This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only a general overview, with details expanded in the post.
| Current State/Other Selection Criterion | Goals Matching the Criterion |
|---|---|
| Ongoing | 5 (52-Week HBD Savings Challenge, Posting & Commenting Goal, Land Plots Unlocked, ZING Multiplier, LEO Staking) |
| Main Goals | 3 (52-Week HBD Savings Challenge, Posting & Commenting Goal, Land Plots Unlocked) |
| Goals | 2 (ZING Multiplier, LEO Staking) |
| Main Goals Completed | 0 |
| Completed Goals | 0 |
I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2024, for reference, if needed.
52-Week HBD Savings Challenge
A 52-week challenge following the popular model starts slowly and becomes increasingly more difficult with every passing week. The challenge is not at the beginning but at the end. That's why, we can use the easy start to prepare for the tougher weeks ahead.
In my case, I started with 1 HBD in week 1. This is also the step with which the amount that needs to be saved increases every week. The rule is, in my case: I need to add to savings the amount of HBD per week equal to the week number in the challenge. That means, in week 52 I'll need to save 52 HBD.
We are in the 6th week of the 52-week HBD challenge. That means I added 6 HBD to the savings for this particular goal, and reached 21 HBD, without counting the accrued interest.
Here's how things look right now:
Another week when I managed to keep this challenge going without using any HBD reserves. In fact, I added another 1 HBD to my reserves for later.
Posting & Commenting Goal
I haven't missed a daily post this year yet. Reached 1690 posts published, with 315 left to hit the target in 2024. That puts the progress at 10% where 9.62% was needed to be in the green.
Here's the situation so far:
I haven't missed any edition of Week through Adrian's Lenses in 2024 either, and I mention this since it's also part of my posting goal. Overall, I reached the 56th edition of the weekly roundup started at the beginning of 2023.
I started the week with 17,413 comments made. Ended the week with 17512, which means I made 99 comments last week, a little above the weekly average needed to reach the comments target by the end of the year. First week when I was able to beat the needed average this year, which is fine. Let's keep this up!
I currently need an average of 96 comments weekly to reach the comments target by the end of the year.
Land Plots Unlocked
Another significant progress in unlocking land plots this week, using freed-up DEC to help. I expect the progress will start to slow down because it's becoming difficult to find suitable replacement cards with a lower energy requirement than 10k.
Started the week with 35 plots unlocked and productive and 9 under construction. I currently have 42 productive plots and 6 under construction, again, 4 more than last week.
Compared to the beginning of the year, in a little over a month, I unlocked and turned productive 11 plots, with 6 still under construction. They don't have the best production, but given that only natural rare and common plots were left, this wasn't my main focus. On average, that means 1 plot became productive every 3.27 days, or, if we consider the ones under construction, I started the unlocking process for a plot every 2.11 days.
By the way, this week I started the unlocking process of the last rare plots I had. From now on it's only natural common ones.
For the accounting part of this goal, I'll add plots under construction as unlocked, to better see changes from week to week, even though, technically, they are not productive until the clearing part is finished and you feed the workers.
Here's the current situation:
And a more detailed view:
Productive Plots: 42
Under Construction: 6
A few worksites will be completed this week, which will increase the number of productive plots.
ZING Multiplier
I started the week with 16,617 ZING (I no longer have any ZING diesel pool position on this account).
My ZING holdings are now at 17,896, which continues a solid growth toward my short-term goal of 25k.
This week we had the slashing of the diesel pool rewards by roughly 25% to accommodate 2 other LPs on other chains, and the ending of the POSH claim drops. Given this situation, the APR for the diesel pool has been searching for a new equilibrium this week.
Here's the current situation:
LEO Staked
I didn't forget to round up my stake this week, so I now have 22,900 LEO staked with a small roughly 15 LEO powered up. I decided to put the remaining LEO in the SWAP.HIVE-LEO diesel pool for now, and if I don't have enough LEO on LPUD, I'll remove whatever I need from the diesel pool.
Here's the current situation:
