So I finally reached 10K hive power. It's a target that I've had as long as I can remember here on Hive. I remember in the early days looking at other users who had 10,000 hive power and above and thought; Wow, imagine if I had that much power, how much easier things would be and how much quicker I could grow.
Well now after a lot of hard work, posting every day ,engaging with the community and starting off my own mini community which is Three Tune Tuesday I finally reached the milestone of 10,000 Hive Power and I'm absolutely delighted about it.
Ok let's get a shameless plug in here now. What is Three Tunes Tuesday you might ask? Well every Tuesday music lovers from around the world get together under the following hashtag #ttt to share three tunes that they really like, three tunes that they have a little story about, three tunes that they've recently listened to, three tunes that they listened to a long time ago or my favorite of all three tunes that they've written themselves and share under the tag. I listen to them all, comment and upload them all and by the end of the week we give out a prize in the form of nine shares of HBI. I absolutely love it. What started out as just me sharing three songs into the high heater a couple years ago has grown slowly at first with a few people join in me and our up to having around 25 to 35 unique entries every week. I get to hear really cool tunes from a cool bunch of people every week the only tricky part is trying to pick a winner from all the worthy participants. If you're reading this and you've never had a go then why not join us this week on Tuesday with your three tunes. I guarantee that you'll meet some really cool people and enjoy the tunes that are shared by the others. It's an excellent way to engage and get to know others too.
Ok, now let's get back to the theme of this post, which is figuring out the average air speed velocity of an African migratory bird carrying a coconut to outer Mongolia, oh and me getting to 10K HP..
There are a lot of us out there in the Hive world that started off with 5 Hive and basically grew organically from there. In a lot of ways it is the hardest way to grow and really buying 1000 hive right at the beginning is a much better idea, as that first 1000 is by far and away the hardest to accumulate and it actually took me years, but back then my posting quality was not as good as today and I posted sporadically. If you are just starting off and have <1000 HP, honestly just make the initial investment to get over 1000HP and a few years down the line, you can take back out that seed money if you wish. Were I to start again, this is most certainly the approach that I would take and get that growth going nice and quickly.
I formed a habit a while back, where I post every single day and that has paid off for me and paved the way from my continued growth here on Hive and I couldn't be happier. It is always good to observe some Power users here on Hive and learn from them. It's akin to learning from a senior engineer or a young up and coming soccer start learning from guys that have been at the top for years.
Two users that I would like to call out, who have been a great influence on me are 
It honestly doesn't feel like that long ago since I had under 1,000 Hive Power and having grown my account from scratch that first 1,000 was without a doubt the most difficult to accumulate. What has happened since then has been unbelievable. As I said, I committed to posting every day of the week and I fairly quickly hit and passed other milestones, each one coming a little quicker than the last. 2,000 did take a while alright, but nothing in comparison to the first 1,000. Then, in early 2022 I passed 3,000, March to be exact. I wrote a post about that actually and 81 days later I hit another milestone, as I accelerated past 4,000 Hive Power, I think that was some time in May 2022, and 5,000 came around mid June 2022 I think, followed by 6,000 Hive Power on August 1st 2022. Somewhere along the way I lost the support of a brilliant and very kind whale, which slowed the progress a little, but I dusted myself down and on September 28th 2022 I passed through the 7,000 barrier. Another 53 days passed and on November 20th 2022 I hit another milestone of 8,000 HP. January 24th 2023 saw me smash past 9,000 Hive Power and today November 16th 2023, I have hit a target that I have been zeroing in on for a long time now, as I finally hit five figures of Hive Power. It has taken me just over five years and something the really peaks my interest is when I can double again and get to 20,000 Hive Power. Maybe late 2024 or earky 2025? Who knows.
I'd have reached this milestone earlier, however with the Hive price edging higher I've been putting a little bit of my HBD rewards into savings which return an impressive 20% APR.
As I said above, I have some HBD cooking away making me a yield of 20% APR and I believe everyone should squirrel a little bit away as 20% is considerable and it's also handy to be able to liquidate in 3 days if the need arises.
I'm a talker, you may have noticed! Every day blabbing on about this and that! So, it should not come as a surprise to learn that I've always been one to tell family and friends about Hive and Crypto in general and for a long time this was met with raised eyebrows and blank expressions, but lately people want to know more and the barriers to getting in are constantly lowering. The 20% APR mentioned above is a perfect example of how to attract people, not 124,678% APR for some Johnny Come lately Shitcoin or Token that is highly speculative.
Most investments are in some way speculative and pretty much all Crypto is speculative, but it is a matter of being cute and considered with just how speculative you want to be.
I hold other coins in Crypto and I often consider liquidating the lot and pumping it into Hive. I could more than double my Hive holdings overnight or invest in HBD and watch my investment grow by 20% each year.
It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway. Thanks a million to all of my friends on Hive for your kind support over the years. It's very much appreciated, and I look forward to growing with you all for 2023 and beyond.
This eco system of ours is built upon sharing, kindness and engagement and it is heartening to see so much genuine engagement and interaction across the various communities and groups.
In my opinion there is no other place online where people are so helpful and altruistic. Let's keep it that way and look out for each other and support each other.
So let's wrap up this post with a little bit of engagement, well hopefully anyways, it would be nice to see a few if we engage with this topic in the comments below.
What are your targets for the year? what are your stretch targets? I've just posted about mine by hitting the 10K hive power. My next target is 15k high power not sure when I get there but it's just good to have a target.
Tell me a little bit about your targets below. Are you looking to take that first thousand HP or are you looking to get even higher maybe 50k 100k?
That's all for today. Thanks for reading.
The images used throughout are all my own captured on my Samsung Smartphone
