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It is that time of the year again when it is my Blockchain birthday. I did not even realise that it was coming up!

I must say that I am at this point, feeling some mixed feelings about having achieved this goal. Because I am NOT where I wanted to be! Why? Well, I should have a stranger account with more HP, but I do not.

At the same time I am proud of what I have achieved and I am very happy and very grateful to Hive and the Hive experience.

How does all of that make sense?

Well, more or less, Hive saved my bacon!

If it were not for Hive, I would have been in even greater debt.
If it were not for Hive, I would not have learned key skills.
If it were not for Hive, I would not have had such a fierce determination and motivation.

It has not all been a chart with a gradual increase to success, confort and leisure.

It has not been easy.

I worked very long and very hard to maintain a gradual and steady growth. Then when the real world invaded and struck the family hard blows, I could cash out and pay the bills and cover us.

I continued to work hard through it all.

There was a little bit of relief and during this holiday of 2025 to 2026, I decided that I should rest. As well as I could.

And I did.

This account has made over 12,200HP in Author rewards and around 800HP in curation rewards for a total of 13,000HP! I am currently on just over 2,000HP.

The saving up and growth was well worth it. I needed to rest and now comes the time for me to start working again!

Here comes 2026!

Here comes more community posts! More Warhammer 40k posts. More picures and posts about Cape Town, about Health and Safety, about Engineering and HVAC. More fiction posts. More posts about food and life.

Here comes another year, taking me from 8 years on Hive to 9 years on Hive and beyond!

Thank you so much for everyone who are my friends on Hive! I appreciate all of you! Thank you so much for all the support and motivation! I appreciate every like and every comment!

Cheers!
@zakludick