Another Hive-Power Up Day has arrived! The second to last for 2023!

What is Hive Power-Up Day? Let's get a brief intro out of the way for any of you who may be unfamiliar with the day.

Hive-Power Up Day (HPID) is when we all power-up some hive. Pretty simple, eh? Powering up has many benefits, such as increasing your vote and your stake in this platform. Increasing your vote has a lot of benefits, among which are you can reward people more and you can make more in curation. We can of course power up on any day of the month; HPUD is just here for an added social push.

Hive Power Up Day uses UTC time, so it started about 45 minutes ago as of this posting. To check what these times are in your local time zone, this is my favorite time zone conversion site, but you can also go to the Hivebuzz page, login, and they will show you a countdown clock.

If you have at least 10 Hive that you can power-up, you will get a badge from doing so. I mean, sure, badges are a little silly, but they are a fun perk. Think of them as achievements in your favorite game. If you are under level 70 then you might get some big rewards for powering-up as well, like a lot of Hive in delegations. Alas! I'm over level 70, so no rewards for me. But it's ok, I enjoy supporting the platform.

I powered-up 100 again. I was hoping for more this time, but all my HSBI giveaways this month ate into what I could save. I did, however, manage to power-up at least 10 Hive everyday—more on a few days—so that gives me an additional 300 that I powered-up last month, giving me 400 total.

Growing stronger!! Soon to be a whale!! Well.. maybe orca is the next step. But let's dream big!

I'd really like to make that 1000 total. Hmm...Maybe that is a goal right there. Let's see, that would be 900 for the month (assuming I still do a 100 power-up for HPUD) so that would come out to around 30 per day. Right now I don't make enough from my posts to do that much, but... well, that's what goals are for, eh? Something to shoot for.

If you miss out don't worry, there will be another next month for the final HPUD of the year! But that next month will be here before you know it. I suggest following @hivebuzz and/or @traciyork so you will be reminded a few days before the next one.

David LaSpina is an American photographer and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku.