Back to daily posting with Ecency!

Hello Hive! 👋

Here I go again – after a three years hiatus! 😅 Inspired by my good friend @xrayman's discipline and dedication to posting daily on Hive, I decided to follow his example and drag myself back into posting on a daily basis. 🫡 Maybe I will skip a day or two here and there in the future, but at least I am making a public commitment to return to the platform on a regular basis.

My current favourite frontend interface to Hive is Ecency, both on mobile and on desktop. So I intend to use it for my daily ramblings.

I think it's also a good opportunity for me to re-introduce myself. 🙇 I have been on Hive (back then known as Steem) since October 2016, so for 9.5 years already. 👴 I've made some amazing friends along the way, here to name just a few:

• @scrooger
• @minimining
• @pardinus
• @xrayman
• @livinguktaiwan
• @zirochka
• @ewkaw
• @papa-pepper
• @roelandp
• @arcange
• …and many others whose name I might have omitted here, but carry with my in my heart and memories.

I am currently 46 year old, as of time of writing this. I live in Portugal (hello, @ewkaw ! 🇵🇹👋). I was born and raised in Southern Russia, but my ancestral roots are from Ukraine, 🇺🇦 and I'm a Swedish national 🇸🇪 (or, as we say, a subject to the Swedish crown 👑). I am happily married since two years ago. My professional background (since 2020) is in FinTech and the financial services industry, working in Compliance Operations for the past 1.5 years. I have MSc in International Financial Analysis, specialising in digital assets (aka crypto). I volunteer teaching Esperanto once a week (I've been teaching it on and off for the past 30 years, give or take).

I love travelling, lifting weights, reading sci-fi and fantasy, playing computer and video games, and learning about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency (I spent a couple of hours every single day researching the latest developments in the industry and following the market movements).

That's it about me in a nutshell. If want to know more – please drop a reply and I'll be happy to answer! 🤗

See y'all tomorrow! 😉