Holy hell, guys! I've been here for FOUR years!
Time flies when you're having fun!
Yes. They're real.
I still have plans to get the tattoos on my hands modified to incorporate the HIVE logo, blending the two without completely covering the former. I don't really post on STEEM much anymore, (though I might start again just to milk the current bull run over there...) but I also don't want to ignore my roots.
I got this tattoo to show homage to a platform that completely changed the course of my life. Had you told me four years ago that I was about to start a journey to becoming a "real" writer, I likely would have laughed, but that's exactly what ended up happening...
Earning a few dollars in crypto here and there for posting about my interests sparked a new passion within me, and soon I was earning hundreds of dollars for some of the posts in my Super Cool Science S#!t series (my highest paid post earned over $700 USD after cashout!)
From there, I started refining my writing skills and aspiring to turn what I had learned into a job that could replace the restaurant work I've done for nearly 20 years, and it worked...
I took a few courses, grabbed a couple certifications, and now run my own copywriting and marketing business via SirSweeney.com, and I truly have this platform/community to thank for giving me the confidence to push this far.
So what now?
I want to make my fifth year on the platform my most active yet, increasing the amount of commenting and posting I do, while staying away from starting big crazy projects I'll likely never follow through with. I've learned my lesson about biting off more than I can chew, and will instead focus on my strengths. I love writing serialized content, and my Super Cool Science S#!t series has been such a success here that I have plans to publish it as a book when I reach 50 installments! Beyond that, I have plans to start two new series very soon.
The first will be called 'AlieNation', where I write about some of the most famous and bizarre alleged UFO and extraterrestrial sightings and contacts, putting just as much research and effort into each piece as I do my science posts.
The second does not yet have a title, but will cover one of my guilty pleasures; talking about active serial killers, and past serial killers who were never caught. If this sort of thing interests you, comment below and help me come up with a title for the series!
I will also continue to write my Rogue Curator series, where I choose a random HIVE community and create a curation post featuring some of the best content published the prior week. These aren't exactly my most "successful" posts yet, but I enjoy creating them, and even with the small bit they've been earning, the amount I share with the authors I curate (10% each) is still more than I could give them with a single upvote on their post.
Congrats my man! Way to stay at it for so long! Sent you a little HBD tip! Would love to see you back in the #hustler community!
Thanks a lot, man!
I definitely plan to get more active within communities, especially those I've already got history with 😁
I've been so busy hustling that sometimes I forget to take a minute to share what I've been doing. Would love to see HiveHustlers get back to a level of activity that would justify my writing a weekly curation post again 🙏
Keep up the great work you're doing with all your projects, man! You're doing a lot more for the HIVE than most!
Man, there are allot of posts hitting the community, just go check out https://hivehustlers.io!
See... This is why I need to be more active. I hadn't realized you turned HH into a frontend! I'll keep an eye on it and will almost certainly be writing a new 'Way to Hustle' soon!
Oh the best is yet to come, go check out https://hivehustlers.com
an off chain chat and soon to be a Fiverr style microjob/freelancer marketplace!