A few days back @acidyo wrote a post about adding value on Hive which I always find interesting, as there are so many was to both add and subtract from the ecosystem.
I was initially going to get through many different kind of Hive accounts here and their activity, but I think that would become a much longer post, maybe I'll save that for another time
Based on this, I thought I would give a bit if a view into my human activity to give some insight into what a normal day on Hive looks like from my perspective. As I am relatively active and somewhat visible on-chain, it might be interesting for some to see what takes up my time.
And, for those interested to do similar, write a decent post, add a relevant comment here with the link and I will have a read and reward it as I can.
A Day in the Hive of... @tarazkp
When I wake up in the morning light
I tend to go to bed late and since I work, get up early. Suffice to say, I don't get enough sleep. I don't recommend this behavior, but if you are the kind of person who is up late anyway, why not Hive?
When my alarm goes off, my first port of call tends to be looking at my phone and refreshing my post feed in @peakd. What I am looking for is the number changes. Yeah, the post value might change, but more importantly, as I often post before going to sleep, I am looking for the comment changes. This gives me an idea of what I have ahead of me in terms of engagement and I will then spend a couple minutes reading to see what kinds of topics come up. I rarely answer comments from my phone, because I don't engage as well, and will make my responses shorter, with less explanation. I feel it has less impact.
Before I start my "real" work
I work from home before I go to the office, but I also work from home too. However, before any fiat work happens, I spend some time looking over the work I want to do - crypto work. This is generally just having a look through discord and seeing what kinds of notifications or messages I have received. The reason that I do this is because it can help me "plan" my day ahead, similarly to what kinds of replies. If there is some time, I might start replying to what I have missed. Lately, I have been under the gun and time is an issue, so I take what I can get.
During work hours
Five days a week I have a couple day jobs that have some odd hours at times, which means I block away some time in my calendar for Hive activities. This allows me to limit my extra work hours, but more than that, it breaks up my day with valuable tasks. I use these times to write when I can, as well as comment if possible. However writing takes precedence at this point, because it helps me align my mind and become more efficient in my other tasks.
Work is also where I get a lot of content ideas from, as I work with a range of skill bases with all of them being highly professional. This gives rise to a lot of great discussions and perspectives, which gives me the opportunity to develop my thoughts and understanding, which I then translate into articles. The people who live predominantly online only, tend to have content that reflects their lack of real-world experience. It is in my opinion, less engaging, and less actionable.
Posting an article
I try to write two posts a day and I do this for a couple reasons. Of course, I want to earn some HIVE and build my stake, but I also want to develop my audience base, show different aspects of my life that are important to me and relevant perhaps to others, and generate a broader range of topics to engage with. I am not only interested in many things, but I also come across a lot of topic groups where I want to build my understanding.
The other reason I aim for two posts is because it helps me stay engaged also. I have been creating content on Hive for almost seven years, and through it, I have also been developing myself in many ways too. This is important for me, which is why I put effort into what I do. I am crypto positive and want to be part of the future, and for me at least, a big part of staying connected is through the Hive community. The people who are only engaging with crypto on the exchanges, are probably missing the larger view of the industry and what it means for the future.
For those who are interested, it can take me between one and three hours to create an individual piece of content, depending on what is involved. Sometimes I can get my thoughts out in a flurry, sometimes it takes me ages to find the right example to use. In a single day, I probably spend around 6-10 hours a day, seven days a week on the blockchain.
Once home and relaxing
After picking my daughter up from school, I spend time with my family, playing games, heling with homework, reading together, eating meals and other normal activities. We do not often watch anything together as a family, except on weekends. In fact, my wife and I probably spend an hour a day watching a streaming channel.
So, during these activities I tend to do a little bit here and there, sometimes writing a post, but often answering comments and catching up with other activities. There are always a lot of little things, so I flick from tab to tab (about 50-70 tabs open) for various tasks.
Other activities?
As you can see from above, up until this point, I haven't mentioned checking a chart, a wallet, an exchange, because I don't check them often. I don't spend my time looking at whether I got votes or downvotes, but I do see them from time to time in my flicking. The reason I don't check is because I can't affect the markets, it is outside of my influence. All I can do is do my best. However, part of that is keeping an eye on what is going on, having a look through my feeds to see what BT might post, or some other devs. Keep an eye on Discord, because I have friends I like to speak with there and having a laugh helps stay engaged.
