Forgot My (Hive)Birthday

Isn't it funny when we forget certain things others highly celebrate?

As the years have gone by, I've liked birthdays less and less. Not that they aren't a good event to celebrate, but it's another year gone by since I was born. I think it's something about getting past your 20's that does it to you. There aren't really many milestones except every 10 years, and even then, those aren't necessarily the most heart-warming things. Thinking you're now ten years older than you thought you were.. not great LOL

A bit of a similar thing with Hive, in a lesser way. I knew that it was coming up, but then things went sideways with work and all that and before I knew it, it was the DAY of my Hive "birthday" and I barely even knew it until the end of the day. I think it's one of those things that happens, where we just forget!

It was a fun thing to reflect back on though, being on the blockchain here for SEVEN years! Damn that's a long time, and for sure there are a lot of things that have happened on the chain here and in my personal life in that period. In some ways, I'm a completely different person than I was those years ago, which is wild to think about!

I think one of the things I appreciate the most about Hive is that I learn things all the time. I like that I also learn things in a litany of various topics and genres as well, instead of isolated to one or two topics. Working in the field I am in, I learn a lot there for sure but it's narrowed down which isn't too surprising. With a place like Hive, I am able to learn a wide depth of things like Finance, AI, Arts and lots of other things all in one platform, which is pretty dope.

In the end of the Web 1.5 / 2.0 we are in right now, there are a lot of opportunities that places like Hive and a small number of others are taking advantage of and capitalizing on. We don't have the gigantic numbers like Fakebook does, but I think that's okay because it's appropriate that we are a bit on the niche end of things, instead of a massive platform with millions or hundreds of millions of people. If you thought the spam and down voting was bad now.. ramp that up by a few hundred thousand people and it's insane LOL.

I think that another thing I've noticed is that, like anything with life, people come and go. I've seen a number of great people start here as well as leave without a second thought. It's unfortunate that they come and go at such rates but appearing for a little while, making their mark on my and others lives and then moving on is seemingly what they are meant to do in this realm. I'd love to get an update from some of them but realize that it's unlikely to happen.

I'm wondering what the next 3 years will bring, and round me out to 10 years here on Hive. It's pretty wild to think about, that we are approaching the time where some of the earliest people here are approaching 10 years! In the digital realm.. that's a lifetime for sure. I don't know many places that I've actively been on for 7 years, and even fewer or none at all that I am active for 10 or more! Certainly looking forward to it all though, because there are always going to be new people that come up here!

What about you, have you thought about the impact that a place like Hive has had on you? Has it been good or bad? Let me know in the comments!