I love the investment I’ve made on hive. I spent 500$ or so back in 2018 or so, don’t remember specifically when but it was way back when things were cheap and I bought a whole bunch of Steem. I think I got 4K about. Lots has happened and changed but I saw the long term vision of the place and felt it was good to take a chance and see how things go. Passing 18k as of this last power up day was an awesome feeling! Getting 4 hive a day in curation is huge, and that’s from voting through the trail of Curangel mixed with my manual votes, not even going for maximum curation potential. I think the compounding of the hive I have now and the stuff I earn daily, plus the consistent stream of curation rewards is incredible. That was 100$ for the month of October just for voting. It’s nothing to live off but it’s more than I made in my bank account in interest!
I think that it’s also important to put in the effort and get around to peoples posts or communities. I’ve made it a point to visit someone’s post that happens to drop a comment on my post after I reply to them. I think the reciprocal nature of it is good because I know how hard the attention is to see everything you want in a day. I think it’s led to more interaction on my posts than I’ve had in the past and I enjoy it, it’s one of my best adjustments in behavior.
For much of the lows in crypto, I was in such a bad financial way, it was very hard for me to put in. I was able to do some here and there, but not consistently enough. It is funny to think that some people with a few hundred or thousand dollars, have made literally millions as it has compounded across the industry.
I know that the dream for many is to live off of Hive or crypto, which would be great, but I like the idea of having multiple streams come in from various places so that in the advent of life adversity, I am not reliant on one source of income. I don't have a lot of faith in the current economic conditions and at any time, the world can quickly descend into manipulated chaos, all for corporate profits. I want to own outside of that system.
Moving about the ecosystem is great in many regards, same as engaging with users of all sizes. I know some people who really only talk to the larger accounts or the ones who are well-known, but in my opinion, everyone should be given at least the time of day, until they prove themselves not worth being given the time for whatever reason.