I need to report myself to 'lost and found'.
The fear is coming true, and I'm slowly detaching myself from Hive. No, no one asked me to stay, and I'm not anybody important who needs to stay. But I need to and want to stay for my own good. Unfortunately, I'm losing myself... again...
Am I accusing Hive of a 'not-so-interesting' place? Absolutely not.
I don't know why, I often find myself not motivated enough and don't open the apps for days. It's not like I forgot about it. But I feel like, I'm lost, don't know in what topic I should write on, if people actually got interested in reading my writing...These thoughts take over and win over me.
Not just looking at the long-term goal is enough for any new user.
So what do we need to do in between?
- Grow a passion for a topic/community if you don't already have.
From my personal experience, this is what can take us a long way. Look, I'm not a writer by any means like many other Hivers. I don't have my personal blog except Hive (although, now I feel like I should start it). For a regular normal person it's hard enough to come up with some writing ideas to be active in Hive/communities.
- Initially follow the different community and join the prompts/contest.
This can help new users a lot to get out of the black hole and be active on Hive. You don't have to think much but to write on a specific topic. But it's true, the small rewards wouldn't take you anywhere far.
Then what is the next step to gain more rewards?
- Probably, engaging. At least this is what I found so far.
The more people will know about you, the more chances you will create to get attention and some rewards as well. There are many curators (individuals and community curators), and it's about time to get noticed if you are active.
Yes, you got it right.
All these motivations and do's are for me, for motivating myself. But I'm sharing here so if only one person finds this helpful would serve the purpose.
It's hard to be active 7 days a week. I usually don't schedule posts but probably it's a good idea if anyone can make 2/3 posts ahead of the weekend. But engaging is important. So, I installed 'ecency' on my mobile and tried to be active every now and then.
Does this solve the first problem I shared at the beginning of the post?
No.
It will take time to make this platform a part of my life. From time to time I lost the interest in reading posts, especially long posts, and making a meaningful comment. This is a place where one needs to read and write a lot. So anyone who doesn't have a passion to do that and fails to grow the passion, would find this hard to adopt.
I'm not sure if what I have stated is facts but they are more what I discovered so far. It's up to you if you would like to follow my path. Because there might be other best way that I didn't discover yet. You can share with me if you know...
You may understand, that I'm trying to create a space for myself. I'm determined but often lose the motivation. I'm working on it. I lost and found myself...
It's time to grow.
Thank you for reading.
