you are one of the best person in steemit who loves to support newbies...
because of your upvotes I earn money which make me independent ..
because of steemit I don't take money from my parents as they are not rich so thank you for supporting us

Even in the US that can be a significant number. $50 a week is $200 a month. That, if used effectively, is a significant number to add to a debt retirement plan. Or beginning a wealth building plan. Or even just adding it to the grocery budget, it's nothing to sneeze at.

Personally, since I have no debt and I'm on a mission to gain SP, everything I gain gets powered up. I'm hoping for the long game play. Applied to SP, it's nothing to sneeze at there either.

So while it may not be as life changing in Western countries as it can be in others, if used with wisdom, it can still be life changing. :)

@cryptoctopus 50$ a week will really mean a whole lot! 
50$, why am I on  steemit?  If not for the legitimate opportunity it has,  to top it all,  I am improving on my writing skills, I am getting  better  by the day, interacting with people who are adding value to the society far and large. 
My name is Adejoke,  I'm a Nigerian, I am the 6th from  a family  of 9 , I grew up with  a strict  father who solely believes Education is the one and  only way to be successful  in life,  but you  see, along the way,  I picked up a passion for  making  people's hair at the age of 14, that was how I became the black sheep of my family, my dad never supported it, for me the hairstyling was just it, I just  wanted to be in the  salon,  making people look  good,  then I started looking for an opportunity to attend  a beauty  school but they were really  expensive,  who  was going to fund it,  my mum is just a petty trader, my dad? That's was not  an option, because I was forbidden from the salon and to top it all,  if he finds out,  I went to  any salon, I will be seriously  punished.

I finished  my O'level and didn't  make all my results, my father gave up on me, because my other siblings  were thriving  Academically.
That was the point I made up my mind to  get a Degreee so my father can be proud of me as well. 

I became self sponsored! 
I started working hard to save up so as to  get  money re-write  my exams,  because I was determined,  I got  my papers  right eventually 
and somehow managed to get admitted into the University.
I worked really  hard to put my life together just so my father will be proud of me, even though I  wasn't ready to give up my hairstyling skills,  I continued at it and it's  paying off for me, it has giving me the  ability  to  empower  some  students as well, even  though my original plans were to train and  empower 100 students yearly, because I strongly  believe that one of the best ways  to  decrease the number of people suffering is to give them an honest way of living, with 50$ weekly, this is like a dream coming through.

I also strongly believe that, we go through pain in other to comfort others and not to dwell in self pity, I boldly  share my story  with the youth  I meet along the journey of my life, for them to draw strength, so they can face their fears and  for  them to  keep believing in themselves.
 I will be able to build  a sustainable structure  around my youth mentoring  initiative in  2018, called 'The Purposeful Mind' this is about Youth who are thriving and making a difference in their area of specialization  mentoring  and empowering the Youth from age 15 -25. There is no  amount of money that can quantify  helping  someone define their path. 

Ps: I'm almost  getting  my degree and dad already  said he was proud of me, because I now make people  beautiful and working  really hard to  get my  degree. 


I will keep sharing the steemit opportunity like its a virus!

Whoa, this is very interesting, if you upvote my comment five times a week and I receive $50 convert to my currency,thats about 200,000.00 Naira, first I would buy my Mom some new bag and clothes, give my Dad some of the money, return some back to my community, then the rest I would invest in my startup.

Hi @cryptoctopus, this is my first comment in your blog. I just found you out yesterday. I was rather skeptical when I was asked to join steemit 3 months ago. I hesitated and could not believe it could change anything in my life as it is. But after being persuaded consistently to do so, I think "Okay I will try this one blogging platform." I never blog my entire life, let alone talking with strangers. My FB was confined to my friends and family only.  On top of that I had never believed that blogging can actually make money. It was in my ultimate dream to work from home, which means I can spend more quality time with my family. Now I spend 12 hours in office, plus traffic jam means only few hours left to spend with my family.

To answer your question. Generating good steady income stream from steemit is now my goal so that I can work my way towards working from home so that I can see my kids growing up in front of my eyes and visit my father more. Aside from the dollar earning point, I have found my niche here. I will continue to spread kindness and positivity among steemians. That's my key writing subject now. With generous contributions from steemian like you will keep that positive spirit going. Thank you for this awesome challenge. Wishing you a pleasant week ahead.

