I only had 3 simple goals way back in January 2022 which I shared here on the Hive blockchain via the Silver Bloggers community as my personal commitment for 2022, re:
Obviously, I haven't met the LeoFinance frontend yet at that time so don't be surprised that there isn't any LEO goal in there.
So how did we do with those goals?
I'm in excellent health. Fit and sound, both body & mind. Thanks to frequent walks in the neighborhood or into the jungle and generally positive outlook in life. I think nothing gets better than good health so I'm infinitely grateful.
And the travel goals?
Fairly good. Not really impressive but I'd say it's more than enough. Although we have not been to 5 towns as the initial goal stated, we had some adventures in 3 distant provinces.
And what of the Hive Power goal?
Main a/c is now at 7408HP and growing.
Still staking $HIVE every single day since the first of January 2022.
Leo Power
Two months after the 3 goals was posted, Leo Power got added into the equation. A target of 500 LP was born and 5 months later, my LEO-dedicated alt account was created. The LEO staking goal got stretched quite a few times from 500 to 1500 then to 3000 to 5000 until it was finally set to 7k and achieving it on the last LPUD of the year. And then setting a new and more ambitious one for the coming 12 months.
Also got into the DeFi side of the Leoverse specifically Polycub and CubFinance.
And still in for the long-term on both projects, trying to do my bits in adding liquidity for both HIVE and HBD offchain.
Final update for the year
After tweaking and adjusting the numbers a couple of times, finally set them as follows.
| 2022 Goal | Current | |
|---|---|---|
| Hive Power | 7000 | 7408 ✅ |
| Leo Power | 7000 | 7337 ✅ |
| HBD Savings | 300 | 64 Oops |
| POSH | 300 | 263 Oops |
| BRO | 35 | 37 ✅ |
| CTP | 2000 | 3425✅ |
Except for HBD Savings and POSH, all other targets have been reached.
The reason why I have not grown my HBD Savings is intentional. When the price of HIVE dropped below 50 cents. I started keeping some HBD liquid and used them to buy HIVE. I'm now saving 1 HBD a day. I figured it is good to have something in that vault for the rainy days.
Personal Perspective on Goal Setting
Having goals to work on has kept me more focused this year and avoided the danger of just drifting by.
With targets set for the whole year and then reviewing and updating them occasionally, I was able to stay on track and even went beyond what I initially thought I "can." And because of that, I will certainly apply similar work around in the coming year, tweak them when necessary and strive to do even better.
Have you ever experienced getting worked up on a day where you haven't made any plans and you end up not knowing what to work on first? That's how it feels without any written goals. So I believe setting realistic ones and adjusting them from time to time is vital if we want to make some good progress.
Images obtained within Hive and CubFinance. Lead photo created on Canva. 261222/22:40ph