Now about the story behind my username. 6 months ago, let’s just say I happened to have been lucky enough to have about close to 800$. That might not be a lot of money to you but where I come from, it sure as hell is. That’s not the point though. So what did I do with my 800$ and what relation does it have with my username? Well I’m sure you guessed it but you’re still missing a few chapters of the story.
I basically just went on a spending spree buying lots of shit I didn’t need. At the time my spending was backed by the fact that I was making a “stable” 15$-20$” everyday because I joined a ponzi scheme that was working magic at the time. If you know anything about ponzi schemes, then you’ll know I was about to have the worst financial experience of my life in the next couple of months. It was all puppies and rainbows until my source of “stable” income, my ponzi scheme collapsed. I don’t think it’ll be of any use if I mentioned the name of the ponzi scheme because I’m pretty sure you’ve never heard of it anyways. But I’m telling you a story about my life so I might as well just do since I’ll be using it for future references anyways. The ponzi was called CG. Your chances of having come across this ponzi scheme increases significantly if you’re from Africa or somewhere around Pakistan.
After CG collapsed(I was down to around 400$ by the time CG collapsed because a chunk of my money was still in it when it did, and I had just bought an iPhone 11 pro max which I’m still using), I was basically hopping from ponzi scheme to ponzi scheme to at least keep making a “stable” income to keep my new luxurious lifestyle going. One thing about luxury I’ve learned, you never want to stop after you’ve started enjoying it. I joined about 3 more different ponzi schemes with more and more of my money burning for every new ponzi I join.
Finally, the part that has to do with my username. After several ponzi schemes ripped me of my money and left me broke with a luxurious and expensive lifestyle, I stumbled upon Binance futures. Well I actually first tried Binary Options.
This was a whole other series of events where I deposited my money into a broker called OlympTrade and almost couldn’t get my money back out. It was stressful as fuck. I sent them several mails and ended up threatening them with going to the SEC or something if I didn’t get my funds. (this was a bluff. I don’t even know how the SEC operates, but OlympTrade didn’t know I was bluffing either.)
I paid some “expert” at Binary Options who allegedly would give me signals to place orders on Olymptrade and make “stable” profits monthly. This obviously ended in a scam and disappointment or I wouldn’t be here venting and crying lol.
“You definitely shouldn’t trust anyone labelled scam on telegram” Yh no shit for some reason it wasn’t there the first time I texted him and only came up like a few hours after I had already sent money from my account.
Now to the Binance futures. You’ll most likely say I don’t learn my lessons but I also just paid a Binance futures “expert” last month to trade with their signals and let me tell you it is the worst decision of my life so far. The signals they give 80% of the time hit Stop Losses and it doesn’t help that they make you use 20% leverage with their stop losses very far from entry prices. With the volatility in this current bear market, their stop losses almost always hit with the slightest movement and your money is burnt to fucking ashes.
All of the signals you see in the screenshot above are from midnight last night and all their stop losses hit before it was daybreak today. Smh I’m fucked.
As I write this, I have only 107$ left in my Binance account with a fear that I’m going to kiss my dream of turning my life around by the end of this year goodbye. That’s how my username is @depressedfuckup
About me and my Family
Like I said earlier, my name is Hamza, I’ll be 21 in September. I am the 10th child in a family of 21 children. I know, this sounds unbelievable but I shit you not. My dad has 3 wives, 5 if you count the deceased. This explains why there are so many of us. It’s not normal in certain parts of the world to have this many wives or kids but it is in my part of the world. We’re muslims and islam has no problem with the number of wives a man can take, though the advised is a maximum of 4.
From my mothers side, I have 4 siblings and I’m the last born. I have 2 big sisters and two brothers. My mother is no longer with us, (God have mercy on her souls) and so my siblings and I take care of each other. My dad is not very involved in our(my direct siblings and I) financial care because there’s too many of us and my siblings are a lot more established and successful than my other step siblings.
At the moment, I’m the only one of my siblings from my mother living in our house. My brothers and sisters moved out after they all got married. My dad doesn’t like me traveling because he thinks I’m not going to want to come back home if I see a lot of the world(and he’s right to think so). I don’t feel like I fit in in my community sometimes. It’s like everybody else think different.
My dad is a farmer so we’re a busy family during the farming season between April-August.
My Hobbies
It’s funny that one of my hobbies is what fucks me up the most. As much as I enjoy crypto and digging into stuff about crypto, this is my bane. The problem with me mostly is I FOMO in and out of things so I’m usually fucked by the time I calm down and actually do the research.
This one is more of a lifestyle but I LOVE watching movies at my free time. On a normal, l’m more of a Scifi guy and sometimes maybe romance and comedy when I’m moody. My all time favorite Scifi movie is Inception, one of the best performances of Leonardo DiCaprio. I like Titanic for a moody day but All The Bright Places is pretty great too.
