It's been more of an emotional rollercoaster for me here on hive..
You see, I've only come to realize that I joined hive for all the wrong reason, and now I find myself in a state where I am readjusting my focus. Haven gotten a better view I feel more secure and calm.

Like a lot of newly onboarded members of communities on the blockchain, I didn't know much about Hive or blockchain technology for that matter so I was basically beating about the and hoping things would fall into place. Truth is I still don't know a whole lot and that's fine, but at least I'm a lot more informed than I was a few weeks ago.

My initial mindset

Back on steemit 2 years ago I remember only being involved with the
Steemit openmic community. Trust that I was twice as naïve back then and I literally withdrew all my payouts for uneconomic reasons, Ignorance is not bliss!

There were times when i was doing quite well in a music contest i used to participate in then.. I may have made over to 300 steem in less than two months on that contest alone at a time when the Steem token was pretty low. It's not that i feel very confident about steem reviving, I haven't done my homework on that yet but even back then i was so misoriented that i never for once considered saving some steem from what i earned. I cant even remember powering up once, only cleaning out my wallet almost immediately I received tokens.

I hit a brick wall(or so it seemed)

My beginner instincts blatantly ignored the beauty of blockchain technology and what it had made available to me at basically no cost, and once more it amounted to a negative outcome. On the back of my laughable approach at "making it big" in crypto space i encountered a gem of a discovery.

My turning point

A critical moment for me this year was when I got myself a computer, It proved to be a catalyst for colorful times ahead.

Since my onboarding I've been constantly glued to my laptop fascinated by the possibilities and wealth of information readily available to me(even at ridiculous data charges).. I've spent a lot of hours everyday learning and unlearning since until I discovered a gem only a few days ago.

My blissful Epiphany (Web 3.0)

I have always been more of a passive user of social networking apps that I've used so far and also here on the hive Dapps i've spent more time looking through feeds and the frequency of my posts seem to be dwindling.
It's quite remarkable how 'just like that' a person's thoughts and aspirations can be affected by their environment don't you think? That's what hive has done for me in quite a short time..

So I did a little digging; 'light research' if you want, and I've come across some of the most exciting things that I've only dreamed of up until a day ago.

How could I have been so blind to the elephant in the room?

WEB 3.0 & Metaverse guys!!!

I've literally been using web 3.0 and didn't even know what it was all along.
Like isn't the obviously the future? And Metaverse has definitely fueled a passion within me for "cyber tech" and even though I'm still a Student structural Engineer, this is certainly something worth following through .

Living in Nigeria makes information like this even more priceless than it is and that's why I've had started informing and family about the things I've just learned so they can all tag along on this epic journey.

I anticipate the possibilities of this new world and The promise it holds at the end of the road.

Picture taken by me

Furthermore, I am not blind to the likely downsides of this advancements. Please let me know what your thoughts are on Web 3.0, the Metaverse and maybe anything else that's new.