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It is really amazing how time flies, it seems like just yesterday I joined hive and from my standpoint right now it is almost 4 years already. Joining hive as a newbie, I had little or no expectations for my hive career. it was just a means to get more audience to read my content which was mostly just poems. after few weeks of being on hive blockchain I realised it was bigger than I envisioned and it kind of overwhelmed me a little bit especially with the whole crypto and communities aspect of it.
Being terrified by this big Ocean my little fish found himself, I decided to just stick with my comfort zone on hive, which means just publishing poems and not exploring other communities. at the moment it felt like the best option for me. As time passes by I kept doing what I know how to do best but it did not do much good to my account which was entirely my fault because I restricted myself to just one type of content (poems) and just one community on hive that happens to be blockchain poet. I never really cared about rewards when I joined hive but I so much cherish feedback on my post but I was only getting a few and sometimes none.
After doing this for about a year and haven't made much progress, I eventually took a break from being frequently active on hive because I felt this platform is probably not for me and as at then I was not so good at engaging with other authors apart from just one author. his post usually pop up in my blog because he was the first person I followed on hive and I also know him personally. he was/is my mentor who invited me to hive and happens to be a frequent user and a Mod in hive learners community.
I always comment on his post from time to time from there he felt I might be of interest to hive learners community weekly featured content. he advised and insisted I joined hive learners community I was a little bit reluctant about it probably because I felt I wasn't ready to explore other communities on hive. after awhile I decided to give it a try and wrote a post on one of the topics and i was shocked by the kind of comments and feedbacks I got from the members of the community and that moment I realised I'm finally where I belong.
A screenshot from my Canva design folder.
I have written on series of different topics on hive learners community weekly featured content to the extent that out of 215 Cover images made with Canva in my phone folder, 86% of it where made for hive learners weekly featured content.
There is a quote that resonate with me a lot, I got it from a movie titled "Stuck in love", one of the lead characters said "A writers book is a sum of their experiences" There is bond between a writer and his writings, every content written is an extension of a writer's imaginations. most times from the element of "empathy" used in writing it is obvious that from a writer's writings his mood and emotions can be determined.
Like I said earlier I have written on different topics on the weekly featured content in hive learners community but there are times when the topic suggested goes beyond just writing about a topic. it allows members of the community to share their experiences about the topic, digging deep into our thoughts, going through areas of our minds we never thought existed. there was one post in particular that I had to brainstorm a lot before I could figure it out since it has to do with how I felt about my self.
it is titled แดส แดแดสsแดแดแดแดษชแด แด แดษดแด แด แดาษชษดษชแดษชแดษด แดา แดสแดแด สแดแดแดษชษดแดss which was a response to hive learners weekly featured content week 76 episode 1 True happiness This topic entails sharing what makes us truly happy as an individual. Writing about this topic made me realise there are some questions I have never asked myself before or probably things such as true happiness never truly occurred to me. whenever it comes to writing about this topics, that requires sharing personal experience and perspective, I'm always intentionally about it, I don't just make up stories.
After awhile about this topic and asking myself same question repeatedly What makes me truly happy? I poured out my heart into the post and when I was done I realised I have finally found answer to a question I might never be able to answer if it weren't for topic.
Apart from that not all topics of the weekly featured content comes easy especially topics that are not about my areas of interest but the beauty of hive learners community is that it doesn't dictate the angle you penetrate a topic from as long as you follow the topic description which allows members to be creative with their contents but despite that each individual have their reference of the kind of topics that intrigues them.
There was a particular topic in the hive learners weekly featured content that was suggested recently, the topic tops the list of topics I have zero interest in. the topic was about politics I made a submission in response to the topic titled My indecisiveness in political participation as a result of political apathy || Major atrocities committed by politicians in my country which I carved out the title to express my displeasure for the topic. it was not as if the topic was bad, it was an amazing topic to write on but due to personal experience I have acquired from the practice of politics in my country, it made me detest the whole concept of politics.
Though I was not privileged enough to participate in all weekly featured content starting from week 1 but from the moment I have joined and participating in numerous topic suggestion till this present week which happens to be the 100th week of hive learners community weekly featured content, it has been an amazing experience so far filled with support and encouragement. Kudos To hive learners community Team for their outstanding contribution to the development and improvement of the community.
This write-up was inspired by weekly featured content titled "100 weeks of memories" in hive learners community.
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