“Time speaks about opportunity and we have to learn to respect it. We never know if the opportunity will come again”
Interestingly, the other day, I got the answer I’ve been searching for this month and I muster up the courage to write this entry to #hf25giveaway; Anyway the quote on that heading was from a person I consider a mentor.
Here’s a little background story before I want to tell why I want to attend HiveFest.
Out of the blue, I applied to be a speaker for Hivefest. Technically, I had this idea for so long and I got especially excited after organizing my first offline Hive event in the country.
This was one of the snippet of it, in case you're interested in Hive Offline Event indonesia
It was really fun to learn something new, to take up new roles, and tell people about the benefits they can get by joining Hive. I truly believed in Hive and its ability to shape an individual and how being a part of a community can empower us and help us grow in life.
Take it from me. I grew up here and I started my adulthood journey in this chain since I was around 20 years old. Now, I am old enough to be called aunty, I already have nieces and nephews 😂
So, when I heard Hivefest is going to be organized in Malaysia, I got even more excited. It’s closer to where I live and finally it’s going to be my first Hive fest I can attend offline. And voila, I somehow applied to be a speaker. For a moment, I was overjoyed then fears & anxiety took over for maybe some obvious reasons.
But once I applied, I forgot about all of it.
I decided to put it on my back burner until I found out I was chosen as the speaker. I didn’t know about it until @gtg showed me the picture on the website. It came as a surprise and I was pretty much sleepless and having impostor syndrome.
I got even more anxious and I even prepared myself in several ways.
Since I am a perfectionist, it’s only fair that I have done these things in the past 4 weeks:
- I talk to strangers a lot to muster up my courage to speak in front of the public
- I reflected a lot what made community thrive and died
- I expose myself to difficult and uncomfortable situations in case something happen when I talk in public, I won’t be too ashamed of it 😂
- I am showing myself a lot more to strangers and being comfortable with it.
But again, who knows after all this preparation, at least I come a bit prepared.
This is going to be my first Offline Hivefest
Hivefest, to me, offers the opportunity for me to share ideas, opinions and especially as a community builder to learn what’s working in each other’s community and what keeps it alive. In my opinion, seeing the passion that everyone will have there is like refueling the reason why we’re still on Hive and believing in it all these years.
And even more so, Not only to talk about the fun of building, running a community and growing through it but also meeting the people that I only got to read online. While I might have seen a lot more familiar faces, I am sure there are people that I have only known through their hive account and have worked with that I never met. So this Hivefest will be a great opportunity to meet them too.
I also want to share my experiences being curator since 2017 to especially through OCD where I had the chance to discover many amazing authors and creators on this chain. While there were many changes and we adapt throughout the years, our core mission is still the same. We want to empower newcomers and undervalued authors to thrive. We were once new to this ecosystem and felt like our voices weren't heard. And through many OCD initiatives, they have a chance to get discovered. That’s the thing I wanted to share with many there.
I am aware that the Hive ecosystem is so big that even for me, I couldn’t keep track of things. And among the vastness of it, I come from the social value side rather than the technical side of it all.So, being able to attend it will be a great honor to share my experiences being a community member in this chain.
Last but not least, my bag is packed and I travel light.
What’s missing now is the golden ticket that will get me to be able to meet everyone of you and sharing my experience being a community member in this chain for 8 years now 😊
Wish me luck everyone & thank you to the sponsor @splinterlands for organizing the giveaway of 2 Hivefest tickets!
The FOMO is real! A few months ago, I planted a small seed inside my head that I could make it to this HiveFest, but unfortunately, it will not happen...
I really hope that there will be another opportunity!
And regarding you as a speaker on HiveFest... You will do great!!! 💪 🍻
PS. To put a bit of pressure more, you will have +1 viewer of the online stream... 😜
hahaha that's definitely a pressure 🤣
I am going to try my best to be less shy and awkward. I wish you and the family could attend but perhaps, one day? you never know but let's hope there will be more opportunities to come 😊
I will need to level up my persuasive skills for the next time... 😂
On the other side, I'm sure you will get hooked to HiveFest after the first one (IRL), and you will go for the next ones too! 😃
😂I think so too and I get the feeling next one will be back in EU or US hahaha
Don't know... the Beetroot guys were pushing "their agenda", so maybe it will be somewhere in the middle... we will see... 😃
Go girl!!! You can do it!!!
Finger crossed 😊
Love seeing you embrace this opportunity! Sharing your journey will resonate with so many. :)
Finger crossed I win this giveaway hehehe
Lovely!
I identify myself (or identified myself) with a couple of these at least...
Get's worse with time LOL... joking. 😉
Hahahahahahahha I guess we'll see and I hope to see you around Forky!
I will be there... 😎
Nice to hear that you will be coming, goodluck and enjoy. Looking forward for your shared experience on the event😀
You are truly beastin out here lady. Get that courage, you got it. I have hard time too, with speaking publicly, so i feel you. Im just a little fishy here too, even tho ive been around 8 years and learned a lot.
Would love to so hivefest too, but not my year. I have your back lady, do it. Thanks for remembering me on my posts too, means a lot.
It's going to be another crazy thing I did this year haha but since it'll be in the language I am most comfortable talking in, I should have no issues. Finger crossed!
Oo this is nice. They should try in singapore tho. 😁
hehehe why Singapore? If it's in Singapore, will you check it out?
There's nothing wrong in trying 😊🤗
KL is just down the road from Singapore, and a lot cheaper for attendees from around the world. if you're in Singapore, it's worth hopping down. Nothing beats real life meet ups. You gain a lot more than you can ever imagine
Can we form a formal collective. Singapore is one the few places that recognizes collectives governed by blockchains 😊
see you on the stage..
Thank you for sharing. Congratulations.
Not very far off
This is so exciting! Massive congrats on the speaker slot! Your journey from that first offline event to the main stage at HiveFest is inspiring. I love how you've been proactively tackling your fears. You're going to do brilliantly. Fingers crossed for you to get the ticket—you absolutely deserve it! Good luck!
Ah Jaysus . Fair play to you. Hope all goes well. Rooting for you. Just imagine everyone naked . Ul be fine.
🤣 Come on! That's something new hahaha and I might remembered what you said on stage and laughed rather than being serious.
I'm also from Indonesia, sis. I live on the far side of Sumatra, in Aceh. Reading posts and seeing the excitement of Hivefest in Indonesia, I'm eager to promote Hive in my area.
Nice to meet you!
Have a good day
Congrats! You have won one of the Tickets to HiveFest 2025 in KL. Looking forward to your stories on the stage.
See: https://peakd.com/hive-106258/@hivefest/re-hivefest-t3i0hz
see you in KL!
Thank you so much @hivefest! looking forward to meet everyone behind the team and the others too 😊
:P GO MACC!
for u..
hahahaha I am definitely needing that!
I'm looking forward to seeing you as one of the speakers at the hivefest event and I'll be sure to see you! Can't wait 🥰
@macchiata, I failed to pay out 3.647 HIVE and 0.685 HBD to reward 9 comments in this discussion thread.
My wallet is running low on Hive or HBD. I will try again later.