I always find it a bit strange, having your year presented back to you! Fortunately, there weren't any surprises:
- I published 62 posts - roughly one a week.
- My top communities were Leofinance, Silver Bloggers and NeedleworkMonday.
- I claimed 6,039HP, staked 33,280HP and 15,344HBD (now gone)!
- One of my top ten posts was last year's health round-up and Veganuary.
I've set out my Hive goals for this year, along with plans for the house and on Saturday 4 January we'll be launching this year's Saturday Savers Club. We're thinking about a Prize Draw this year - have a look if you want to comment.
My poor garden and my houseplants were neglected last year, and so was the HiveGarden community. I'm hoping to do better this year. There's certainly plenty of work to do. Silver Bloggers seems to answer most needs and I would like to post more in the Art. community.
I also have a post in draft about gorillas ... I'm wondering about the best community for that. Its themes are conservation, bio-diversity, zoology, ecology and the environment. Let me know if you have any ideas.
Last year was the first year that I used HBD for saving for off-chain expenses. I'm not sure that I had 15,344 in total at any one time, I think that must be the total staked over the whole year. It worked really well, and I'll be doing it again, although maybe in dedicated savings account.
It was funny that a health round up and Veganuary were in the top ten posts - they're both still on my mind.
I finished my stint with the Zoe app, designed to help you eat more healthily, after about twelve-fifteen months. I have made useful changes and reported the results, but the app was becoming more and more irritating! I think I've got the gist now:
- eat plant based whole foods, about thirty a week.
- lay off ultra-processed industrial substances.
- include fermented foods, eat lots of fibre.
I'm pretty happy with how things are. I've experimented with more vegan foods and dishes, but decided that I'm going to go for the half-arsed Veganuary version: show up and do what you can.
For me, this is eating very little, if any, meat and reducing dairy. I more want to go with a rotation of simple meals that I enjoy and don't take long to prepare, and focus on bringing in more fibre.
The other big focus will be recovering more physical activity and movement. This suffered last year due to longer working hours and several weeks' illness. I'd like to get back to where I was about eighteen months ago ... and beyond!
I hope we'll see a more peaceful world in 2025 with everyone safe, well and with enough resources and, hopefully, some environmental improvements. I think it will be down to us and the changes we make together.
Interesting you're packing Zoe in. My friend who uses it is also using it less and less and finding it more and more irritating. The cost of going "main stream" I suppose.
When you say you'd like to post in the "art" community did you have one in mind? When I looked I couldn't find one that really suited the stuff I do. There's the alien/digital one which seems to be the most active. And the one where only "professional" artists are allowed.
I did toy with the idea of creating one but hwen I searched there are loads of them. But not active ones. Looks like some people just wanted to nab the community name without doing anything with it.
Anyhoo . . . I wish you and yours a very Happy, healthy, adventurous, peaceful and wonder full year. xxx
A relaxing year would be nice 😂. I'm feeling there is far too much going on.
I finished Zoe about the end of August when my last subscription ran out. I'd just about had my fill of it by then, it was getting counter-productive. For the first time in my life, I was getting anxious about what I was eating! As I said in the post, I've learnt the insights I needed, I can get on with it without being bossed about and paying for the privilege 😂. I have done more research and reading and I'm trying to focus on increased fibre and increased activity (tbh, that wouldn't be hard, I'm doing so little). I've another blood test in a fortnight, so we'll see what's what.
I meant the Art. community. I like the ideas behind that - it's more about practice and creativity and some sort of philosophical wholeness approach than performance (other than as practice). I went to some of the co-creation sessions but the timing wasn't right for me - one of the reasons why I'm looking forward to the Knit Happens sessions. I think people have ideas about communities without realising the work involved.
I hope you have a wonderful year, too - ideally with a chance to meet-up 😍
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Feeling there is too much going on is a common feeling amongst my friends whilst I have the opposite 0- the feeling I need to ramp myself up and do more. 😂 Although that obviouslty suits me else I wouldn't be here.
