Back for another HPUD

Those months just keep on coming folks. Honestly, I cannot believe that we are into November already! It's the first of the month and that means, among other things that it's Hive Power Up Day. I no longer post every day, as to be honest that was taking a toll on me, as I have too many other responsibilities and things going on between work, family and sport. So now, I tend to post around four to five times a week and I am very happy with that. Sure, my growth is a little slower, but it is still growth, so I'll take it.

I missed last months Power Up day, but I still did plenty of powering up in October. I did throw some HBD into savings again this past few months, but everything else has been powered up.

Hive is having a fair old dip at the moment. Depending on whether you are a glass half full person or a glass half empty person, you may look at this differently. For me, it's just business as usual, keep stacking and see how quickly I can hit my next major milestone of 15K Hive Power. As I was saying above, I am not posting as much as I used to, so the 15K milestone is unlikely to come until 2024, unless I put some Fiat skin in the game or sell my HBD savings for Hive and power it up.

I do believe that we will see Hive breakout from the $0.30 to $0.36 level it has been hovering around. It's just matter of time in my opinion and I still can't believe that I get paid to write posts like this, an surely others will realise this too in the not so distant future.

As I continue to accumulate and compound everything, I've seen gains across my Hive, Leo and other layer 2 holdings such as #SportsTalkSocial #VerfiyYourBrian #Proofofbrain, which is always great to see. Sow the seeds for your future now my friends and you may well reap rewards in the long run. Now when I say gains here I mean that I have more of them, yes their value has waned, but that is short term in my opinion.

The beauty of Hive is, you don't have to invest any hard earned Fiat, _{although I would advise that you do invest some FIAT, to accelerate your progress!!}

At times I wish that I had in those early days, as it has been a long journey for me, but as I have told you many times before, my account has grown up from 100% organic growth from nothing other than around 10 or 15 delegated HP to get me going. But hey, I don't have a time machine, so I am where I am, and happy to be growing. Although it would have been easier to start from 1000 Hive, I'm still really proud with what I've achieved from a zero start.

September PUD comparison

Each month, my 1st of the month post gives me a chance to take stock and have a look over my shoulder back into the rearview mirror to see where I've come from, so let's do that right now.

I was on 12,110 hive power on May 1st. Today, I'm at 12,712 hive power which is a gain of 5% which I'm pretty happy with! Yes, this is 2 months of growth and although the average is 2.5%, it is still monthly growth and given that I no longer post every day and I am putting some HBD into savings, I am happy with that.

My reputation also continues to grow as well and I am now up to 73.15 That is an increase of 0.17 in 2 months, which is trending in the right direction.

Some Growth graphs

Here are two growth graphs that show my Hive Power growth and curation returns between August 1st and November 1st. It's pretty sweet to see some days returning 20 Hive in curation! That's amazing and really highlights the value of voting for others.

I love seeing these graphs, as it really gives you an idea of where you came from and how much future growth is possible across Hive, Leo Finance, Sport Talk Social and other areas here on the Hive Eco system. I especially like seeing those curation rewards and there was a time that I could only dream of making these kind of rewards from curation alone. I would have been delighted with those returns on my posts in the early days.

Power Up Day November 2023

I am proud to say that this is my twenty fifth PUD. It's a good way of showcasing the importance of powering up and staking what you have in the Crypto space in order to put your earnings to work and compound with even more earnings.

Another bonus for me is that it gives me a timestamp that I can easily refer back to in order to track my growth here on the platform.