Then, I also play Splinterlands manually, so that also takes up time. Playing rounds and losing a lot, renting cards, managing SPS and DEC, keeping up with Land as best I can and generally trying to have some fun along the way. This takes a lot of time too, but is again, all part of my overall strategy to support Hive.
I do not use the general internet for entertainment, Hive is my vehicle. I don't watch anything from YouTube unless I search for it, including random videos that are given to me by people I trust enough to share information that is useful for me, not that supports them. I don't read a lot of news sites, but I do keep an eye on a couple daily that keep me somewhat up to date with what is happening at a general level in Australia or Finland.
As I see it, the more we consume, the less we create. However, there is a caveat here when what we are consuming helps us build our behaviors positively, which is why I believe that real-world experience trumps Googled experience. Too many people are writing from a place of theory, without ever having applied it practically. For me, I value being able to do what I do, not just talk about the theory of it. Part of my own development is using my observational experience to build my practical abilities, which is a big part of the way I write.
Too late to bed
Most nights, I am in bed around 2am and most mornings, I am up at around 7am. I even have a chart on my watch health app that shows this. I average higher though, because on the weekends I get to sleep in a couple extra hours.
This isn't a sleep when dead approach, it is a "add value when possible" strategy. I do not know how long I will be able to have this possibility to work in this way, doing something that I believe moves the needle toward a better life for me, my family and other people. It could all end at any point, my potential might all be taken away from me, so I don't know how wide or narrow the window is. As they say, make hay when the sun shines. And this is the same for making HIVE also.
And making Hive.
Hive is a platform, but it behaves like an organism, changing under shifting conditions, evolving, growing, dying off in places, developing somewhere else. I want to be part of this process now and in the future, even though there is no certainty in whether that is possible. What is certain though, is if I do not make the effort I know I can, I am unlikely to get the results I am after.
It is a lot of work and I know that most people will not put in the hours I do, but that is part of the game, isn't it? It is like the basketball players full of natural talent, being outplayed by those who train properly. This is training, it is also game day, 24/7/365.
This is not quite the "user activity" Acid was talking about, but I do think it can help some people get an understanding of what might be going on in the background of a content creator, an investor, an engager and someone who wants Hive to succeed well into the future.
For the "Day in the Hive of ..." ers
You don't have to make your post 2000 words like this, but put in some effort. I don't want to read what you think activity should be, I want to hear about your true experience, your real behaviors. If you have to lie to make yourself sound better, what does that tell about your approach? If you are doing it for the votes, what does that tell?
I wish people would spend more time reflecting on their wishes and behaviors, and then spend the time improving what they do, to get more of what they want.
I missed a lot of details, so if you have questions, just ask.
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
Do you feel that you have to post twice in a day? I prefer to post whenever I have free time because I might do adds/drops befofe sharing, however I prepare the post during the day.
I don't feel I have to do it, but I like to do it. I enjoy having to schedule myself a bit and find the time. It is so easy for me to get lost and just waste time, if I am doing doing something, so posting here keeps me on track with a lot of other things too.
