Celebration: My First 50 Hive !!

Exciting Times!

Have been meaning to post this for a few days, a bit of a milestone within the Hive ecosystem.. have managed to accumulate +50 HP (or in other words my first 50 Hive, if I chose to power down, which I won't be lol!)

Big shout out to Hive account@drakedukane who got me underway..

Source: Image generated courtesy of Gemini AI.

Journey So Far..

It's been an interesting ride, I've embraced many aspects of the Hive Ecosystem to get this far, there's been Blogging, Splinterlands, Actifit and even a little Day Trading via HiveDex. Been an experiment of sorts to see if it is still possible in 2026 for a newbie to come along, join in, make some friends and contribute as much as benefit from the Hive Chain.. and so far I'm calling it a success! :)

Splinterlands

• Battling in Foundation & Modern
• 189 Cards, ~4900 Power, nearly assembled by first 500 $SPS

• Joined a Guild 'Hybrid', doing well, lots of recent Gold finishes, got promoted to Officer

• Started Buying and Selling Cards on the Market
• Started Renting cards to assemble a Meta to battle more efficiently in Modern
• My initial $10 investment is now returned, playin for fun now and accumulating as I go!

• Still haven't burned through the initial Credits, by learning from others and Renting hired muscle was able to compete and raise funds very efficiently! Even have ~45,000 Glint to my name! :)

• Splinterlands support and Dev discussion, shout out to Hive account@royaleagle for your help!

Hive Blog

• Enjoying my time spent here, learning about Community tokens
• Curating others and producing my own content
• Having some fun interactions, and meeting lots of new people along the way, the positivity in this Ecosystem is a thing to behold! :)
• One of my biggest splash posts in Hive Gaming Community:
  @urielkinnear/amazing-christmas-gift-game-and-watch-super-mario-bros-nintendo

Actifit

• Embraced a brand new fitness regime, and actively participating in relevant social media

• Trying to get others involved in the Community
• Due to some recent technical issues signed up to Discord and received some great help there, big shout out to Hive account@mcfarhat
• My health and exercise levels have genuinely improved due to participation in this App!

A Big Thank You To All!

Looking forward to the next 6 months, hopefully as interesting and engaging as the first half of the year has been..

Thanks for being awesome Hive Community :)