It's interesting that we humans can never run out of excuses... 馃槂 If we don't have money, we say Money isn't the most important, it's important that we have health... If we don't have health, we say It's important that we have friends and family that care about us... If we don't have real friends, we say It's not important, we have many online friends... and so on, and so on...
The same goes with HIVE... Whey HIVE was doing great we would say how we are doing a fantastic job as the competition is way back behind us... When STEEM price came very close to HIVE a week or two ago, I heard comments like "Price isn't the most important..." or, "The price doesn't represent the real value"... Isn't that like using double standards changing the story to fit OUR narrative?
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I like HIVE, but I also like reality and objectiveness... That's why I'm constantly re-evaluating my personal choices, trying to find reasonable explanations for my actions... Sometimes, that leads to some negative thoughts, or realization that I did something bad, that I made a mistake... But, that's part of the process... It's the same as winning and making good decisions...
In the same way, I wanted to explain to myself the REASON for accumulating HivePower... From one side, it's not like other investments as objectively, HIVE did much worse than 80% of tokens from my portfolio, even in the long run... So, I could do much better with some other tokens... But still, I can't say that the HIVE price is irrelevant and that I don't care about it... How's that?
I do try to live from crypto, but I don't live from HIVE... I didn't power down HIVE from I have no idea when (if I ever did it) and I don't plan to do it shortly... Maybe in 3, 4, 5, 10 years, have no idea... I think that I have found a different thing on HIVE that "feeds" my needs, way beyond the financial benefits... For this, I "blame" #BuzzParty in Hamburg and the previous Hive meetups that I attended...
What I didn't find on other chains, from which I extract monetary value and "pay the bills", is community! I didn't find friends with whom I can hang out in "real life events", or in virtual meetups like in the #HHHLive show in the Ecency Discord! I didn't find anything like that outside HIVE! Knowing that my HivePower, used through upvoting posts can help my friends makes me extremely happy!
Also, while it sounds "dirty", bigger HivePower does attract more followers and more eyes to the personal content... Knowing that, and even knowing that some people came just to get part of those upvotes, creates a possibility to EDUCATE them about the REAL value of HIVE... I know that many Hivians came to the chain just because they saw hundreds of dollars on posts, but in the end, they changed the story and stayed here for different reasons!
That's why PRICE IS IMPORTANT! It is a trigger, the best "onboarding tool", even if it is a tool that is used to onboard people "for the wrong reason"... In the end, I don't care how someone came to the chain, but I do care where he/she wants to go, and it's great when we can go together... Building something better...
I don't plan to power down and that's the HIVE price isn't important for me, but on the other side, I know that price means for some of my friends, and I don't want to lose them... A lot of people live from HIVE and that's completely fine... Knowing that I do care about the price too! I want to keep my friends close, but we have to realize the real value of what we are building here...
Maybe we don't know exactly where all this is going, but if we are creating healthy bonds and connections, I can see only good things coming from that...
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The numbers are moving slowly regarding my HivePower goal... In the last 2 weeks, I have accumulated almost 600HP, which is compared to the 1300HP that I did in the previous report for 3 weeks isn't some result... Anyway, the number does go up and I did a bit more posts and comments during the last two weeks, which makes me happy! They didn't have huge payouts, but I liked the topics and also the engagement!
Regarding the total HivePower, I'm currently at around 86.5K, and if I would like to be on track with my yearly goal, I should have 2K more at the end of May... I doubt that it will happen, but maybe another 500-600HP could...
Surprisingly, I did very well with my second goal for this year! The SWAP.HIVE:LEN shares number went up again and I'm currently only 1 share away from hitting my monthly goal, which is fantastic! It will happen in the next few days and maybe I will be able to "redistribute" some HIVE tokens toward my HivePower goal and help that goal...
That's why these reports are great! I can follow the results and progress, tweak some actions, slow down one goal, and push harder the other one! I couldn't do that if I didn't follow the numbers!
The monthly Rising Star goal is fulfilled a long time ago and currently, I'm at 91% of the yearly goal! I have moved the focus in the game toward building a "PRO band", which involves blending, which means that I'm reducing the amount of my card... lol... But, as I'm still buying packs and cards from the market, my total card number will not go down, but it could go up slowly... As this goal is very close to being reached, it's not crucial to grow it fast!
These were my initial numbers and goals for 2024, created on January 7th, 2024...
MyHiveGoals 2024 Edition - The Beginning!
Join me in this awesome #MyHiveGoals and let's grow together! It is fun, motivating, and will keep you focused!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
PS. None of this is financial advice of any kind...
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