Hello Hello Hivians
How has the New Year been treating you?
Up here in this neck of the woods it has been pretty darn good weather really. I think most of the days we have had some sun and not much rain.
I have seen places down in England basically submerged!
I mean would you look at that blue sky?
Gorgeous, when the weather is braw, the UK really is beautiful!
But we are not here to talk about the weather in Scotland, England or even anywhere. Oh no, we are here to talk about 2024 so far and housekeeping!
Physical Housekeeping
Christmas has now come and gone and we got the last of the decorations put away last night.
Something we start late over here. I remember when we lived in America the lights would be up on Black Friday, not here though and it was around the 10th of December before he decorations came up.
It inevitably brought the where the heck are the lights / christmas boxes questions? Together with the Oh I didn't know we still had this from me!
One job tomorrow will be me taking a walk down to the Charity shops and donating some items.
It is only fair as we did buy a wadge of things from them before Christmas.
And here I am pausing this post to check on X formerly known as Twitter 🤦♀
I have become obsessed this week in getting the blooming monetization verification so I can focus on it for spreading the Hive word as that was the whole point of getting that blue checkmark!
Some of you might remember about the saga of the leaking roof in the kitchen.
Finally it was all sorted and the kitchen put back together complete with new ceiling.
Again though it had me looking at pot and pans and utensils, saying we moved here in June 2021 and I have not even used this! More stuff for the charity shops, they are in good condition.
We downsized when moving here in readiness for getting ready to live on a narrowboat. So we do utilise storage rather well.
But I have been on a we have not used in over a year, throw it out, sell it or donate it!
I am not quite finished, but am certainly getting there.
Online Housekeeping
I have been on many platforms over the years, and you always start off with great gusto and follow everyone and everything!
Well I did sort of learn from the past when I joined Hive with respect to following people. There are loads of people I will not interact with as they don't engage back. The Hive Illuminati I call them, so I don't even follow them. They are not interested in what I have to say, so the feeling is mutual. I am a Hivian, I joined Hive so have no interest in Steem or the legacy platform.
The cryptoverse is a fast moving thing, and we need to keep focusing on the future not the past.
I have been pruning who I follow on X though, as I joined in 2010 and many fellow affiliate / internet marketers are no longer active.
Hive Communities
The longer you are somewhere the more you gravitate to certain places. I mean there are lots of wonderful communities which I would love to stay and visit, but just really pop in via a friend's post.
So I have been cutting back on my subscribed communities. Apologies if I unsubscribed from your community.
AS you may know I a mod with Silver Bloggers community and do try to engage there as often as I possibly can.
This morning I was reading Just Another Day In Orchidville - Orchid Update! published by @bdmillergallery in Silver Bloggers. I always look forward to seeing his tips on orchard care and how they are progressing. I have one orchid which I got last year for Mrs T on Feb 14th. The image above is of it about half an hour ago, it is back and has buds and a couple of bonnie wee pink and white flowers.
It did keep those flowers for months, so I wonder what it will look like soon!
That could lead me to talk about the communities I love to visit and have a heap of posts in draft for, such as Hive Garden and Foodies but we are not going down that path.
I do have a journal though and have been sifting through what my online activies will be, suffice to say I have started an online journal!
How cool is that.. we shall see!
It has led me to evaluate :
- what cryptocurrencies I am involved in.
- what games I play
- what platforms I use
- what projects to be involved in!
So TLT Journal 2024 has been birthed and it has led to refocus on what I need to do in 2024!
Have you thought about refocusing or explanding on what you do?
In the meantime have a great new week!
All images are my own or from my X account and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.
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@tengolotodo January 7th 2023
Man, weather last week has been intense. So many flooded roads in our town driving back from work on Thursday!
Your orchid is looking great Ed ☺️
I probably need to regroup too when it comes to communities. I have several where I post, but apart from Fungi Friday where I post and interact often, I mainly rotate where I post, but engage mainly with those on my friends feed despite which communities they post in. Maybe I should pick a couple where I engage more. I’ve never posted in Silver Bloggers. Might need to take it under my microscope 😉
As for following, I regularly unfollow those that don’t interact back unless their posts are of big value to me for other reasons.
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Was it hassle to do housekeeping? Hehe...
Btw, do you guys earn on X? I actually don't mind about those stats..
Housekeeping, lol actually it depends on the weather. Crap weather gets into my bones, even living in crap weather can be a hassle 🤣
The earnings are not much on X unless you are an influencer or the like. Lots of people do get about $20 every other weekS
Happy Sunday Jane, how does it feel being a year older...
Im excited to see what you decide and what your plans are for this year! I am also doing an art housekeeping and organising things, it does feel soothing to narrow the focus a little and be more focused on what you do do.
Oh yes Steve your art, that was right I enjoyed seeing how you were getting on. But yes scattergun approach everywhere was 2023 so time to focus, and yes soothing I like that!
When i start something new, I think I will always be interested in this, but somehow after a couple of years, my attention starts waneing and I start something new. Do you have anything new on the horizon?
Well funnily enough, I bought a little hydroponic indoor garden kit a few months ago that I had forgotten about.
So I found it again and will see about getting up and running for some fresh herbs and cherry tomatoes.
What about with you?
I guess if it has been legalised now Ed, why not? I guess you need some bright lamps for growing it.
Something new I migth try to play some sports IRL and maybe some coding or something digital. :)
hehe no no, herbs for cooking 🤣🤣
Ah more cycling? Coding I want to get back and start using python, I learnt in Covid and then stopped, so want to see about that too
😅
I was chatting to a guy who plays in the local older mans footy team today, although it sounds that there is more beer drinking that playing.
Python is cool, I am thinking to get back into it too. Am trying to set it up now.
Hello hello, Super Ed! I see a good start for this year ;)
I too have been trying to do some housekeeping at home and online, although I have gotten sidetracked at times lol.
But something I hadn't thought about is the housekeeping needed from time to time at Hive, I'll make a note to do it next week. Good luck with X monetization!
Happy Sunday!
Hola Hola Super Eli 💙
Oh I get sidetracked all the time, I guess I am trying to cut down on what can sidetrack me!
Yes Hive housekeeping is needed too.
Thank you and enjoy your Sunday 😁
These are pretty images. The stars on x can easily go back just needs time. Housekeeping is one of those things I just do in the middle of the night.
The middle of the night, oh yes that is a great time to do it!
Happy New Year Doreen!
Happy new year Tengo!
Thank you Thank you 😁
There is nothing like clearing out, and I agree, if it's not been used in a long while, it's time to toss it out and either donate or sell it so someone else can make use of it! One feels lighter not so!
Hive housekeeping is something I've been wanting to do for a long while, but time, that precious commodity, keeps on running away with me!
Those orchids look so pretty, it's quite amazing just how long the flowers last under the right conditions.
You really are a trailblazing Silver Blogger, I've not even heard of X!
I hope you had a great weekend Ed.
Happy new year! It started good for me cause this is indeed an exciting year! I will be having a dragon baby, lol
Oh, remembered the orchids you gave to Mrs T! Wow, I was amazed seeing it grow healthy and even survive winter!
Oh dragons are cool I believe. Happy New Year
Yes the orchid is doing really well, am tempted to get another 😁
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