According to my wife who is now my mentor in my Steemit journey, I have to build my account. One best way to do this is to power up whenever there's a chance to. Aside from that reason, this is also one of the criteria in receiving support in terms of blog upvotes. With that, I grabbed the opportunity to power up my account today as my first article had reached its payout. I decided to blog about this as it is my first time and it is worth doing so. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcgXGmqKMAmogjsRp6J2DcrH5N5yNvRbTbP1fweMBUA9Y/image.png) Above is my account, I already claimed my earnings earlier so it shows I have 1.3 SBD. I don't have any experience with powering up so of course, I asked for assistance from my wife. This was a learning process as well so I have to take note of what she was instructing me. In fact, this article reference will help me in the future. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQme3kb3sebBNBsp7yT9RE8dNK8saUHYbq3YvemTx36Avho/image.png) Above, I had to click on the down button and select market so I can buy Steem. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPjfPm2sJSh4QB3hTbD2iiACkn1EeCQYKaFy5o2VAUQ6t/image.png) The next page displayed the option for setting the value of Steem/SBD and the amount of SBD that I wanted to use in buying Steem. I just chose the current value and selected all the available SBD then hit the buy Steem. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfFbaNchq4jcXC6zuaeztotgEHoBwgNZHytRZ75suAnAM/image.png) It didn't take long before the order was filled and now I have Steem on my wallet. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXmFEw7hsAVFXQ7cXd5Pwpa5wzHG6VpvY2DJqx6CmPZxA/image.png) There's no reason for delaying this so I hit the power-up button. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQma79Mg5jiRAL2QLtmFBXqt28NdjZKVV68yPqFmUmmWiFK/image.png) This is the part where I input the total amount that I wanted to power up. I was told to click on the balance and it filled the amount box. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUwQk9ajvS9nVhcyNGmBWMp6Ubhs1FprUwQeBH4TU6pPD/image.png) However, I got an error and it was caused by the incorrect key used upon the confirmation requirement. I used my active key this time and it went through without errors. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb3qrPdXwbsQ5vpT7R2Y36645p4GGnd6hAGLqQqvQ9VY3/image.png) And that's it! I now have 75.755 Steem Power! There's still a long way to go but I believe in the saying "Slow and Steady Wins the Race!" Thanks for reading and see you on the next one! To God be the Glory! --- Inviting my friends to join the diary game too @jjeeppeerrxx @jessmcwhite @junebride