It's April already
The first quarter of the year is over already and I'm not sure about the rest of ye, but for me those months hurtled past like a stampede of maurading bulls at a Spanish Bull run. They say time flies when you're having fun and I guess that's part of, as although I'm really busy, I am really enjoying life too.
The first of the month comes along and that means, among other things that it's Hive Power Up Day. I continue to post every day, which means that Hive is rarely too far from my mind, so the first of the month rolls around and I post about HPUD. Again this month, I am one day late with the post. Even though I powered up, I waited until today to post, as typically I try to limit myself to one post per day.
Hive is ticking along nicely and my other investments too are hopefully coming to a type of springtime, as surely some time in the coming weeks or months, we will see Hive breakout from that $0.40 to $0.45 level it is hovering at and it will bloom just like this beautiful flower from my garden.
As I continue to accumulate and compound everything, I've seen gains across my Hive, Leo and other layer 2 holdings such as #SportsTalkSocial #VerfiyYourBrian #Proofofbrain, which is always great to see. Sow the seeds for your future now my friends and you may well reap rewards in the long run.
The beauty of Hive is, you don't have to invest any hard earned Fiat, although I would advise that you do invest some FIAT, to accelerate your progress!!
At times I wish that I had in those early days, as it has been a long journey for me, but my account has grown up from 100% organic growth from nothing other than around 10 or 15 delegated HP to get me going. But hey, I don't have a time machine, so I am where I am, and happy to be growing. Although it would have been easier to start from 1000 Hive, I'm still really proud with what I've achieved from a zero start.
Last PUD month comparison
Each month, that I do a HPUD, I like to take stock and have a look over my shoulder back into the rearview mirror to see where I've come from, so let's do that right now.
I was on 9,420 hive power on March 1st. Today, I'm at 9,871 hive power one month later which is a gain of 5% which I'm delighted with if I'm honest! The more that I grow the harder it is to grow by a large percentage each month, so my target of 5% is becoming a challenge. This month I landed right on the mark, but it is certainly getting more challenging every single month.
Hmmmmm, where would it take me if I can maintain that 5% monthly target? Let's crunch the numbers and see.....
April 9,871
May 10,365
June 10,882
July 11,427
August 11,998
** September 12,598**
October 13,228
November 13,889
December 14,584
Hmmmm, interesting indeed, which means that 15,000 HP would be a good stretch target for the year.
My reputation also continues to grow as well and I am now up to 72.18 That is an increase of 0.18, which is a great accomplishment given that it gets harder and harder to grow this number the higher it gets.
Some Growth graphs
Here are two growth graphs that show my Hive Power growth and curation returns between Feb 16th and today. No prizes for guessing what day of the week those curation spikes are on!! Yep Tuesday for #Threetunetuesday where I give an upvote to every contestant.
I love seeing these graphs, as it really gives you an idea of where you came from and how much future growth is possible across Hive, Leo Finance, Sport Talk Social and other areas. I especially like seeing those curation rewards and there was a time that I could only dream of making these kind of rewards from curation alone. I would have been happy with those returns on my posts.
Power Up Day April 2023
I am proud to say that this is my twenty second PUD. It's a good way of showcasing the importance of powering up and staking what you have in the Crypto space in order to put your earnings to work and compound with even more earnings.
Another bonus for me is that it gives me a timestamp that I can easily refer back to in order to track my growth here on the platform.
These were the criteria for Hive PUD:
• Your reputation must be above 39 and below 70.
I am now 72.18 so don't qualify for main prizes
• Your total Hive Power (before the 1st) must be more than 100 and less than 8000.
My total hive power before 1st was 9,838 HP so again I don't qualify
• You must power up at least 10 Hive on March 1st.
I have just powered up 17 Hive bringing me up to 9871 Hive Power overall
• You must write a post about your power up on December 1st with the tag #HivePUD (International) or #HPUD (Spanish).
This is my post about the power up
Proof
Before Power Up
Power Up
After Power Up
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