There are certain things advice alone can’t really teach you. You can listen to people talk about money, saving, spending, or even investing, but it doesn’t always sink in until you experience it yourself.
I’ve heard a lot of advice over time. Some of it made sense, some of it didn’t really stick. But the moment money got involved directly, things started becoming clearer.
When you spend your own money on something that doesn’t really matter, you feel it differently. Nobody needs to explain it to you. You already understand where you went wrong. That kind of lesson stays longer than any advice. Even small earnings can change your mindset. The first time I earned something online, it wasn’t anything big. In fact, it was very small.
But it still made me pause and think. It made me realize that values can be created anywhere, it can be created from something as simple as writing or sharing ideas, something other than money.
On Hive, I had a similar experience.
The first few payouts might not look like much, but they carry meaning.
They make you start paying attention.
You begin to ask questions like, what did I do right here? Why did this post perform better than the other one?
That’s how learning starts.
Money has a way of making things real.
It forces you to be more aware, more careful, and more intentional with your actions.
That’s why I don’t ignore small earnings anymore.
They are not just small amounts, they are signals.
They show that something is working, even if it’s still at a very early stage.
And if you pay attention to those signals, you can build on them. Because most people don’t fail because they didn’t have opportunities.
They fail because they didn’t notice what was already working for them.