One of my focuses this year is to be more mindful about what I actually am doing. I spend too much time online just out of habit and because sitting in the not knowing feels more uncomfortable so I carry on with same old same old.
I'm intending to make better choices more often which actually started before Christmas when I stopped playing a clicker game I've been mindlessly playing for years, telling myself it doesn't take much time to just click every now and then.
I was having a conversation with a friend where I described how I was gradually withdrawing time from it. When I heard myself explaining my elaborate plan for getting out completely, I asked myself whay not just stop NOW! So I did. 💪
It was uncomfortable for a couple of days as I've been playing it for years but then I was really, really glad I'd stopped. It had become a sort of addictive habit.
This year I want to be more mindful of how I'm spending my time and more honest with myself why I'm doing what I'm doing.
Hey! you got a #topcomment vote! 💪
😂 I know exactly what you mean! Sometimes, we have to say it out loud to realise what's going on. I think that's one of the benefits of blogging - you're explicit about something by writing it down, and then that sort of clears headspace for new ideas/decisions (I don't know how it works, I'm surmising).
Although I deliberated for a while about Zoe, I barely missed it when I stopped doing it. I occasionally log food with myfitnesspal just to get an idea about the protein/fat/fibre profile, but I think I'm about sorted now.
Happy New Year Shani, well more peace on earth between humans would be a dream come true.
Let's see what 2025 brings.
Yes, we can hope and work quietly towards it.
Happy New Year - I'm sure we'll have some fun as well as the more serious side of life! 😁
PS Is Talk Time with Tengo permanently retired?
Thanks Shani oh yeah we'll have some fun, that's a given...
Not permanently I am sure it will pop back at some point, not sure where or when though.
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What a wonderful 2024 you have @shanibeer. Always nice to read how good people passed their precious time in life and hive. Wish you all the best in 2025
Thank you @cicisaja 😍
Happy New Year!
All the best for 2025. We have some great communities on Hive and I hope to see them grow this year.
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And more meet-ups!
Have a great 2025 😍
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62 posts for 2024 isn't bad as you claimed more than 6k of hp.
Wishing you a great 2025 ❤️
Haha - I think most of that was inflation and curation rewards!
But I agree, not bad at all.
All the best for 2025 ❤️
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!DIYSTATSSounds like very feasible goals. Congrats on all the beautiful things you achieved this year and I hope this year is even more memorable for you. Happy New Year.🥰
Thank you.
Happy New Year! ❤️
Hi Shani, happy new year!
Is there an easy place where I can see my stats for 2024 on Hive ?
Thanks for the tip!
Hi Sorin, Happy New Year!
I found the information that I used from a link in this post
You know, of course, about hivestats.io for other information.
Thanks. I didn't know about Hive recap. I knew about hivestats.io but it doesn't look too accurate - I don't know what numbers to trust and which one are bonkers.
Hive recap is new, I believe, just born recently.
Which categories are bonkers? I thought the rewards earned were fairly accurate.
Reputation is shown by hivestats.io as "25" - obviously wrong. My vote value is also wrong, probably not taking into account the delegated HP
👍 - ah yes, I tend to gloss over those and take the bits that make sense.
Happy 2025 Shani!
And to you, @tonyz 😍
Wishing for a peaceful world sounds like such a cliché, but if you read the news and look around us, it is quite lacking. Everyone in this world needs to do better just like everyone on hive needs to do better. We all own and live here.
Anyway, enough of my rant. All the best for 2025!!
😍 - sometimes ranting feels like the only rational response to a world gone crazy.
Yes, all the best for 2025, hope to see you in person again this year,that would be lovely 🥰 .
Let 2025 bring more happiness, less financial burden and health to all, Happy New Year @shanibeer
Thank you @joanstewart and to you as well ❤️
❤️ Stay strong!