How Beneficial Hive Has been to me

I joined hive(Then steemit)5 years ago, and to have stayed this long means there are certain things I'm enjoying. I was introduced to this platform by a very good friend I met on 2go,@burlarj. We got talking and he told me about this platform that pays for writing. I was reluctant at first but later joined. My breakthrough started on hive being one of the earliest adopters when it was created.

One of the things I had benefited from hive is the financial breakthrough, that's common to almost everyone who joined the platform but being the only source of income to me makes it more important. It came at the right time when I needed money to settle for so many things. The money I realized from this platform helped me finish my course and also register for my license exam. I understand the pain of asking for little money each time to solve little problems, sometimes it feels as if all hope is lost and the future has nothing in stake. The hive platform helped me make those little amounts to solve those little problems. It could seem as if the money is little but it has helped to have faith that the future is brighter, and that it's possible to make a living through online blogging and not necessarily waiting for offline jobs.

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I didn't know about cryptocurrency when I joined earlier. I wasn't even aware there was a digital currency that could be cashed out. It was after some months of joining the hive platform that I started to know and learn about cryptocurrency. I just wondered how uninformed I was to have been ignorant about crypto space. The hive platform has helped me know much about digital currencies and platforms, making me have more interest in cryptocurrency. I have helped make a few friends from the platform nationally and internationally. The relationships have been worth it learning from one another. The platform has also helped me improve my writing skills. There were certain genres of writing I couldn't do before, like the story writing but reading articles of other writers has taught me how to write stories and other genres that I wasn't familiar with and lastly, I have learned about so many things within this short time being on the platform compare to when I didn't care about anything that has to do with the internet. Reading blog articles, especially in other fields of study has made me knowledgeable. Hive is one of the things behind my everyday smiles.