I created an account on HIVE almost a year ago because of Splinterlands. I know nothing about HIVE other than that you need to have it in order to play Splinterlands and you will need the RC/HP so you can rent more cards in the game.
Before Hive, I am wasting my time browsing Facebook, Youtube, or playing games. I haven't improved myself a bit on those sites. However, when I learned blogging and hive from my guild leader on splinterlands 
After 6 months, I began blogging in the HIVE network, where I learned a lot. I tried looking for other sites like the hive that would reward you for creating blogs/content, but I discovered that this is the best and the most rewarding.
I began investing in HIVE after being so impressed with it that I increased my HP to 100 and set my first goal to increase that HP to 500. And since I fell in love with both hive and Splinterlands, I reasoned, "Why not use the two of them to achieve my first goal?". Thus my blogging journey began. I started blogging for the Splinterlands Challenges and am now sharing/blogging my daily games and quests on Splinterlands to boost my HP even more.
At the time of writing, I have powered up 10 HP from 385 to 395 HP, which is nearly 400 HP. I'm still 105 HP short of my first goal of 500 HP; it's a long and tedious process. However, being rewarded for your efforts will motivate you; aside from that reward, there is also the self-fulfillment of improving your communication skill and writing.
The cover photo was taken from hivebuzz blog here.
Splinterlands' logo was taken from their website here.
The screenshot was taken from hivekeychain.
And credits to Yaziris for the divider.