6 to 10 hours a day on HIVE. Reminds me of my time up until a year or two ago. Similar time spent. However, I reduced my time spent on HIVE quite a lot. The direct effect is that I hardly post anymore. Writting an average post, cost me at least 2 to 3 hrs. But can go up to 4 hours as well. I tend to write many words and create the thumbnail pics as well, in editing it and all. Though I don't write/publish every day, I do spend time on HIVE every single day. For one, my daily curation round for Curie. They gave me some of their superpowers to use wisely, and I shall use those superpowers, as wisely as possible. That takes about an hour each day. A taste I usually execute directly after waking up, drinking my morning coffees. Sometimes I comment on some of the posts I curate, the links I keep somewhere in a Discord server where I keep all post-links O gave a Curie vote for. It's for anybody who likes to see what I vote for, not that anybody ever asked 😂 When commenting, I do this during my (as you call it) fiat work. Since I usually work from home, I write these comments whenever I can, in a break between meetings, and sometimes even during (virtual) meetings. For meetings with my colleagues, I generally have my camera switched off. While I'm not always actively needed in meetings, it gives me a bit of room to spend writing the comments. Since the launch of Threads, I have spent time in that service from time to time. When I do, I seem to spend at least an hour, but easily a few hours, reading many of the Thread chats, and also post some of my own, comments to others, re-comment when receiving replies and whatnot. I seem to become a little less connected to whatever happens in HIVE, but I do go through my own follow feed from time to time to bookmark those posts I like to read. Again an activity I either execute during the day while executing my fiat office work or in the evenings. Not sure, but all in all I think I spend easily 2 to 3 hours on HIVE, even the years my post count has been darn low. And you know what, whenever I write a post (like yesterday and this morning), so many topics cross my mind, that I easily can post daily for a few weeks. And that are just the topics that crossed my mind yesterday and today.
Next to that, I spend some time on X, Telegram of some of the crypto projects I'm involved with, Discords of other projects I'm involved with and try to follow most of my tokens. Yes, I do look at them more frequently than you, but that is because I try to trade, short-term. Not sure if I'm cut out for that, but I have been trying for the last half a year or so.
Uhm, dropping a decent post. Normally I don't do these types of things. Am quite bad at promoting, especially my own content. But since you asked, I thought: Why Not 😉 Perhaps you like the music. Perhaps not. I have never seen you post about music a lot, maybe never hence I haven't the faintest idea about your musical taste. https://leofinance.io/@edje/what-you-get-when-mixing-stones-boilers-anethas-spread-the-vibes-edition
Sounds like a busy day too! How come you don't have the camera on for internal meetings? I have always found it increases engagement and helps people better participate in the discussions.
I get why people might not spend a lot of energy trying to post regularly, but at the same time, I feel it is part of my day and makes me more capable in other areas. It is like a mental gym workout :)
Will check out the post after getting to comments!
Sometimes I have the camera on for internet meetings. But you know, have done business and worked with co-workers located all over the world on a daily base before we had Teams. Quite effective, it was. Video isn't adding a lot imho. Out of courtesy, I have my video on when talking with customers. When I have 1-on-1 calls, I prefer the good old mobile phone voice service. All this allows me to walk around when in a call, which helps me on different levels, physical exercise and mental focus.
Ahhh, so writing is a kinda sport for you. Great! 😉
I have been delivering remotely for several years now prior to Covid and Teams too. I have found the level of engagement is much higher and the only times cameras are off, are when there are more then 10 people or so in the session, as it becomes impractical and conversation has to be more structured. The ability to speak directly into someone's eyes makes a massive difference. I also don't sit during calls, unless they are meetings. :)
Don't you have the experience of many people looking at something else than the camera? Most of my colleagues use the laptop camera and a separate screen to view. So I do not necessarily see their eyes, but the sides of their faces 😉 Ahhh am old school I guess 👴
Not so much. The trick is to be engaging :)
And, even without seeing their eyes, you can read body language.
I have said this before, and I will say this again: this is not a healthy schedule. This is way too much work for very little long term benefit.
What can you not accomplish with 1-post a day, that you can with 2-posts?
What if hive goes to zero? I say, that is a non-zero probability. I am in the business of probabilities. A large part of my academic research is predicting something at the tail end of a log-normal distribution. In fact that is what I do for a living. I explore for oil&gas. Long term exploration success rate of hydrocarbon discovery is about 10% over last 100 years of history.
For 100 exploration wells we drill only 10 finds hydrocarbon. These days, each exploration well is about average 50-60M dollars, some as high as 200M.
Without going into tangent, all these have high failure case. Including hive. A failure here shouldn't mean too much, but it will to you. You have one life, Taraz. Failure is NOT an option there. You must think think about your health and well being.
I can't talk about the topics I want to. If I don't have time to do two, I don't :)
That is okay. I will survive it. However, if it goes the other way, I will benefit from it. There is more upside than down for me.
