Four years ago I started my journey as a content creator on hive; four years of my life I have given to this dream--that has become my reality, and not even for a single day do I regret this discussion. If you asked me, I would do it all over again.
Thanks to @hivestats, for the notification, and badge. Without that, I probably would never have remembered my anniversary. Things like this easily skip my mind. I had no intention of writing this post today, but I thought it would be great to relive some of my hive memories.
I came, I saw and I conquered. This much I am proud of because it wasn't an easy feat. Many have come and gone during this timeframe, barely achieving anything but I am glad I was able to follow through till the end.
Four years seems like a lot of time but it feels like yesterday when this whole crypto dream started. It was quite unpopular then unlike today. Hardly did anyone know or care about cryptocurrency, but I did.
I would say I have an eye for spotting opportunities. I won't say I do too well in leveraging all of them, but I do know a gold mine when I see one and the hive was a gold mine. Even better, it was a goldmine for me.
It has always been a dream of mine to be a content creator, to make a living off of creativity. I always thought I would go through the path of a published author by writing a couple of books and sending a couple of hundreds, however, the universe had a different plan for me.
I started creating content on hive just so I could have money for my cellphone plan and food but it turned out to be my life. I made my first million (in naira of course--which is a shitty currency currently); I bought my first car through my earnings and hopefully, I will fund my migration plans (partly).
So it's almost impossible to talk about my journey without mentioning hive. It is an integral part of my life and I am eternally grateful to all the lovely folks who have made my time here worthwhile.
As much as I have been able to better my life through hive, I have been able to do the same for other people. I am not one to sing my praise but I know a handful of people I have tutored or brought into the hive ecosystem that are doing well for themselves and that makes me feel fulfilled--knowing I have touched people's lives positively.
Although I have a love-hate relationship with the platform currently, I still regard it as one of the greatest inventions. No platform is perfect and in my opinion, hive has done more good for ordinary people like myself, who the world gave little to nothing. At a point in my life, everything was bleak, I could come here to dream.
I am still dreaming. I will admit I have lost some faith in the platform and that has been hard to reconcile. This has little to do with the bear market and more to do with the general consciousness of the platform because I feel and see things going in circles. It took my hiatus to open my eyes.
However, pessimism solves nothing. It is neither the language of the present nor the future. We all need to be curious enough to dream beyond the boundaries of reality, nepotism, and other vices that plague the human race. Call it wishful thinking, but we all need the opium of hope to develop and evolve and I think hive provides this opportunity.
Hive is a tool and can be shaped into whatever we want it to be. So the question for me is, "what will be my hive experience going forward?" It is certainly not going to be one centring around creating content to earn a living or pandering to a small group for upvotes. It should and can be more. I do not have the time to think holistically about this question I must admit but I believe sooner or later I will (I hope). Cheers!