Personal Reflection on my Hive Journey

Let's reflect on my personal Hive journey. It actually began before Hive's birth. It started in 2019 on xxx but then I put a pause on blogging. I had been blogging forever, on my own website but was burned out from the, hmm, commercialization aspect, like you see now on e.g. Instagram, f4f and such - yuk. I needed out and found xxx.

One day when I checked back in on xxx in November 2020 - the hardfork had happened - and I was even more confused by all the blockchain and crypto. What HAD happened?!

Spoiler alert - I still am confused! I am pretty much a normie and illiterate when it comes to crypto. But,

I entered the world of crypto through Hive.

I considered Hive$ 'play money' - you know like in Monopoly. I know this is simplified and I now realize that Hive means actual money for many people around the world. I am not ignorant to that. But, personally, I am still not on Hive for the money but

I am on Hive for the people

reading about their experiences and for sharing my own experiences and parts of me, mostly my art, be it photography or paintings.

I like the blogging, writing

about my art and process and the chatting in comments. Hive gives me the platform to do this.

I like connecting with people around the world

and exchanging thoughts and views. THIS I like a lot.

I like that I got to know the power of NFTs

through Splinterlands back in 2021. But for the past year or two, SPL hasn't been fun anymore and I have slowly been getting out, selling my assets.

I am re-focusing completely on creating art and Hive blogging.

I guess in that respect

Hive gives me focus.

Thank you.
OceanBee