I am already on borrowed time a couple times over, so I am quite sure that it will fail at some point. If I didn't have a family, perhaps I wouldn't care as much about the future as I do. They see me enough, especially considering that I spend less time here than some fathers spend gaming.
I am getting healthier too, slowly. Regular at the gym now, eating better. Even before Hive, I was getting by on six hours sleep in total a day. For a couple decades, I wasn't getting more than 45 minutes in a row, so perhaps this is why now getting five in a row is enough?
This is your life. You are one hardworking dude.
I hope you can cut back and enjoy more time with your little girl and wife during the next bull run. Maybe even cash out, invest in stables and write for Hive for a living. You seem to have the talent, the connections and the productivity to be extremely productive, plus your active in general Blogs, and Splinterlands, so you could write about both each day, and more. You have been here forever, so you could even write how to articles from scratch and teach people a thing or two about engagement. You are one if the few extremely productive content creators who answers all their comments. No offense meant to the other content creators, but you religiously answer comments. And I think thats a lost or vanishing skill. I think content creators sometimes feel to busy, and I get that, perhaps if you started getting 100 plus comments it would be difficult. But I know it means something to those whose comments you answer.
Here's to the Bull Run! 🍻
I don't know if I would want to cut back, maybe pivot into doing more of this and less of that :)
We have a chance to interact with each other - it seems entitled not to appreciate the people who take the time to engage here.
Difficult, but possible. I used to spend more time commenting, because people were more active too :)
You are unique in this space.
I think your attitude should be more prevalent and promoted.
I think what people miss the most when they post and send their work effort out into the void is human contact, or more precisely human response.
I woulld like to exist here mostly by curating, but as I look to Hivefest I wonder if simply being a curator will be enough.
You will have people looking for you at the Hivefest, they will have a desire to match a face to the name and a person to the ideas.
I wonder if Curators feel the same way at Hivefest?
I don't know anyone who curates primarily, otherwise I would ask them.
You see that is my problem... The word count... I am struggling to keep it short and powerful because I have so much to say... My posts always hit 1.2k to 2k words.... And then I leave stuff out... It's fucking frustrating actually 😂.
On a different note..... 50-70tabs? Like browser tabs? If so.... I'd likely lose my mind! If I have even four open it's far too many for my taste.
The replying on the cellphone, I like it because I can do it on the go as the day progresses.. Although what you're saying is true.... It's almost like a tunnel vision, you get too fixated on one thing when replying on a mobile device. Almost as if you're forcing yourself to answer something with limited information. Must be because the screen is so small.. (does this last paragraph even make fucking sense?)
I forgot half of what I wanted to include in this!
I have about 70 tabs open in this window. Another 5 opened for another Splinterlands account I rent from. Another for work stuff for my business. Then, I have my work PC which has its own setup going. I flick between the two when at home.
It makes perfect sense. I have written a post or two about what you are describing here. Generally, I know when people are answering from their phone, when they are normally from a PC.
Great insight. It is almost like a vlog but in written form. Have you found that sleeping 5 years has affected your mental state, maybe even made you more productive?
I am not sure if more productive, but perhaps I am more creative? Not sure. I think people overestimate how much rest they need and what is restful. We each have to learn how we are at our best.
I really enjoyed that post by acidyo. You spend a lot of time here even with how busy your life is, I can't relate, the stress will kill me. Two posts per day? Your time management skills is wonderful. How do you function with that amount of sleep?
I remember the days of little sleep, not anymore though, it affected me badly and I'm never going back there. I spend few hours on Hive everyday, make one post a day, engage with posts I find interesting, I play dcrops too and it's fun. I love it here and my goal is to do more and improve, have a lovely week...
I think I am terrible at time management! But, I do work a lot. Not sure if I function better or worse than people who get more sleep.
I don't like to write unless I feel like I have something to share that I would want to read myself from someone else. As such, I don't post daily. I also have limited energy due to chronic illness, so the urge to create may be present, but the physical and mental capacity may not. however, I still try to read and upvote posts in my following and favorites feeds on PeakD, engage with writers when I feel like I have something to say, reply to comments on my posts, and so forth daily.
