It felt like, 'Are you sure this is real money?' Because honestly, Hive has been my first platform for online earning. The fact that my cousin's brother told me that all I need to do is share my experience through writing on Hive, comment and vote and get rewarded sounded like unreal stuff.
I remembered telling him to prove it to me by withdrawing his earnings and then converting them to naira so I would be sure, lol. He did, and I was like, 'Wow, it's real!' Then I began my writing journey even when I didn't understand my right from my left. I kept writing even with $0 as a reward. I kept asking him if it's only old users who used to earn here, lol.
I was so skeptical about many things, but I persisted. My husband was a bunch of discouragement, lol. He kept saying that I am wasting my time and data over something that can never pay me. Each time he sees me pressing my phone, he says I should leave there and attend to other things. I would hide to make my post when he was around, and gradually, the whole journey started making sense, especially when one of my posts went trending with $90 payout .
I was like, Am I dreaming? Just in one post? I hope this isn't audio money, hahaha.
I kept going until one day I decided to withdraw my HBDs and know if I could actually get real money in my traditional bank. I needed a gas cooker, the one with an oven where I can bake, grill and play with small chops. So my intention was to withdraw and buy the gas cooker and again convince myself and my husband that I am on the right platform and, after all, I am not wasting my time, data and my brain.
MY FIRST HIVE WITHDRAWAL was done and guess what , it was real 😍. With all excitement ,I broke the news with my husband . it was #105,000 that morning and he kept doubting me. He said one of my brother must has gifted me the money instead , if not how can I earn just through writing ..lol . I gave him all the evidence and he was happy. I pleaded that he drove me to spar lekki where I can buy the oven cooking gas. We went and I bought it at #85,000 that year. That was in 2022. Today that same cooking gas is sold at almost #200,000 and the best part of the story is that it is still serving me till date.
Each time I walk into my kitchen , I look at it again whisper,my first hive money😉
