Hello everyone!
I have been very lazy these past few weeks and it shows from my blogs or the lack thereof. I always wanted to post something, but for some reason, I couldn't until this blunder I made just a few hours ago. If you're reading this post, please let it be known that I'm just posting this to recuperate at least a portion of my loss. You're not obligated to upvote. Just read and you might learn something at the expense of my demise.
Let me just provide some context before I wallow into my clumsiness or stupidity. Of course, the main reason for the context is to satisfy the word count I'm aiming for this post. Come on. Judge me both for my foolishness and hypocrisy. Anyway, I slept late (or too early for the next day) as I always do. Due to some Netflix series that I binge-watched, I slept at around 5 AM. I woke up at around 9:30 AM because I planned to go to the gym at 10 AM. I only had 4 and 1/2 hours of sleep. First wrong move.
While at the gym, I told @glecerioberto that I need some money for our camping later in the afternoon. I requested him to withdraw the money for me and I'll just send the amount to his GCash. While I was starting my workout routines, I dabbled with the withdrawal from my Hive wallet to Binance. Second wrong move.
Can you guess what happened?
Yeah! I sent my HIVE to a wrong recipient! I sent 95 HIVE to @deepcrpyto8 instead of @deepcrypto8. For some, it's just a small amount, but in the Philippines, it's already PHP 5,000.00. That's almost half of the minimum monthly salary here. It could have been spent on things like groceries or to pay the bills. That's almost $100 down the drain!
I checked the account and it's not just me who committed to the same mistake. I just hope that owner of that account would put those money into good use. The sooner I can move on from this, the better for me and my sanity. But the increase in HIVE's price made me angrier with myself. Anyway, since we're already here, I think I need to put some lessons I've learned from this.
I hope you won't commit the same blunder so here are some points to remember:
1. Always double-check your transaction before proceeding with finality.
I guess I got cocky. I got confident because I rarely commit these kinds of mistakes. Ever since I joined four years ago, I'm always on high alert whenever I transfer to exchanges or to a different wallet. I always double-check the transaction before pasting my active key. I guess I got distracted this time. This leads to my second lesson.
2. Focus on the transaction. Don't do anything else.
I was working out while doing the transaction. I thought I didn't have time because we would be camping in the afternoon and I didn't prepare yet. I thought that after the gym, we would have to withdraw the money and then go home to prepare my camping gears. This is a huge lesson for me. I didn't focus on the transaction because I was doing something else. The distraction was exacerbated by my lack of sleep. This leads me to my third lesson.
3. Have enough sleep as much as possible.
This is underrated, but I think this is one of the necessary things to do in life. I know that we only have 24 hours in a day and we often try to do as much as possible within those 24 hours that we tend to sacrifice sleep. I mean that's what I did. I remember when I was in college, I didn't cram. During exams, I always sleep the night before even if I felt I didn't study enough. I observed that I scored better in those exams that I slept well even if I didn't study than those exams that I studied until 4 AM. I think having enough sleep will really help you focus on things.
Alright! It's time to move on. I'll now go camping and try to forget those money I lost. ðŸ˜
See you in my next post. I think that will be better than this one.
Kim Ybañez
Welcome to Kim's small corner in Hive. He is a chemical engineer by profession, but a blogger by passion. He is a wanderlust and an adventure seeker. Join his quests as he visits secluded destinations, climbs mountains, tries new and exotic dishes, and explores his country (The Philippines). He's also a trying hard photographer so stay tuned as he shares his photos and his thought process while creating them.
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