Last night I ticked over to having 20K Leo staked which is a growth of 5K Leo from the beginning of the year. The aim was to try and get close to achieving 22.5K by the end of the 12 month period which means I require half again in the next three months. That is not going to happen but the main factor here is there has been growth and should be appreciative of what has taken place.
I am not that concerned at what my secondary layer tokens are worth as I do think the value right now is the support you offer others in the community via your upvote being the important factor. Projects that have a plan of action will succeed and this will take time to materialize so sticking with the community is far more valuable by staking their token. If everyone sold on a regular basis it sends the wrong message and why we have seen communities fade away in the last 2 years.
Setting goals is helpful to steer you in the right direction, but on a place like Hive not something you can control. There are other ways one can gain more tokens such as delegating Hive Power, but then you are taking away from your Hive growth which supports everyone else you follow.
If I am honest I am happy with this growth as when I start to think about it my goal has been to earn 10 Leo every day and this goes back to 3 years ago. Having a vote value of 1 Leo having 10 votes per day would guarantee this but with all the growth with staking that number kept moving further and further away out of reach. Then again I am averaging around 19 Leo per day overall and that is a win when combining curation and posting rewards.
I do think your growth depends on where your priorities lie and mine has always been with Hive first and then the secondary tokens second. I think this may be different for some who join Hive via Leofinance as that is their first token they know and may have that as their priority. This I think would be interesting to see especially with the Leofinance team doing their onboarding marketing campaign.
The second layer or secondary tokens as I call them have never played a pivotal role in my decision making I think mainly down to having held them for so long only to see them become less valuable. I am not saying this for all of them, but a high percentage I have been holding are more out of loyalty to the community than the value they hold. In the past I have seen many milk what they earn and maybe that was the right way of thinking, but that is not for me. I would rather see something go to zero than dump it on a community I am supporting and they support me.
I have often wondered if there are morals in crypto especially as we are dealing with monetary value and as we know once money is involved most morals are tossed out the window. Supporting a community by being loyal and growing your stake is actually a very valuable contribution that cannot be underestimated as you are helping distribute the tokens far and wide with the hope others do the same by thinking similarly.
The hope is one day that these second layer tokens become worth something which some certainly will and expect to see Leo and a few others bounce back. We just don't know what is around the corner and the not knowing part is what keeps you driving on no matter what. Next year the hope is I will be close to the 30K Leo mark and can offer more value with the support I offer to the community.
