Wohoooo, It's my Hive (Steem) 3rd Birthday today. Wow 3yrs, I can give a pat on my back. When this journey began I never imagined I would come this far, but here I am on my 3rd complete and a long way to go.

It's been an incredible journey for me. Success is not always measured with the number of votes or earning, it is also about the relations that we build up with people here and I am glad that I do have a handful of genuine ones who care and have been with me right from the beginning. A special bond has been created with many people here and I would want to thank each one of them from the bottom of my heart for their relentless support and motivation that keeps me going.

A lot of highs and lows have been witnessed in these 3 years, to an extent that a whole new platform Hive was created from Steem. I have always enjoyed writing and to be honest I have wanted to keep away from all politics, which I must say do exist here on Hive as well as Steem. So keeping my passion of writing on and my focus on the goals that I want to achieve in my life through my income here I have kept going on and on.

For me the 3 most important factors of being on Hive is

To have a platform where I can share my thoughts and fulfill my passion of writing.
Secondly to increase my engagement globally with like minded people, learn what they have to share.
Last to earn as much as I can to fulfill my life goals.

In this journey there have been loads of learning's, Everyone has a strategy to be successful, but the most important is to have one. Success comes with patience and determination. If you have the desire to pave out your way, directions will always follow, Universe will support you in every possible way.

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Let me share with you all some of the wonderful memories and achievements that I have had in the last 3 years;

My very 1st post was
Life at the surface, for which I received first upvotes from Hive account@romantic4 and Hive account@skyhooks. I was a little disappointed as almost no one had read my post and my post value was zero.😃

The 1st Contest that I participated was hosted by Hive account@ana-maria
Wishes...Wishes...Wishes….Unlimited Wishes. I got a $10 vote on this, my 1st post with a double digit earning almost after 2 months of joining Steemit. I was on top of the world.

Then was the joining of #thealliance which was another big achievement and they featured me in their "Feartured Member" series
👉👉Featured Member:👈👈 😇@nainaztengra🐋
From here on a lot of people started knowing me, wow I was getting famous..hehehe 😎

A very sweet gesture was made by a friend, which I really felt very touched
Dish Dedication for @nainaztengra Spicy Prawn Stir Fry by @Chefsteve
It was all magic happening. How would one feel when you receive something like this. I was feeling that it was just not about my writing but people were really loving me for what I am. Again I was enjoying the feeling.

Then came my highest paid post of $383, at the time when Steem was around 4$
Importance of Family Table Talks There was a big vote of almost 180$ from Hive account@glitterfart. I was speechless and I am sure if you would be in my place you would be the same.

Another recognition that was done by Hive account@hopehuggs
My Steem Super Stars: Interview with Nainaz Tengra @hopehuggs
This was my first video interview ever that was happening. I was very nervous, Hive account@hopehuggs had scheduled a time with me for the interview and I was like ohh how am I going to sound on this whole thing. I had made my script and was all ready and it went very fine. Thank you Hive account@hopehuggs for the honor you bestowed on me.

There were many other achievements in this span of 3 years and every time I was feeling like I had accomplished something. All of these wonderful moments gave me a lot of motivation to keep going on.

Then there were some dull moments also, but that is a part of life, you can not always keep having highs, and it is better to taste the lows also to keep the balance on.

Other wonderful thing that has happened to me is being part of the communities. #thealliance, #ecotrain, #naturalmedicine, #abundancetribe, #IndiaUnited, #ProjectHope, all of them give me an opportunity to share my knowledge on the subjects that I like to write the most on.

In the 3 years I have made a total of 648 Post, I managed to earn an SP of around 27000, come up to a Reputation of 75, earn a lot of badges but most importantly received lots and lots of love from a lot of people here. All of this is a big achievement for me.

With all of this I look forward to everyone's support and once again a Huge Thanx for being a part of my journey and keeping me motivated with your support.

Thank you for visiting my blog. 👼🏻👼🏻💖💖🌹🌺🌸