Do you ever go back and read a post of yours from a week or two ago? Is it still interesting? I am not sure if every post should be, but I would like to think that many of mine are not so time sensitive and are relatable across a longer period of time. Some comment only on the news.
Chronic illness is a massive suck on life. I don't know what you have, but I have missed out on a lot because of it :/ Hope you get some respite at times though.
A very interesting read that is making me think....nice one
No worries mate.
I think my own day varies but I do spend a few hours here on Hive. At least 4-5 hours a day and sometimes I don't start till late so that ends up quite late at night also. If anything, I kind of agree that Splinterlands takes quite a while and that is why I try to do some commenting between the matching and waiting parts of Splinterlands. I do all of that manually and I do agree that it is time consuming.
Everything takes more time than we estimate perhaps. I am likely underestimating the time I have spent over the years in some areas. Commenting between matches - ever missed a submit? I have... it is painful!
I have missed matches and it is indeed painful.
Wow your day sounds really intense! Haha 6-10 hours a day on the blockchain sounds crazy but I guess the effort that you put in is clear for all to see, you generating good content and amazing discussion topics 😊
Thank you for the words of advice towards the end as well! Looking forward to seeing more of your posts! 😁
When I have a look at how I spend my time - I am not sure if I am spending it well! :D
Well at least you have a clear plan on what you want to achieve at the end of the day and is working hard towards it! 💪
Do you prefer explanation off the bat? I’m usually violently vacillating between providing all the explanation and being relatively terse running under the assumption people know what I’m talking about and not wanting to insult anyone’s intelligence and letting people ask for clarification 😅
And then there’s the added confusion on this particular platform where some people have tantrums because things are too short or too long, guess some people are never happy 🤣
That’s quite a while on the blockchain! Sometimes I feel like I should up my time here again (it’s dropped a lot) but I barely have time to make anything as is aaaaaahhhhhhh.
I might give this a crack over the week maybe possibly I don’t know I still have a progblog to write (which means I have to prog aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh).
I don't want to insult intelligence, but at the same time, try to consider that the audience can be quite diverse in experience.
Some people are never happy, but too long is better than too short ... so I hear!
I don't know about your general day or week, but I think there is value in putting aside a few hours and creating a post with intention.
My general day or week generally feels like general insanity usually. I am attempting a day in the hive thing and wondering if it's worth posting because I don't actually spend that much time on hive, it's one of those things where I have to work out how much time I spend doing comments and whatnot (I am not spending nearly as much time as I should be as far as social media general best practices go) and how much time I spend doing actual work so that I actually have something to actually post.
I am deliberately repeating a lot of words XD
Wow that is a lot of dedication. I already find it hard to post 1 a day, but I can't imagine going 2 a day. I feel like I'm not creative enough or I need more motivation to do so. I hope you get more sleep, or at least feel well rested enough with your 5 hours of sleep.
Back in the day, I used to be more active, but that was before I was working two jobs simultaneously. It is impossible now. Two is my max, though I could probably squeeze three if I tried.
Wow, your day is pretty packed! Seems like you manage your time very well! For weekdays, am often tired after a long day at work. I try to squeeze in some exercise and some time for household chores, and then the rest of the time is spent on my leisure activities which include Hive, Splinterlands, or just chatting with friends or playing other games.
Yeah, I think one of the reasons I can spend more time here than most, is because I don't do much else in way of entertainment. I also stay up well past my wife! :D
I tried posting twice a day but lately reverted to one post a day. Most of the time when I posted twice a day only one post was getting good rewards and people rarely comment my posts ( with exception of @shawnnft) so I don't have motivation to post twice a day. Uploading videos to youtube also takes time. But maybe in the future I will start posting twice again...
Normally I schedule a post for the next morning. just in case something would happen and I would not be able to post during the day.
These days I played less splinterlands because I was more excited about let's playing. I still made battle post but overall played less. Few days ago I even had full energy. Which is unheard of in the middle of a season.
Full energy? What is that!! :D
If you focus on what gets rewarded instead of what you enjoy creating and are willing to put effort into, you likely will put a ceiling on what people will ever reward you :)
OK I add up these hours and it's more than the 24 we have in a day. You have mastered time travel.
