Like everyone else's goal here on Hive, I too have a dream of a flourished growth of my account. I dreamed of strengthening my influence in the blockchain. I even dreamed of accumulating a 5 digits Hive Power in the future (5 years or more from now). Yeah, It's too big of a dream. A dream too big for a 3-month-old content creator here on Hive. Hence it's free to dream, so better dream big! ☺️
Think Big. Start small. A principle I learn in the outside world. I have big ambitious goals here in Hive but for me to start achieving this goal, I have to take small steps one at a time. And hey, I just took another small step today, my first-ever participation in the Hive Power-Up Day!
Today, the 1st of September is my first time participating in the Hive Power Up Day HPUD. Despite my busy class schedule, I managed to power up this time. I missed 3 HPUDs already, I don't want to add another one. Thanks to 
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After my (small) achievement today, My First HPUD, I now have 617 Hive Power in my Account of which 200HP of it was delegated to two communities (100HP each). Nine days ago, a few days left before I turn 3 months on this platform, I raised my level to a Minnow. 💃
Account growth
I know I have a long way to go but I am determined to reach my goals by persistently taking one small step at a time.
So how to think small?
According to Lewis Howes of Forbes.com which I relatively compared my Hive goals, to think small, one must:
1. Decide what you want.
What's the goal?
In the beginning, my goal is to accumulate 1000HP at the end of this year of which I'll be 7 months at that time in the blockchain. This 1000HP Goal is too impossible for a newbie like me to achieve. But I am surprised (grateful) that after my 3 months I already accumulated more than 500HP! So I'm re-setting my goal higher from 1000HP to 1,500HP now. This is quite impossible to achieve than the first goal but at least, if in case I missed my 1,500HP goal I'll fall short of 1,200HP. This is better than aiming for 1,000HP and missing and falling short to 900+HP.
2. Proclaim your dream.
My blog for today's HPUD for September is my way of proclaiming my dream of accumulating 1,500HP. Hehe. Fingers crossed. 🤞Hoping for the best.
3. Set a deadline
Goal: 1,500HP
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2022, 11:59 PM, in my country's time.
4. Break Down the goal into smaller steps
To get my 1,500HP Goals at the end of the year, I divided them into smaller goals, so with my 600HP now, I need 900HP to achieve my goal. I divided the 900HP by 4 months (Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.), so that is 225HP a month or around 57HP a week. Hoooohhh! I'm sweating now. This is a massive goal! Can I do it? I don't know. Nobody knows. At least I set a goal.
5. Believe it's possible and take massive action
I must believe that I can do it and achieve it as long as I am taking small steps one at a time. I'll surely get there. For starter, I'm setting the payout of this post to 100%HP.
Moreover, these are the small steps I have done so far:
✏️ doing my best to produce quality content blogs
🗨️ Engaging
🔎 Reading guides
🪙 Delegating
💪 Power-Up
I shall continue doing this, and let's see how much will I grow my account.
That is for my first Power-Up Experience and my small step in Hive.
Take small steps and enjoy the process.
May the Hive Power be with you!🙇♀️