Greetings to every one of us in this wonderful community. I can only hope we all are having a great day filled with good tidings in all ramifications of life. This is my participation post for the "My steemit journey with #club5050" contest initiated by @fabio2614. I wish to invite @kinase, @five5 and @yangitu99, and any other persons who would like to participate too to [CLICK HERE](https://steemit.com/hive-139293/@steemingcuration/contest-my-steemit-journey-in-relation-to-club5050) ![20211109_094359.gif](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmctTDiSVmKDXxmA12myHLh8HVkawuBJyQ1S7fayS59p9U/20211109_094359.gif) My good brother @preye2 introduced me to the steemit platform about 6 months ago and ever since it has not been the same for me. From my day one on this journey up onto this present moment, I have to appreciate his efforts. I have come to learn a lot of great and new things. ## THE JOURNEY SO FAR ![20211109_070535.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZfZDFdV8ydpmLo3orLosKR5CgJnfVNnd3R1ScBaCMmps/20211109_070535.png) My steem journey, like every other journey in life, did come with the good and the bad moments, moments where I almost quit and moments I screamed out loud for Joy. These moments held onto me and lead me to the highlight of this contest, my participation in club5050. My sole purpose of starting was to earn as much Steem as I could, then I came to learn that I can also invest back the Steem earned in a process called powering up in other to flex my muscles and increase my influence on the platform. With Club5050 I came to learn that I can not only earn steem or increase my reputation but also improve the Steem Blockchain, by investing for my future and the future of Steem. For us to have continuous and extraordinary growth to this platform, one should seek to improve the steemit community and one great way is to do that is to embrace the club5050 program. ![20211015_223142.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYLchZXpvqxEppweTfcAqu312yBdJ2euVVKq3ba17Y8ff/20211015_223142.png) ## ABOUT CLUB5050 PROGRAM ![20211109_072908.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTwb6qkmCxcCcAmCEjCn3MPQWsaS5F2nLLhdRqZcv6qPR/20211109_072908.png) This is a program that encourages steemit users not to withdraw / payout all their earnings but to power up at least 50% of their earnings as an investment for the future. We can even help each other especially the newbies by upvoting using our steem power thereby earning curation rewards. Since I came to know about this program about a month ago, I've tried my best to be a partaker in it and at the same time, would love to encourage Others. ![20211109_101104.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcYvhVbrXasbrLzadTd86QkSqXh23NWMRw6YRjWsvyDXc/20211109_101104.jpg) ^{My first power up of 65.88% with club5050} ![20211109_100743.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNxyNCehUbFTiya9hyVgeJWvwAoigmZ5h1Eg5UuAM3iHg/20211109_100743.jpg) ^{Myy 2nd power up of 100+% with club5050} ![20211109_100300.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf3zQYnBB6NAsrKrKTkBTX87kdJ3WhifL7TSwNKYuC5Uh/20211109_100300.jpg) ^{My 3rd power up of 55.64% with club5050} ![20211015_223142.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYLchZXpvqxEppweTfcAqu312yBdJ2euVVKq3ba17Y8ff/20211015_223142.png) With this little knowledge I have on Club5050, I think this program is here to help every one of us. Just like some other investments, we may not see the changes soon but I am certain that in the near future we will be awed by how steemit reaches great heights. Oh yes, I can not just end here without saying a big thank you to each and everyone who made out time to read through and support me. You guys are my real MVPs. ## THANK YOU!! All of the images used were designed by me using Pixellab app. The GIF were designed by me using Pixellab and GIF maker-editor apps. ![20211015_222626.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaeJsUxzF3ojrXjncTY7oaiiHUzYJcyqaNyP2tGxpzFvv/20211015_222626.png)