Circulation, entertainment, party. 😎 He spent all the money. 😋💰 💃

You are such a great human being. I come from Mexico and 50usd is a lot considerating that our slaries are so low. You can eat for 1 month or also paying your rent it depends where in Mexico you are living.  Im so happy to be part of this community because I can be inspire by people like you who helps others. In the future when I set up in Yucatan Mexico and I can afford my piece of land I want to create a space where people can go to connect with theirselves and the nature, where we will grow our own food and we will live in a sustainable way. Im so excited for this project!

>Let's say I were to upvote your comment 5 times a week at a value of $10US for a total of $50 USD a week...What difference does it make in your life? What would you do with that money to make your life and your environment better?

Here in the Philippines, $50 in one week is considerably a huge sum of money. It can buy my family a festive feast for New Year's Eve celebration, with some slices of "Lechon" (which is a favorite food for fiestas). It's our tradition to always have our "grandest" family dinner during New Year's Eve. It's also a healthy competition for us 4 siblings wherein we prepare a dish we'll serve on the table. With this extra budget, we can buy a more variety of ingredients for more innovation in the dishes we'll prepare. 

I'm thinking of just buying different ingredients without any dish in mind, and with that, we can invent a dish. There's always room for failures in the family, and the process of sharing tips and lending a helping hand in slicing the onions, carrots and etc., is what makes this traditional event very memorable and special for us. 

It's also a time wherein despite our "separate" lives, we can come together and bond as a family -- just like the old days where we were just kids. It's pretty nostalgic, and I won't trade anything for an experience and memory such as this. 

I just got inspired writing this, so I prepared this to give a feel of my story.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nDnVgtkAjZ4/WkMdYPFHqpI/AAAAAAAARtc/mOykSWhSWAMkmDStgdjh3IeWMelwFwn4QCLcBGAs/s320/Cook%2BOff%2BChallenge.png

That's me on the right. Ready to make perhaps a pasta dish!

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> What difference does it make in your life? 
What would you do with that money to make your life and your environment better?

Honestly saying that will not change my life. It will be just a big compliment that I can use to gain more Steem Power or play with it on exchanges.

But there are a lot of people for whom such a sum will be a real chance to improve their life. For example, as I know the average salary in India is something about $150.  And your upvotes worth $50 in a week ($200 in a month).

first of all thanks for giving me a chance to explain why 10$ extra means a lot to me  you know since i join this industry the online earning industry i have failed since 2 years know but naver give up learn and enplament   faild and faild and know when ever my mom ask me how your work going i said yeah its good one day i will be successfull and i think 10$extra mean a lot to me in Pakistan its very good amount to have and to start something with it to build anew life with it at least i can help someone with this i just want my family be happy raven to i wanna do something for them that all i have to say thanks for the post marry Christmas and happy new year

Merry Christmas @cryptoctopus!  I appreciate what you have done for the Steemit community with your informative blog and active generosity.   I have a few projects that have been on hold for almost 20 years.  Your upvote would help me on my way to build an income stream to finish what I have started.

I used to improve myself.Then I worked to make the people around and the life more healthier.I might even use it to get a book to improve myself. This little thing can even be a big step for my life and people... @cryptoctopus

This is the main idea of crypto to be a bit richer and have a normal life, where you can stay with your kids and celebrate Xmas evening instead of working the 3rd shift. let's hope it will open a new area and less poor people in Venezuela, Zimbabwe and other places

For me it gets me that much closer to being able to retire and live a good lifestyle where I am not working every single day. I mean while we are younger we should be enjoying life not when your so old and beat up after working 40 years that you cant move or enjoy what you worked so hard to get to.

50$ dollars in my country is not a lot because everything in here is so expensive, but it doesn't mean that we have tons of money, it's exactly the opposite. So it will make a change in my life, Thanks!

I agree. People in Third World Countries value $10 so much more than for example in Australia. I will and already do buy a lot of toys to my nephew, since his parents(my sister and her husband) can not afford to do that. I also donate some funds to relatives, who live in Bosnia, where unemployment is more than 60%. We, who are doing better in life, should be very grateful for that.

Hello @cryptoctopus, am Braide from Nigeria. I must say you have been doing a great job so far on steemit. 💜💜💜💜

Your 5% vote is a nice one.
It make a whole lot of difference, For example in Nigeria, A civil servant is being paid less than 40$ for whole month and most times it doesnt come on time, some times it extends to the following month . 