I was away for most of the past week, and had forgotten my charger for my computer and could do nothing on hive. It was torture at first, because I tend to spend a few hours here every morning, then check in all day long to look at numbers. Only I look at upvote numbers, reward numbers, upvote percentages, interest accruals etc. I try to respond to all comments unless the comment shows the reader did not read my post. I do everything on my pc, nothing on my phone. I take the time to read most of your posts, because they are always interesting. I wish I could step away from my computer more than I do. Maybe I will do that right now. buh bye!
Almost. I don't have a lot of downtime and what I do, I spend doing this here. It seems a lot for some people, but I do actually believe in it and think about it like a business. Not in terms of generating revenue, but something I want to grow.
There has been quite a lot of "generic" commenting lately. Where it is related, but obviously not them writing it.
Have a great evening!
haha it was morning here when I wrote that, and I am still sitting at my computer. Gotta get a real life! Maybe I should get a job.
Did you make it out? Or did you apply at the local supermarket? ;D
yeah that's right. I'd love to be a check out person. Not. Oh, how I would hate that job.
I at least made a zucchini stew. I did log out for an hour or so. That's a new trick of mine. If I log out, I am a bit less obsessive about what has transpired here.
Log out?? What the hell is that?
I always have a chuckle when I read your advice to write a post or two a day, because if you took all my posts from beginning of steem time, I strongly believe they would have lower word count altogether than what you write per day on average 😆
:D
This one was longer than most, but most are over 1000 words. 1000 feels about right for most topics. I used to write between 4 and 6K a day, but since the stroke, 2K is plenty...
I used to have enough things to say to write a long post, but the older I get the less I ... idk... care about sharing my opinions?
I use facebook as a diary of our family trips and other things not really interesting to the public, I guess now I am slowly switching to hive🤔😆
I don't care about sharing my opinions - but I do like good conversations! :)
I'm unlikely to earn 100 HIVE in a year by writing posts. I write very rarely. But I love reading and writing comments. My comments on your posts bring me over 100 HIVE a year. These are pleasant conversations on interesting topics.
Not bad, eh!
I think and hope so. What I guess I am looking to create is a sliver of space in life for us that we can get away from the day for a few minutes, but still grow ourselves in some way.
Hi @tarazkp, it is interesting to observe your itinerary every day and the time you dedicate to hive, it is always good to hear the experiences of writers who are very successful in this medium, I share with you that the writings take more value when we leave our opinion shaped by the experience that work leaves us or any experience that we live in everyday life.
I particularly like agriculture and I am a professional in the area, but sometimes I also like to talk about personal situations, cryptos and other types of topics that I consider relevant from my point of view.
Have a great week.
Write about what you want to share, not just what you like. I see it a bit like being able to have conversations around topics we might not be experts in, but are still interested to learn more.
Very interesting. Mine is pretty similar I guess. I could probably write a proper post about it, but I already have some stuff lined up for the week. I will see if I can get to it. I sit at my computer most of the day, so I don't really feel like I am ever detached from Hive at all except maybe on the weekends.
I realized after I read your comment that I didn't even write about the weekends. Looks much the same though, minus the normal work.
Sitting at the PC means being able to do some small tasks here and there also.
Yeah, I keep Discord open all day on one of my tabs and I jump into the various Hive communities that have servers there. Weekends I try to take a break. I might have to do a full post about this.
It is worth putting it down in writing, because the reflection helps with finding opportunities and making adjustments :)
Yes sr i put my Best effor in each post, i move to the mountain to Collet AND see all kind of plants AND mushroom AND i am try to found a scientific name to give to our audience a value to they know what kinf of beneficio the plants could get them,
By the way some Time i wrote 2 times per day but this Is so imposible, my Time Is so hard, fortunately my stake Is grow a Little AND i am ready for the next bullbrun.
I am happybfor this AND i have a plan for it.
Best regard.
By the way hive needs me i am important AND i am give a Lot of value to the platform.
I am not humild person.
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
One of the great things about Hive is about being able to fit it into daily life. Each of us might do this differently, which is why it is interesting to hear how others do it.