I go swimming once a while with my friends when we’re on holidays. We go to a pool, take a dive and branch it into lunch or something where we talk and catchup on stuff.
I am also generally into anything concerning the latest piece of Tech. It surprised most of my friends that I’m not a Computer Science student because of my obsession with computers and Tech. I’m the Biochemistry student with a weird interest in computers. You could say I wasn’t quiet sure what I wanted to do with my life when I went to University and it was later along the line I realized my passion and love for Tech. I love Biochemistry though.
My Education
I read Biochemistry at University for Development Studies(UDS) in Ghana. Most people don’t believe it when I say I’ll be graduating at 21. It is not something you find very common around here for people my age to be graduating University. I’ll explain.
We have basically 4 levels you need to go through in the educational system in Ghana to be able to call a yourself a “Graduate”. There’s primary school which has 6 levels or classes so that takes 6 years of your life. Then there’s Junior High School, 3 years, Senior High School also 3 years, and University or College which is 4 years. So for standard, you spend like 16 years in the school system.
In my city, some parents send their kids to Nursery school before they go to primary school, I was one of such kids and I spent 2 years there. Parents normally do not send their kids to school until they’re at least 4 around here. I don’t know why my mom put me in school earlier. We didn’t get to have that conversation before she left us. I’m thankful she did though(put me in school early). I have been promoted several times in my schooling career so I didn’t sit through all the classes, skipped a few so that explains why I’m here at 21.
“Okay so how did this fuck up find out about Hive then?” Well I had created a hive account already a couple of months back with username @zology69 but I stopped blogging the past few months because I had exam then and that was also when my ponzi schemes were paying at its peak. I intend on starting fresh with this account because my content will be different now. I’ll be posting and engaging with content about futures trades. The trades I post will be backed by technical analysis(yes this fuck up knows how to do technical analysis and read charts) and I would love to hear the communities thoughts on my content.
I also will still be sharing about my life and the things I do daily when I have free time so that the community can see that maybe I’m not such a total fuck up. When I’m not being a massive dumbshit, I hit the gym, watch movies, go swimming or be a Bsc Biochemistry student that graduates in September this year.
If anyone knows an alternate way I could consistently grow my 100$ by even 2$ daily, that would be super super appreciated. And this is not so I can continue living my luxurious lifestyle but because I’m a student and in some deep shit financially at this point.
I’ll be reading comments and I really really hope people leave me with suggestions and their thoughts in the comments. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you around.
Ps: the first picture of me with a downcut is me right now and where I’ve grown my hair is me back then.
The point is, how much of your own money did you invest in all this craze? You got an iPhone out if it, plus all the stuff you bought during your spending spree, and you still got $107 in your Binance account. If your investment is less than all that added together, then you're no worse than when you started off. Enjoy using your iPhone and sell the crap you don't need.
And if after all this, you still think there's an investment that could earn you $2 a day on your 100 bucks, then you're seriously delusional.
Hive can help you if you're not greedy. You just need to put in the time and effort, and be patient. There's no easy way nor luck to life.
So in that basis, I shan't wish you good luck. It all depends on yourself
Now that I think of it, yes, I actually just spent most of it and didn’t really lose that much to the ponzi schemes. And yes, I’m probably being delusional about making 2$ from my 100bucks daily. My Hive journey just began and I’ll be here for as long as I can. Maybe we can be friends moving forwards. I like meeting new people and writing things out. Thanks for the input. I needed to hear this.😊 I added a few more personal stuff about myself too just now btw. It seems like I mostly just focused on my story earlier. I will not be greedy but be patient and hardworking because I hope to build something here. I saw something about a newbies initiative where newbies were completing tasks to learn about the Hive ecosystem and I was wondering how I could join it.
21 siblings!!! Your dad is really productive!
I see you've followed Hive Newbies, that's a good start. You can hop onto their discord, I'm sure they will help you with your journey. The other one is The Terminal, they are also very good in supporting newbies, here's an invite to their discord. https://discord.gg/XZGPGpz
I have a pinned post in my blog with tips for newbies, and @newbies-guide has a bunch of useful posts you should read.
Last and not least, because you can earn rewards on Hive, the community takes abuse very seriously such as plagiarism, recycling content, shit posting etc. Short cuts won't get you anywhere and people very rarely get away with abuse, so don't even think about it!!!
Engage more with people to build your network, and be yourself. That will help a lot.
Yhh my dad is pretty active. And he’s still going lol. Just recently when I went home to celebrate Eid I was told my step mom had another boy. But that’s not the funny part. The funny thing is I didn’t know the difference between two of my siblings who are girls until they were almost 4 and 5 years. I don’t normally stay home for long periods because I’m always in school and my holidays are short. But also, my entire family doesn’t live in one house so my interactions with most of my siblings is limited.
I just joined the discord and introduced myself. Thanks.
Regarding plagiarism and abuse, I have no intentions of producing content with a trace of those in them. My content will be original.
