And I'm still here writing my life story, one post at a time ❤️
Hey Hive family,
Our beautiful decentralized home is about to turn 6 years young on 20th March (since the big fork on March 20, 2020) and I couldn't let this moment pass without sharing my story with all of you.
My Hive (well, Steem back then) journey actually began on July 3, 2017. I was just another curious soul who grabbed some STEEM when it was hovering near $1 with the thought, “At best I can lose it all” - that typical crypto investment sentiment. In fact, I exchanged a little bitcoin from https://freebitco.in/ ( I still love to roll even knowing that they have shut down) for steem to start with and started posting some random contents to experiment this new journey. And I must tell you that it was very exciting to get even few cents upvotes on my posts at that time and over time, that made me to come up with a strategy to write something on this chain with passion. Fast-forward through the 2020 fork, and here I am – still going strong on Hive, writing my life story, one post at a time. Through the fork drama and everything since then, Hive has become my only social home. No Insta, no FakeBook, no drama — just real people, real stories - though I post my hive stories there so that people can come over here - a little hive marketing.
As you have seen over these years, “My blog is my life” — that's not a tagline, it's literal - I have chosen to write my life story on this chain, creating some immutably recorded memoirs with original, passionate, Hive-exclusive content. This blockchain is a perfect place to write our golden memoirs that will be valuable more than anything else in few years, as we grow older. This chain has given me:
🌱 A place to document garden magic — capturing some of my best moments of real hard work (to remind me that being dutiful is the best way to live the life), stunning photo shoots and Hive Garden journals.
👨👩👧👦 Family highs & lows — Friendships, Reunions, Hospital recoveries, tough days, and those typical “life always has a twist” moments.
🍲 Food adventures — Posting our experiments of food to review of some great food places and writing and making them part of my google review - another hive marketing effort.
🚶♂️ Health wins and Minimalist mindset — Documenting my health journey to minimalism mindset shifts (“you're never as trapped as your mind tells you”).
🗺️Travel adventures - I love to travel and there cannot be a better place to create our travel memoirs with so many active and highly engaging communities on this chain.
🎉 Festivals & joy — And last not but the least - our Festivals are what keeps us alive - the rituals, the colors, the people, the places, the celebrations - I mean life is all about that, isn't it ?
Through it all, communities like Hive Garden, Silver Bloggers, Worldmappin, The MINIMALIST, The Ink Well, Foodies Bee Hive and more have kept me motivated, engaged, and growing. Hive hasn’t just given me a platform… it has given us true friends, daily motivation, priceless memories, and a sense of belonging no centralized app could ever match. Through every high and low, you all have kept me writing, walking, connecting, and exploring! Hive hasn't just survived 6 years — it has thrived because of people like YOU. Thank you for every upvote, comment, and your virtual shoulder - You all are part of my memories, my motivation, and my healing.
Happy 6th Birthday, Hive! Here's to many more years of stories, steps, gardens, feasts, Joys and unbreakable bonds. Let's keep building this amazing decentralized family together! 🚀💛
This post is in response to the #MyHiveJourney prompt from @hivecreators - see this post for full details and don't forget to write about your journey before the deadline 📆 March 19 (the day before hive's anniversary)- together we all make this place our beautiful home.
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Always love seeing your posts and videos too, brings back memories of my trips to your beautiful country.
Thank you, may be you plan to come again ?
Well I always say never say never, and it is one place Mrs T wants to see
YES! hive thrives!! :)
happy bday to hive and good going to u too sir.
u r lookin good in that green shirt. and i also have learned much by being on here for about as long as we old steemians are.. here's to many years to go..
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What a great post and much better look at Hive as a place to document our lives on an immutable blockchain instead of looking at Hive as just an investment or source of income.
Happy 6th Hive b'dy bro 🤞🏻 Long way to go...
I celebrate with you for your successes thus far. It's true that your posts are your life stories because most of the things we have read from your blog have been your real life stories.
I encourage you to keep it up and keep going. Hive is to me a beautiful social family to belong
It's a very beautiful and exciting story, almost 9 years using a social network, only Steemians and Hive, I wish I would add more! 😄
Voy a usarlo ..btc
Namaste 🙏, nice journey in hive Sir & Happy 6th #hive birthday 🤩
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First of all, congratulations to you. It's been so long since you've been on this platform. I also remember the day when it happened like this and we all left Steemit and came to this platform. And then I've been here for the same amount of time, working and having interesting conversations with a lot of people on this platform.
I was not aware of you untill sanmi told me about u...it was a memorsble journey so far alongside u and hope to see more years
Ya, many more years to us..
Happy 6th Hive birthday bhai...In between those shirts are looking great on you.. Have a great day ahead..
Thank you so much Bro.
You write very eloquently. It was a pleasure to read and I just smiled at the "hive marketing idea" ... I am going to be doing that as well! 🥳
Congratulations @sanjeevm! I enjoy reading about your passion for traditions and the love for your family. Funny, my journey also started in July 2017.
Keep on building your life story here on Hive!
I remember that day. The tension is high, and there's pandemic too. Glad to see Hive's birth.
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Wow! Six years of creativity, connection and community. Happy 6th Hive Birthday!!!🎂🎉
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