This blog acts as a personal journal of all the movies, Tv-Shows, & Games I consume during a year which enhances my overall experience. The ratings that I give are fully based on my personal preference and enjoyment at the time of watching and I'm writing spoiler-free reviews.
Hive Blog July Growth
After only having 4 posts in June, I was a bit more active again in July with 8 posts. However, post payouts have gotten smaller compared to a couple months ago which makes it a lot harder to grow as I have less HBD to get Delegations while they also have gotten more expensive. It honestly doesn't feel like it's making any difference that I'm getting my own upvote up to 0.04$ but I do enjoy the fact that I can give some back. I would say it's one of the major issues of Hive that there simply aren't enough incentives for users to buy or rent Hive as so many are just cashing out constantly without any repercussion.
This said, I naturally enjoy having this blog aside from any of the earnings as it really enhances my viewing experience making everything I watch just a bit more memorable. I'm also getting a bit more picky so I rarely ever watch any bad movies anymore.
Hive Activity in July
With lower Post Payouts on average and some leases expiring, I continue to go down in overall Hive Power from 5800HP to 4020 Last month and just 3529 HP now.
7th Month Hive Progress
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In the previous report despite 4 josts I went from 396.779HP to 468.182HP mainly because of 1 nice post payout that was still pending from the month before. In July I went from 468.182HP to 519.685HP so a 51.503 Hive Increase
I did manage to get 7 more people here on Hive to press the follow button getting me up to 49 and around halfway to my first 100.
| Month | HP / Power Up | Growth | +Leased | Follows | Posts | Comments | Total |
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| January 2025 | 117HP (+100HP) | 17HP | 2921HP | 9 (+9) | 11 | 100 | 111 |
| February 2025 | 207 HP (+50HP) | 40HP | 3916 HP | 15 (+6) | 10 | 89 | 210 |
| March 2025 | 266 HP | 59HP | 5564 HP | 22 (+7) | 9 | 115 | 334 |
| April 2025 | 319 HP | 53 HP | 5395 HP | 28 (+6) | 5 | 78 | 417 |
| May 2025 | 397 HP | 78 HP | 5803 HP | 39 (+11) | 8 | 91 | 516 |
| June 2025 | 468 HP | 71 HP | 4021 HP | 42 (+3) | 4 | 52 | 572 |
| July 2025 | 520 HP | 52 HP | 3529 HP | 49 (+7) | 8 | 62 | 642 |
So everything taken into account, I'm still quite pleased with the progress and I plan to keep growing in August. I still use a https://hive.vote/ auto-upvote list so my voting doesn't go to 100% on days when I'm not around. However, it's just really hard to find accounts that meet all the requirements as there are limited accounts that almost exclusively make posts about movies and many of them are just cashing out everything they earn. Everything combined, it's hard to fing enough good content/users to upvote. Right now on my Auto-Upvotes are still going to 
I continue to do most curation manually though. The Curation number now is at 9.78% which just about makes me back what I'm paying for the delegations.
July 2025 Recap
This month was a solid one as I watched one unique classic that will stick with me the rest of my life as a fond memory. That was the 1975 Movie "Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai Du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles" which I scored a really high 8.9/10! I also went to watch 2 NoBrain movies in the Cinema which I both enjoyed in F1 The Movie (7.7/10) & Jurassic World Rebirth (7.0/10). The one anime Movie I watched was The First Slam Dunk which kind of dissapointed with a 6.9/10 mainly for the good animation. I also watched 2 movies that I wanted to see for a while with The Social Network (7.0/10) and Das Lehrerzimmer (7.4/10). Finally, I watched one Series with the new Squid Game Season which was both and enjoyable watch and a dissapointment (7.0/10).
July 2025 Outlook
I'm currently watching 1st season of the anime series Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion which after just 2 episodes I'm still kind of getting into. I'm looking to go live a couple months in Asia possibly next year so I want to watch some asian movies and already have 'The Farewell' lined up as something I likely will enjoy. Aside from this I will see where the new month takes me.
That's it for the July Recap!