Seeing the recent increase in price of the HIVE and LEO tokens, reminded me of the importance in Growing an asset garden. What looks like an ATH at the moment, will one day be a fond memory when we shoot well past those numbers in the future.

When I was a boy, my grandfather told me "You have to spend money in order to make money." Or in this case, you have to invest funds like planting an asset seed into the ground and water it well. Over time, you get to watch it's development in fits and starts and if you planned well, see it grow into a mature tree while sending out seedlings of its own.

My grandparents grew farms in South Carolina and Florida, and she had a little garden in her backyard. Every year we tended to a variety of vegatables and I was able to see the care in which she nurtured the seedlings. All of this had a paralell in the world of finance and investment ande was a visual reminder of delayed gratification. Putting in the work now, could produce a bounty at the harvest.

I purchased my first shares of stock after six months of due diligence and chose a relatively safe utility stock. The plan was to play it conservative and invest not so much for growth, but for dividends. Watching those regular amounts come in each quarter and then reinvesting them into new fractional shares, was like watching a snowball slowly rolling downhill.

I really think that's the mindset we need to have in the world of crypto. Yes, you can setup your blog and grind away year after year without putting any funds in. But many see the utility in "priming the pump" by making an investment that allows them to support other content creators, while increasing their curation rewards.

So we look at Hive and those trusty souls that believed in the future of cryptocurrency. Back in 2016, they put skin in the game and used savings, sold assets and scraped together funds to build the platform that is now Hive. They are now reaping the rewards as sage whales after having learned and taught so much along the way. I was surprised when I learned how much many of them invested in the place at the time, but this was a strong vote in the future and it's gratifying to see it paying off.

Over the years, I've put some of my own funds into growing my stake on Hive and Leofinance. To me, it's not just a vote for the platform, but even more, a vote for the people that continue to make this "The place to be" on the blockchain. Whether you're engaged in DeFi, waiting on ProjectBlank or stacking your favorite token, what are you growing in your asset garden?