**My Life**
Your upvotes goes a long way to help my academics. University of Port Harcourt is resuming by next  monday, and my hostel rent, tuition fee need to be renewed which is 60$ , your votes will go along way to raise this money. And also through the money I have earned, I could also purchase more goods to help my offline cloth business.

**My environment**
The same way you have extended your votes to me , that's how others earn when I also vote them, in this people are less dependent on the government and  their standard of living is improved.  Life is a circle.💯

You really put stuff into perspective. Seeing the value of Steem go up every few days gives everyone hope of being able to do what they love, be able to post it, and make money off of it. But once you take into consideration that people in some countries could really benefit more with the extra Steem makes me want to really go out there and find new content to give them a boost.

>What difference does it make in your life? 

upvoting my comment 5 times a week at that value of 10USD totally makes alot of difference in my life cause of the way i rationed my data schedule to be able to keep up with steemit.
>what am i saying

accessing steemit.com from here is a ripe off for me and others cause of the high cost of data here, i always spend close to $15 a month for data subscription each month just to keep up. *(that is on a month which my payouts would be cool)* 

 >What would you do with that money to make your life and your environment better?

so with the the $50 i think i would spend much time steeming, and i think i would start my steem-art project for curating all art posts and probably build an offline hub for steem artist here in NIgeria

An extra $50 a week? $200 a month? 

Well, living in New Jersey, the cost of living here is rivaled only by New York and California. So that $200 would most likely be out aside for savings or pay down some CC debt from the holidays. 

My car was recently paid off (thanks crypto), so that payment plus the new $200 would really help build a chunk of change for a down payment on a new apartment, or be set aside for an initial down payment on a house, if my move to a cheaper state becomes a reality.

Of course I could put some of the money back into my podcast or crypto, or simply use it for small monthly vacations (you can do Iceland in a weekend).

10$ a day for 5 days will do a whole lot in my life. 
firstly ill be able to pay my school fees which is my paramount priority presently. 
Then ill also be able to get nice little surprises for my parents as they mean the world to me and help out in my neighbourhood with whatever i have left.

nice to meet you ,, great thinking appreciate !!! @cryptoctopus

50USD in one week, that will be great, I'm from Nigeria and I'm building a community here on steemit called credo community with #credo
#credo is a community to support newbies by mentoring and upvoting their posts till they find their feet on steemit.

I convert all my earnings to SP so a can reward newbies on steemit, If i get 50USD, I will use it to get SP which I will use to help my steemit environment with upvotes.

I am glad to hear how Steem can change lives in 3rd world countries. It really shows the value of cryptocurrency.  For my use of $50, it won't be a heart wrenching storytelling , but I think it allows  a good general consensus of diverse backgrounds and circumstances;

If I received $50 a week from Steem, I would probably just cash out the SBD and send the Steem back to power up. Or use it to pile up on altcoins. $50 is great to have but not life changing in the U.S.  Money doesn't motivate me on this platform; rather the passion does for the content and enjoying others' content.  In theory, if I was truly motivated by money, the many hours I spent writing my blog, I could've made thousands of dollars even just working a part-time job (even for minimum-wage) to supplement my day job; so I could more productively used my time.  The reality is many in the U.S.  could find a way to make hundreds more a week if they really desired it and actively seek it out(I.E Uber, etc).

Let's say I decided to do eventually cash out this hypothetical Steem to fiat, it would allow me to get more groceries (or higher quality items) every week but, definitely not life's nessecities.

What difference does it make if I have $50 USD?? It would go along way to improve the financial security of my children, ie. going to school, less time working, and more time devoted to the family.

Thank you for the great post! 
Every upvvote can change my life!
When i go to school i don't take sandwich with me because im in hurry, 10 dollars can help me buy food in school for week!
I know it's not a big issue but being hungry  is not fun 😔

Wow $50USD . I am sure you have no idea how much it is where I come from. If I can be getting $50USD every week, Firstly I would start saving so that when it is time for me to go to college which is in a few months time, I will give it to my Parents so that I can go to a good school with good educational standard.
Secondly, around where I leave there are homeless people, beggars and the needy, so if I get the money, starting from now that we are in the festive period I will give them a treat, either by buying food and accessories for them or taking them out or something.

Seriously as an individual living in a 3rd world country, If I can get 50$ in a week just from comments it would go a long way I must say, I can take care of my tuition fees and everything that has to do with my school with just that money, There would be enough money remaining to take care of my accommodation and also feeding. 50$ is a huge amount of money over here I must say.