when I started so here I am just returning the favour. I know that Hive may seem very overwhelming right now but don't worry. After a few blogs and write ups you will be a great blogger and contributor, just stay away from texts that aren’t yours.

A great tip is getting discord. Discord will for sure help you and get you talking to other hivers without going to comments on blogs. It’s free and quick and alongside hive very helpful to have. If you don’t have discord already view this blog:

If that’s is not your wish and you have any questions just ask your questions on any of my blog posts and I'll be more than happy to assist you with whatever questions you may have! I may know the answer. If not I will for sure know a hiver who does know the answer

Very important is to never give up any off your passwords , they are yours! Never give them up!!

To blog I use Peakd and Ecency .
Ecency also has an App , I use it and it is great, it gives you insight on what is happening in your account, and on my phone I am never behind on the things I want to see or read.

App is available for free for iOS and android.
For discord Ecency here is your free invite:

https://discord.gg/SgNGwCMV

Maybe great to also join the terminal , the newbie help channel in Discord :

https://discord.gg/PqDE5kTp

and visit @heyhaveyamet to visit more newcomers that onboarded hive.

That was it for now, Good Luck, Have fun and I wish you loads of writingsuccess on hive and see you around ! :)

GREETZ
Britt ❤️

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A big THANK YOU for taking your time to welcome this special Hiver with these details 🙌🙌

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Welcome to the Hive community @joycealarapon!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions to consider:

  1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
  2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions, Keychain, Peaklock, and Hivesigner,
  3. The master password and the owner key are only used to reset compromised passwords,
  4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
  5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit, and be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own.
  6. An introduceyourself tag is used only once , and
  7. DO NOT OPEN any links in memos or comments that you do not know who they belong to. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so the old saying goes. There is nothing free here.

I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hiveans available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:

Have fun and happy Hiving!

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@jamerussell thank you so much for welcoming me. I have noted all the suggestions and I'll take them into consideration. I hope to learn more from you and grow on Discord too!

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A very warm welcome Latest Graduate 😜 you are really doing very well wishing you the Very Best 🙏 I this Amazing Hive Community

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Happy to see new user here 🍺🍷👌👌👌👌 I hope we see soon lot cool posts more 😊👌👌

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Welcome to HIVE! You will see that you will be fine on this platform

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Hello and a warm welcome to our Chain.

LG Michael

Reblog and follow ...

!invest_vote

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Welcome to Hive 🙌 Please do check out all of the wonderful communities, you'll connect a lot easier.

Of course I wouldn’t forget to add that I write as well, I wrote unpublished novels as a teenager

May I suggest that you look at both The Inkwell and Scholar And Scribe? The Inkwell is great for improving your writing skills - just ask at the bottom of your short story for suggestions and feedback :) If the team knows that you are seeking knowledge, they'll point you in the right direction.

Are you familiar with Dreemport, by the way?

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Thank you very much, I appreciate this. However, I have started writing in the ink well community.
I'll go through Dreemport by the way🤗.

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I'm glad to hear it 🙌 How have you been doing, by the way??? Do you have any questions?

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Your food looks amazing! I just know and love dodo. What’s the first food picture? I want to try it, can you ship to Japan? 😆

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Hello Japanese 🤗. I love dodo so much too. The first food picture is peppered beef. Beef chunks boiled, fried and cooked in pepper sauce. I'd live to ship it to Japan 🙈!

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Welcome to hive my friend.Im sure you will have a winderful journey here on hive!

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