What do you see in the photograph above? Yes, that's right growth. That's exactly what each and every one of us should be all about right now. We are mostly around long enough to know that this overall Crypto bear will not stay around forever, and we often see November and December as particularly positive and growing months and this year may well be the same. Even if it is not though, growth will not be far away. In this space more than any we tend to see patterns repeat over time and as sure as day follows night, bulls follow bears.

Me personally, I rarely look at the value of Hive, but instead I focus and growing my HP as much as I can, and I had a target of reaching 10,000HP before the end of the year, which is going to be very difficult to achieve, but I find that it is always good to push ourselves beyond the comfortable, so I will continue to post every day and try to keep my posts engaging, fun and worth reading, after all that is what this site is all about, reading, learning and engaging.

As I look around me here in Ireland, growth is everywhere in nature. The baby lambs that were born back in Spring are growing and get stronger every day. The buds that appears as small little growths on the branches of trees and shrubs have burst into life as leaves and flowers and hum of the bees and tweeting of the birds is alive in the air. We are lucky enough to have a big back garden in the countryside, so our garden is full of the gifts of nature. They are all growing and I am growing too here on Hive and that is what I want to talk to you about now.

I recently crossed the 5K HP barrier which seemed an almost impossible task when I first started here, but now it is reality and I can see firsthand now that as that stake grows, my curation grows too and I am trending nicely now towards the next 1000K checkpoint of 6K HP. I had set a target of seeing how long I could maintain 10% growth, and this month, although I grew 8% organically, I had some Hive stored up that I recently converted back from HBD, so I used that to bring myself up to 10% exactly for the month, which I am thrilled about.

I have momentum now, my habit of posting everyday is now firmly engrained and I have a tight group of people I talk to every other day on here and we support each other and support the community and at the moment the only way is up and I am in a very positive frame of mind about my future here on Hive and the future of Hive overall.

That time again

Its the 1st of the month again! Another month has passed, and I've seen more gains across my hive and #Leo holdings, as well as other side chains like #SportsTalkSocial #VerfiyYourBrian #Proof of brain

For any newbies reading this post, the beauty of Hive is, you don't have to invest any hard earned Fiat, although I would advise that you do invest some FIAT, to accelerate your progress. At times I wish that I had in those early days, as it has been a long journey for me, but my account has grown up from 100% organic growth from nothing other than around 10 or 15 delegated HP to get me going.

I've never taken out anything to date either, nor do I intend to any time soon. I want my stack to continue to grow and the bigger the stack, the quicker the growth in my opinion. I am actually seeing that first hand at the moment, and it's a fact that the more you grow, the quicker you grow.

Last PUD month comparison

Each month, that I do a HPUD, I like to have an auld look over my shoulder back into the rearview mirror to see where I've come from, so let's do that right now.

I was on 5137 hive power on June 1st. Today, I'm at 5651 hive power one month later which is a gain of 10% which I'm feckin thrilled with! This is what I am trying to explain as best I can - now is a brilliant time to grow. Bear markets are a great time to grow if you are brave and you believe.

My reputation continues to grow as well and I am now up to 70.2 this month which again I'm delighted with, as the higher this gets the slower it grows, so to have grown it from 69.9 last month to 70.2 this month is fan-bloody-tastic.

You are an early adopter

You were waiting for this weren't you? Every month for Hive Power Up Day, I mention it.

Brace yourselves - here it comes again - remind yourself that you are an early adopter in a transformative potentially game changing industry. Blockchain is going to be huge. You are here before the masses. You are a visionary. It is only a matter of time before many more look to follow in your footsteps. Imagine investing in internet stocks in the early days, the likes of Google, Amazon or Facebook.

Take advantage of your early adopter status. Up your game. Post only quality content. Engage with others on the eco system and watch as you flourish.

Are you hearing more friends, families and randomers talking about Crypto currencies, asking questions about blockchain and taking their first tentative steps into the investment waters? I am and I think more and more people will get involved in the coming years, especially the younger demographic who are already tech savvy and tuned into digital technologies and integration.

Of course the recent downturn and shitshow with Luna may sour the views of many, this is not new to blockchain technologies and many of us have seen this and similar play out in the past and eventually Crypto emerges unscathed and I believe that will happen again, so be ready and in the meantime grow, grow, grow.

Did I mention you should grow?

Power Up Day July 2022

I am proud to say that this is my thirteenth PUD. It's a good way of showcasing the importance of powering up and staking what you have in the Crypto space in order to put your earnings to work and compound with even more earnings.

Another bonus for me is that it gives me a timestamp that I can easily refer back to in order to track my growth here on the platform.

These were the criteria for Hive PUD:

• Your reputation must be above 39 and below 70.

I am now 70.2 so don't qualify for main prizes

• Your total Hive Power (before the 1st) must be more than 100 and less than 8000.

My total hive power before 1st was 5326 HP

• You must power up at least 10 Hive on December 1st.

I have just powered up 323 Hive bringing up to 5651 Hive Power overall

• You must write a post about your power up on December 1st with the tag #HivePUD (International) or #HPUD (Spanish).

This is my post about the power up

Proof

Before Power Up

Power Up

After Power Up

Thanks to @traciyork for this cool Hive Power Up Day contest and thanks to @streetstyle for the great idea formed way back in 2019!

The images used throughout are all my own

Thanks a million for reading my post

Peace Out