My Hive Goals (Week 15, 2024)

This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only a general overview, with details expanded in the post.

Current State/Other Selection Criterion	Goals Matching the Criterion
Ongoing	4 (52-Week HBD Savings Challenge, Posting & Commenting Goal, Land Plots Unlocked, LEO Staking)
Main Goals	3 (52-Week HBD Savings Challenge, Posting & Commenting Goal, Land Plots Unlocked)
Goals	2 (ZING Multiplier, LEO Staking)
Main Goals Completed	0
Completed Goals	1 (ZING Multiplier)

I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2024, for reference, if needed.

52-Week HBD Savings Challenge

This is an HBD challenge, but I have to say that this week was great for accumulating more HIVE (or other non-HIVE volatile assets) too. Was this the lowest? Probably not, especially if the Middle East conflict escalates further which seems what everyone wants and prepares for... The geopolitical actors, I mean.

A 52-week challenge following the popular model starts slowly and becomes increasingly more difficult with every passing week. The challenge is not at the beginning but at the end. That's why, we can use the easy start to prepare for the tougher weeks ahead.

In my case, I started with 1 HBD in week 1. This is also the step that increases the amount I need to save every week. The rule is, in my case: I need to add to savings the amount of HBD per week equal to the week number in the challenge. That means, in week 52 I'll need to save 52 HBD.

We are in the 16th week of the 52-week HBD challenge. That means I added 16 HBD to the savings for this particular goal, and reached 136 HBD, without counting the accrued interest.

Here's how things look right now:

^{Note: You can see there is already a small discrepancy in the totals between the spreadsheet and what is in the wallet. That is because of some approximations and easy calculations, mainly calculating and adding interest weekly instead of at every block or when it is calculated by the blockchain.}

Another week when I managed to keep this challenge going without using any HBD reserves. That's pretty impressive, I must say, considering that I also purchased more HIVE than usual with HBD.

Posting & Commenting Goal

I haven't missed a daily post this year yet (but I probably will next month). Reached 1760 posts published, with 245 left to hit the target in 2024. That puts the progress at 30% where 28.85% was needed to be in the green.

Here's the situation so far:

I haven't missed any edition of Week through Adrian's Lenses in 2024 either, and I mention this since it's also part of my posting goal. Overall, I reached the 66th edition of the weekly roundup which debuted at the beginning of 2023.

I also started the week with 18,296 comments made. Ended the week with 18382, which means I made 86 comments last week, which is below the weekly average needed to reach the comments target by the end of the year.

I currently need an average of 98 comments weekly to reach the comments target by the end of the year.

Land Plots Unlocked

Another significant progress in unlocking land plots this week, using newly added and freed-up DEC. I also started using cards with penalties on Canion because I don't have enough free cards at a low(er) energy requirement.

Started the week with 66 plots unlocked and productive and 18 under construction. I currently have 67 productive plots and 21 under construction, again, 4 more than last week.

For the accounting part of this goal, I'll add plots under construction as unlocked, to better see changes from week to week, even though, technically, they are not productive until the clearing part is finished and you feed the workers.

Here's the current situation:

And a more detailed view:

Productive Plots: 67
Under Construction: 21

A few more worksites will be completed this week, which will increase the number of productive plots.

If I continue in the same rhythm - and I don't see why not -, I will complete this goal in exactly 4 weeks from now. Much sooner than anticipated, for several reasons. For once, my initial plan was to start clearing 2 plots weekly, not 4, which was enough to complete the goal by the year-end. In my initial plan, I considered only additional DEC staked on land, not the possibility of replacing some of the high-energy cards I used with lower-energy cost ones, thus freeing up some DEC, even though the production per plot isn't optimal for most common and probably some rare plots. But at least I started clearing the plots early...

LEO Staked

Today is #lpud and I powered up 400 LEO, including part of the airdrop received for my burned vexPolycub tokens.

My LEO stake grew to 23,800 LP, 3k being delegated to one of the winners of the previous LPUD draw.

Here's the current situation:

If I participate in the future LPUDs as before, with 200 LEO power-ups, and nothing else staked throughout the month, it will take 6 months to reach my goal.