If everyone on Hive is this nice, Hive might become my new Reddit. I spend an awfully long amount of my free time there, except unlike on Reddit where I just watch from the shadows, I’ll actually get involved with the community and engage with people.
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Thank you. I’ll check it out.
I actually thought this was a really good read. Youre a fucking idiot though, a fucking idiot who writes well. Get the $107 converted to Hive and power up, then work hard. There are no short cuts!
Good luck, I think youre good value for a follow so keep putting in the effort and good things shall surely happen my friend!
PS write from the heart, not the generic shite you wrote on your previous account ;-)
Thanks for the suggestion and criticism. Can you help this idiot that knows how to write stop producing generic content though ? He’s kinda struggling with finding a content niche to focus on.
Check out all the communities and post in those that interest you. Read the community rules before you do that to make sure you won't be blacklisted for breaking community rules
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Hey @depressedfuckup! This is @indayclara from the @ocd team. Congratulations and welcome to Hive!
Well, that was quite a learning experience for you but what matters is you move forward and be wise with your future investments. We love to read more of your stories so make sure to share them in our amazing Communities! You can also check out the Communities Incubation Program.
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I understand. I’m sure this is referenced to the picture of the INCEPTION movie I used without sourcing. I’ll go get my source right away and that won’t happen again. Besides that, my ideas and content are original and written from my experience. Thank you for the warm welcome and the guides.😊
Welcome to Hive! Did you know that there are many different websites powered by Hive? If you enjoy travel blogging check out TravelFeed.io :) See you around @depressedfuckup!
Hellooo @depressedfuckup,
Welcome to Hive Ecosystem! ♦️
Excellent introduction, I loved the post!
Here you will find a very healthy network.
Where you have freedom of speech and receive a lot of support for your effortin creating content.
I hope to see you flying through the communities and staying forever in Hive!
Nice to meet you!
I invite everyone to participate in the communities: HiveBR, MusicHive and SkateHive.
In addition to being a content creator, I am a Moderator and Curator in these communities.
Let's exchange ideas and evolve together.
Boelter hugs straight from Brasil!Qi read one of your posts and just had to come see your intro post. And I totally understand why you chose this name. This was a fun read, I'm hoping you have a wonderful time over here. Note that over here we don't di quick gains. It takes hardwork to finally start reaping massively. I wish you luck :)
I think I learnt my lesson at this point about being baited by quick gains. Hive is a new start for me and I don’t plan on fucking it up. I’ll put in the time and work.
Great, enjoy your hive journey.
Uffda. Well, HIVE isn't another Ponzi scheme, no matter how much people complain about crypto and make false accusations. Wealth is not guaranteed, but perseverance tends to pay off in the long run. Hopefully the user name will be an ironic reminder in a better future.
I’m seeing more and more reasons why it is not a ponzi scheme everyday. Hive is too much of a big intertwined community to be one. Too many dApps and too many wonderful people on here!
I hope so. I notice the HP delegation too. Thank you very much for that. It came just when I needed it. I’m struggling a bit with making posts and keeping engagement going with limited RCs.
This is such a huge read and I see the reason why though....hmmmmm that ponzi scheme...I can't say cause am speechless after reading it. I hope you get up on your feet and regain your stance
Thank you. Someone here in the comments advised me to convert the rest of my money into Hive Power, which I slowly did. I think I’m getting my footing right again. Thanks:) and great job for going through all that crap lol.
Yes...channeling it to hive power will go a long way for you....ams thanks I appreciate too!
lol you aren't a fuck up, you are just going through a fuck up stage. Man, just keep at it at hive, get involved and make friends, you'll make more than $2 a day if you don't start drama like I did back in 2017. That set me back a year or two haaha, my fuck up stage ;-)
Interested in learning more how you think different. I've been listening to some Ghana music and following some people on twitter from there on Twitter these days. Glad to meet someone from there on Hive :-D
Yeah I’ve made a few friends so far, and it looks like I just made a new one now too:)
Haha now I wanna know what kind of drama you got yourself involved in.
I guess that makes me the first Ghanaian you’ve met?
Well, the second at hive 😉 I hope more come over. I think it’s dumb that there aren’t more random cross cultural connections happening online. I mean they happen but everyone could surely step it up a bit. That’s why I “manage”. Cross Culture Collective at Hive. Welcome to post there sometime if you like.
As for my drama, let’s just say I was a lot quicker to anger a few years ago, and I saw some stuff I didn’t like on the platform. Luckily it’s all been fixed now 😁
I’ll check out the cross culture community some time. Not really sure I’ll have much to contribute there though, but if I’ll meet new people there, I’m in!
As for drama, I’m doing my best to stay out of any sort of drama that’ll cause trouble.
Most of your posts would be welcome there. Daily life stuff or thoughts and feelings is fine, preferably with some pictures of daily life. I know there are other good communities you can post in too so no pressure 😛