My beginnings at Hive

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My beginnings at Hive

We live in a world where terrible things happen day by day. Friends, family members, colleagues, associates, acquaintances and even church members do bad things to each other by leading them astray all in the name of investment, online business, blogging, and so on. At the end of the day, they scam people of their hard earned money and it keeps going like that. Things happen, scammers everywhere, here and there.

HOW MY HIVE JOURNEY BEGAN

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A friend of mine here by name @tomlee talked to me about this platform for as many times he could and at every slightest opportunity he had. He literally sang it to my ears that if I'm here (on hive) that I'll have so many benefits. It was hard to believe him, infact I didn't believe him at all despite the fact that he wasn't just my friend but also my church member. I still refused, infact I bluntly refused to listen.

After much talk and persuasion, I decided to give it a shot. Lo and behold I joined hive, on January 10th, 2018 to be precise and I would say it's been an amazing journey so far. It's been four good years now and I'm still enjoying it though most times it gets really hard and tough. So, I did my introduction post and I was very much welcomed. I was happy and I loved it not knowing that there's more to it.

WHAT I PASSED THROUGH
When I finally joined hive Omo 😩 it wasn't easy and I got to know that if you must make it here, you have to be consistent, focused and determined. I saw it as suffering and since it was not my usual way of doing things, writing and engaging in other social media platforms I became unecessarily lazy.

@tomlee ofcourse didn't take it lightly with me, he was with me all through the way, he made sure I follow the right path, rules and regulations and he also guided me with everything I needed to know.

I remember that they're times I wrote post without being voted, no comments and nothing at all. I felt really bad and I said to myself perhaps I don't know how to write well and I've been writing rubbish.

My friend advised that I shouldn't pay attention to all of those but rather try to build my account my engaging here more often, vote and comment on people's posts. He went as far as giving me a task to make atleast 3 posts in a day. It was really hard for me and somehow I couldn't do it.

One of the things this platform does not joke with is Plagiarism I could vividly remember that I was warned about it and he did warned me about it as well. But no, I didn't listen, I didn't even take it serious so I went ahead and plagiarized. Since I couldn't sit my ass down to write on my own, I decided to copy stuffs from internet and the rest of them.

I was warned for many times yet I didn't listen, I got barred and I was kicked out. It was painful Sha but at the same time, I couldn't see myself sitting my ass down to write on my own without copying from somewhere.

My friend frowned and assisted in opening another one. I still had to go through the process of writing my introduction post and engaging with people. A little time after that, I plagiarized again and was kicked out for the second time. I opened another account and still did the same thing and I was kicked out again. It was bad.

So, I decided not to do that anymore. I opened this particular account and sticked to the rules and regulations and I'm here now still grinding though I've been very lazy.

As time went on, I somehow felt less of myself and inferior. When I saw other people write so well, I said to myself that I'm wasting my time here. Sometimes, I feel skeptical about the whole thing so I summoned courage and wrote small small and here I am today. That doesn't mean I write perfectly now, I'm still learning.

I got to know that it's only consistency that can help one pull through here. Along the line I stopped cos I wasn't cashing out like I was supposed to. I was told not to focus on the money now but rather engage well and with time, I'll start smiling. I began to enjoy it and I could confidently and comfortably invite others.

I can now write small, participate in contests. I learn many things here and also I get to meet people from other countries, states and local government areas as well as their way of doing things and all of that.

It's been an amazing journey and I'm still trying my best though most times I get really tired especially when the votes and money do not come.

I invite @glowie @evegrace and @glotokens .



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Ahn! Hanty...lol. As they say, experience is the best teacher. Four years is a lot of time to make mistakes, fall and rise again.

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