I think as you grow on HIVE your ideas do change quite considerably and rightly so. The potential of what we have here and the ability to earn internet money out of thin air is real.
Looking back in the beginning you have no clue what is possible as you need to learn the ins and outs. once you are over the learning bump and rewards slowly start to trickle in you have thoughts of having a rainy day fund or a back up emergency fund, but not much else. Soon that changes into the idea of having a passive income or a honey pot pension fund which is better than the average pensioner will be receiving once they retire.
Those ideas soon change yet again with the idea of actually being wealthy sometime in the future. I think this is the natural way many will think as you just don't know until you start seeing the values accumulating daily. This is all part of the HIVE journey with your account metamorphizing along the way. The numbers are staggering and mind blowing at the same time once you see the potential but it is more than that as it becomes a way of life and nothing else. In the beginning I was not driven by rewards as I had no clue what HIVE was and how was making money/crypto like this even possible?
How you see HIVE from the beginning to where you are now is quite crazy as one literally has no idea when they start out. It is not surprising why so many give up as Hive is definitely a different beast when it comes to personal challenges. This without doubt has been the hardest challenge I have ever undertaken as it never ends, once you start you are roped in for life.
I was thinking about this today as there is actually quite a bit to learn and get your head around but once through the understanding you are well on your way. The head start we have all made in understanding Hive inside and out is something others still need to accomplish.
Tackling and learning DeFi has nothing on HIVE even though I was hesitant getting involved with DeFi. That was a cinch compared to what we need to learn to succeed on HIVE and something that takes a good 6 months to fully understand. That learning is so important as knowing how the blockchain works should be a priority as the wealth that will be generated will be massive off the charts stuff.
Maybe we all underestimate our capabilities when we are in the early stages and possibly underestimate Crypto as for many this is their first experience with digital currencies. In March 2018 when I found HIVE who would have thought it was such a profitable move by signing up and joining? This was like finding a lottery ticket except you have to work for the winning numbers.