Before I begin to say who I am, first I appreciate the whole team behind this contest for contributing to Hive authors on the blockchain who cannot afford the ticket for HiveFest. This is a great idea for many of us.
As much as I know I would not be able to win this contest, which you will get to know the reason for as you read through this post, I also love to partake in this contest as it serves as a reminder and self-awareness of my contribution to the ecosystem and how much input I can still make into it.
Who am I really?
As many may know me through my username, I am starstrings01 and am mostly called by the name "Gifted" by many of my friends who know me in person. I joined the blockchain in June 2018 and have been part of many communities, but due to how busy my personal life schedule is, I am particularly active in the Hive Learners Community.
Most of my diary entries are about my life, what I do (i.e., Schooling, robotics, and Cloud computing), and sometimes my finances. I used to be active in the music community, but it has been over a year since I made a music video as I don't play the guitar as much as I used to.
𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝖨 𝖽𝗈 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝖣𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖨 𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖧𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖤𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗆
For over 4 years on the blockchain, my true purpose has always been to be of value to the chain. How can I contribute to people in the Hive Ecosystem? After so much thought and thinking, I discovered the Newbies Initiative, whose main purpose is to serve as a guide to people who find their way on Hive, support them, and guide them with everything they need to know towards finding a purpose and a direction, like I have done.
The purpose of the Newbies Initiative has always been to make Hive an enjoyable place for people who may see the chain as difficult, having access to mentors and guidance while building relationships with newbies alike.
I started the Initiative from my personal account before 
This initiative is a vision; it is my purpose that I have been building and will continue to build in order to contribute to the Ecosystem. I believe there are great things it still has to offer in terms of potential contribution to the Ecosystem.
Aside from the Newbies Initiative, I have run some other projects that have not been successful due to the difficulty of keeping people in the Ecosystem. Hive Bootcamp was a project I started last year that has been discontinued for the time being.
It was created to develop a training hub for people who want to join Hive and let them know everything they need to know with the resources created by my team. Then access their knowledge by taking quizzes to see if they fully understand everything we taught before an account is created for them.
This actually worked for a few people until one of the graduates plagiarised, which caused a huge effect on us and made us discouraged after all the stress placed on the teaching of the Dos and Don'ts of Hive.
The project may be discontinued but not dead, because I plan on bringing it up after school as I am still in my studies at the university and trying to balance my activities on Hive while trying to obtain good grades in School.
Doing all this and maintaining some level of consistency is not as easy as it looks, as I know people who have totally dropped all of Hive to be able to catch up with school while they don't make any contribution towards supporting the Ecosystem. It is my passion and dedication that have kept me going.
̠W̠̠h̠̠y̠ ̠D̠̠o̠ ̠I̠ ̠w̠a̠̠n̠̠t̠ ̠t̠̠o̠ ̠g̠̠o̠ ̠t̠̠o̠ ̠H̠̠i̠̠v̠̠e̠̠F̠̠e̠̠s̠̠t̠
If you really want to know, then the truth is "I αɱ Cɾαȥყ AႦσυƚ HιʋҽFҽʂƚ". It has always been a dream to get in contact with other Hivers on the chain, and now that we are in Mexico, it makes it more interesting, which means 
The HiveFest would be streamed live, but the experience would never be as good as being present in person. I believe in one thing that I keep holding on to, which is:
ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀʏ, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜰꜰᴏʀᴅ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇ ᴛɪᴄᴋᴇᴛ, ᴏʙᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀ ʜɪᴠᴇꜰᴇꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴄᴋᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ʜɪᴠᴇꜰᴇꜱᴛ.
Whether or not I am able to attend this year's HiveFest, I believe that when the time is right, I will. Right now, let me keep doing what I am always passionate about doing, which is finding ways to keep contributing to the Hive Ecosystem.
𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝚄𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚁
Designed by @ grisvisa
Starstrings01, also known as Giftedhands, attends the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta to study mechatronics engineering. He is a lover of the hive, a guitarist from Nigeria, and a student.
His ambition on Hive is to be more than just an ordinary blogger; he wants to be someone with a purpose. That's why he started the newbies initiative
He tries to juggle education with being active on the chain, but his love and passion for Hive keep him on track..
All gifs included are powered by Tenor
Some posts you might be interested to read:
QUALITY ENGAGEMENT Vs. QUALITY CONTENTS Vs. GAINING VISIBILITY ON HIVE
BEING UNIQUE DOESN'T MAKE IT ORIGINAL || HIVE REWARDS ORIGINALITY