Considering I didn't get the edge on Hive so far. I am sticking with 1 post a day and comments as much as possible. I noticed that when you are doing this as a routine and not something forced or tied down to then things are not going to be any damages there. I feel writing on hive improves your overall thought process a lot and you learn from others experience which is not something you can put a price on.
Exactly. I wish more people created for this purpose, and consumed for this purpose too. We are in a unique position that we can interact directly with the creator. It is rare on youtube and the like - it is mostly one-directional.
As for me I try to maintain a schedule and plan the week ahead. So that I would know what and where to post in advance. For example every monday’s is for my splinterlands art contest. Here’s my latest work if you want to have a look. https://hive.blog/hive-13323/@beerbod/splinterlands-art-contest-week-258
And then Tuesdays are for three tunes. Wednesdays are for splinterlands social media challenge. And so on. I struggle at times to get creative juices flowing and sometimes just post an actifit report card if i cant think of anything worth reading. Mind if i ask. How much time do you usually spend writing an article or 2?
You have a schedule for topics? I know a few people who do this and I have always wondered if it is motivating, or demotivating. It is easier for sure, but I prefer just to go on the feel for the day, or the hour.
Between 1 and 3 hours. Normally I do it in one sitting, unless I am unable due to schedule. I can write quite fast, but my brain is the largest hurdle. :)
Sleeping is healthy my friend :D
Sleeping not enough is like a car-driver that does not to top-up fuel because he has no time. Soon or later.... I do not want to sound tragic but sleeping is a very important phase when our body can regenerate and cells gets healthier (when sleeping is not too much).
I tend to sleep 7/7.5 hours per night as sometimes I have low sleeping nights, but then I get a brief nap in the afternoon (20 minutes, not more), so to recover.
BUT, I love the aspiration with whom you are accumulating HIVE. I am trying doing the same, with 1 post a day and getting people know me more. Hopefully it will keep improving :D
I spent about two decades getting around 6 hours of sleep in 45 minute blocks. So perhaps now, my body doesn't know what the hell it is meant to do.
I believe that when we are building a strong network of decent people on Hive, we tend to build a valuable one too :)
You have a lot of interesting events within the day and also try to keep up with the engagement on hive too, that's something to learn from. Staying up late at night is not so much and easy thing.
I wish you well
Staying up late is easy - getting up early the next day is the problem!
I see this in the stock market too. Crypto is so much more than just numbers on the page to me. I vote with my dollars and I vote with my support.
you savage! how can you even tell what is on each page when they are all so small?!
how many different monitors though?
How does one market oneself on Hive outside of the content one creates?
The stock market is so antisocial, so people can invest into the worst of it for an ROI with no repercussions.
This is on one instance:
Oh goodness... so many tabs!
As you mentioned in the first paragraph, engagement is necessary in order to keep this platform moving and not boring. If everyone only comes online just to post and leave, then our experience will not nothing to write home about.
I advise that you should take some time off and rest so that your health won't deteriorate. Sleep is important to keep our sanity.
Like you said we need something to keep our activities alive, i commend your passion as you keep posting twice in a day and also have time to engage despite the fact that you have your regular work.
I see yo around here a lot claiming to be new - but I get the impression you are not new at all.
is that a reply to my comment on your piece. I don't know what you mean about me impression of being new. Because i was able to transfer some token to my wallet make me not new?
i find it difficult to post when i joined three days ago. I registered through hive in which the fees is about $1 but i couldn't paid just 1 dollar through my binance account. I don't know why i have to explain how i join though. I'm a bit skeptical about your allegation. is it a crime to join you on the platform? you can check my profile if you see it as stolen or whatever you might have in mind. or because i mentioned some people in my first post
claiming, i'm new here doesnt mean i did know about cryptocurrency or what why do you see so?
I'm doing my survey and i notice you are the admin in reflection community. I do wish to join and have my next writing posted there, since it is about a particular stage in my life, i will like to know more.
Really, you are living in a hive zone, the same as me sleeping around 2:00 a.m. and waking around 7:30 a.m. and checking the hive daily.
I am actually trying to make posts everyday but it is easier said than done. I am still trying to find a balance between my offline work and coming here to spend time on Hive.
I just hope that I'm able to fix that as soon as possible