I powered up 150 Hive today. Since I'm not concerned with collecting badges, I often power up daily, or at least several times during the week.
My goal is to build my Hive Power to be able to delegate to Ecency. I have about 1/3 of my HP delegated and receive 5-7 Hive each day in rewards just from my Ecency delegation. I will continue staking HP to be able to reward larger votes while curating posts published on Ecency.
I thought for a while this year I could make it to 100000 staked HP, but I ended the year at 95,650. I should be over 100,00 when I reach my 9 year anniversary in May. I'm not a trader and most all of my HP has been earned organically.
I used the Hive Wrapped tool from 
Some of the 19,727 comments I made this year were short content WAVES. I really enjoy spending time there and giving out POINTS tips. My Ecency delegation awards me enough POINTS that I can give tips and donate to contest prize funds. I appreciate how easy 
I'm amazed by the 136,806 votes I received this year. Thank you to everyone for your support!
My governance votes show 0 because I am proxied with 
I'm looking forward to seeing what 2026 brings for all of us. HAPPY NEW YEAR!