Hey there my Hive friends and followers!
I have been meaning to write this post for long weeks and I´m glad that I finally got to do it. I have been here on Hive for more than 5.5 years and as far as I remember, my activity was never as low as it has lately been. If it was just temporary, I wouldn´t probably bother you (and myself) with it too much but it´s highly probable that my old Hive routine will be affected in the months and maybe even years to come as well and that makes me feel like I owe you guys some explanation...
Real life update
The biggest news is that me and my fiancee are expecting a baby. We have known it for a couple of months already and while we have been trying to enjoy this very special and blessed period in our lives, it has also been an incredibly demanding and busy time for us, especially for my lovely fiancee of course. Some of you might also know that we are not from the same country so to make things easier for us, we will also be getting married very soon and, for certain reasons, not just once actually but my fiancee asked me not to be too personal in this post so let´s just leave it at that.
I also don´t want to be too specific about all the medical check ups, screenings, authority appointments, calls, emails etc. that we have been through lately but trust me that for us, a couple that has been living a pretty much carefree and minimalist nomadic lifestyle for many years, this hectic period when so many different things need to be taken care of is a new and quite challenging experience. On the top of that, my fiancee has been trying to do her best at work here in Prague while me... Well, let´s leave it for the next paragraph...
Hive update
Most of you probably know that I have been trying to be a fulltime Hiver pretty much since the very beginning of my journey here on the blockchain. However, as I already mentioned in this post written on the occasion of my fifth Hive birthday last year, it was quite obvious even back then that I could not maintain that fulltime status for much longer for the reasons mentioned in that post and the current happenings have only accelerated the process.
Because of all the recent news and changes, I have much less time for Hive but at the same time, I need much more money to cover all the real life expenses, which means that I will be looking for some other job, unfortunately. We might also move away from Prague soon so maybe, I will just try to cover the interim with some temporary gigs and part times and find the new job after we move. But either way, I will not be able to keep up with what used to be my happy daily Hive routine for years and I´m sorry about it guys :( It has already been kind of weird and sad not to be able to keep up with all the Hive happenings, to check out your posts, to comment and curate, to post my own content, to have convos with you on Discord etc. and I know it will take some time before I get used to this fact and this new reality but it´s what it is...
What also makes me sad is that I will most probably have to withdraw a part of my Hive Power that I have been building so proudly and organically for years. In fact, I already powered down and sold a few thousand Hives a couple of weeks ago and ironically, I was just about to hit that long awaited 50k HP milestone and become an orca before that. It had already happened to me some 2 years ago. I was at some 45k HP back then in summer of 2021 when I urgently needed to cover some things with fiat so I had to hit that power down button for the very first time and it felt really strange and sad (I still remember that feeling) and it´s frustrating to know that I will have to do it again...
So yeah, that´s an update on what my present and future times here on Hive look like. Not really cool, I know, but I don´t lose my optimism and I hope and believe that at some point in future, when conditions are more favorable, I will be able to get back to my good old Hive days and routines. Until then, please pardon my lack of engagement here on the chain and keep your fingers crossed for us so that everything goes smoothly. I will keep you updated :)
A sunset shot that I took in my beloved Prokop Valley here in Prague some time ago and was saving it for another round of my Sunday sunset photography series but I will probably not get to that series anytime soon so I´m using it as a thumbnail for this post...
PS: I didn´t know what community this post should go into so I picked Loving Hive because in spite of all the changes described here, I´m still... Loving Hive ;)
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