While I would admit that I have never really been much of the organized, well-planned guys, I have had no problem giving my all to whatever it is that I am really interested in and passionate about. My swimming coach and guitar students would eagerly back me up, even though you can't reach them🙂.
I published my introductory post on Hive on the 23rd of December, 2021 after being introduced to this wonderful platform by a senior colleague, @jaydr. So, I am 3 months old on the platform now. I got frustrated a lot in the first month and o LY published about 5 posts. I kept having issues with the Resource credits and I had gotten tired of it all. Then I attended a physical meet-up of Hivians in Ibadan organized by @hivenaija and @nonsowrites towards the end of January. Hearing the experiences of my predecessors and getting to meet people that were already established on the platform really got me fired and gingered up. I came to understand that it was doable and really wasn't as difficult and cumbersome as I'd imagined it to be.
For the next month, I posted almost everyday and increased my engagements on the platform rapidly going from 20 followers to about 68 in the next month.
My Hivepower also experienced a spike.
However, my presence on the platform has dwindled a lot in the past month. This has been majorly due to the fact that I am a medical student and I've got a professional exam coming my way in the next 3 weeks, which will last about a week, provided the ASUU strike doesn't affect it. This means that my presence here would still be scarce for the next 1 month. However, after the exams, I fully intend to make up for lost time here by engaging maximally and posting to share my experiences with you all.
In this post, which is the first task given by the newbiesinitiative program organized by @newbies-hive, I'll be sharing the goals i hope to attain in the next 3 month of the initiative program.
And to properly lay down these goals, we were given three questions to deliberate upon.
Without further ado, journey with me as I share my goals,how I hope to achieve them, and the likely challenges that might stand as obstacles in a bid to achieve my goals.
MY HIVE GOALS FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS
HIVE POWER GOAL
By then end of the newbies initiative, I hope to have 500HP, I presently have 74.486HP.
HIVE REPUTATION GOAL
I presently have a reputation of 56.05. By the end of the initiative, I'd like to attain the reputation of 62.
HIVE FOLLOWERS GOAL
By the end of this initiative, I hope to have 200 followers on the blockchain. I've presently got 73 followers on Hive.
ENGAGEMENT/COMMENT GOAL
In a bid to make friends and appreciate other authors, I'd love to achieve at least 2000 comments by the end of this initiative. My total amount of comments before this post is 660.
Below are pictorial evidences of my current HP, reputation, followers and comments.
HOW DO I PLAN TO ACHIEVE THE LISTED GOALS
I would like to point out that a large percentage of my growth here on Hive has been in the space of a month. So, while my upcoming exams provide a certain setback, I am quite confident in my will and ability to put in my very best in the last month of this newbies initiative program and achieve my desired growth! After all, it is better late than never.
500 HIVE POWER GOAL ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY
On my part I will try and post more high quality content that would attract the attention of whales, and hopefully, get my post curated and upvoted, I also intend to actively engage in contests and weekly prompts put out by various communities I subscribe to such as @hivenaija, @ecotrain, @blockchainpoets, @theweekend, and @hiveopenmic. This is in an attempt to fast-track my growth by being directly involved in the growth and togetherness of the community and getting a higher hance of having my posts curated. I could also get SBI units from some of the communities and second tier tokens which I could exchange and use to power up.
I do not really know much about being a curator yet, but I also intend to explore that path and begin getting curator's reward. I'm more than ready to put the work in.
62 REPUTATION ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY
The reputation is automatically set based on the amount of rewards gotten on posts. Or at least, so I've noticed. Therefore, I believe if I keep churning out high quality content and I achieve my desired HP, this reputation will follow hand in hand.
200 FOLLOWERS ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY
In order for me to attain 200 followers by the end of the 3 month of the initiative, I'll need 127 more followers. Followers can mainly be gotten through engagements on other people's posts. By putting in the time to read their posts and make reasonable comments, repost, and upvote their posts, I draw their attention to myself . They then ch k out my blog and hopefully follow me because I post things they want to see. Under no circumstance, would I beg anyone for an up ote or follow. It has to be of their own volition.
I'll lIke to build a mutual relationship with other authors on the blockchain and grow together.
2000 COMMENTS ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGY
All these goals are really interwoven and interdependent. I cannot achieve the goal of more followers if I do not actively engage with other authors in the community.
As I am a man of many interests, my comments will be cutting across a wide variety of communities. The goal is to make a post and 20 comments each day.
LIKELY CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT HINDER ME FROM ACHIEVING THE SET GOALS
I'll try my best and put in more effort to make sure I achieve my set goals as instructed by the initiative. However, I also have to be realistic and realize that it might not always be as rosy as I want it to be.
This is even one of those moments right now. I'd say, for me, school is the most important factor that really eats up my time and leaves very little time for other activities. Medicine is a very jealous course. However, once this exam is over, I'd be freer and be able to be more active for a number of months before the next major exam comes along again.
Writing has always been a part of me. So it really doesn't take me that much effort to put some ink to paper and tell a story. I believe I can easily keep blogging like it's nothing as soon as this current exam pressure fades into the night.
APPRECIATION AND CONCLUSION
Firstly, I'd love to appreciate the @newbies-hive initiative team in person of @starstrings01, @mistural, @projectmamabg, and many more, who through this initiative have helped many newbies like me navigate Hive easier.
Also, a big thank you to the @hive-learners Community team, @bruno-kema, @prayzz for their collaboration and support of the initiative, and for the lessons.
Lastly, I'd also love to specially appreciate the curators of this initiative - @theycallmedan, @aliento, @lazy-panda.
Your support and effort towards our better understanding about the blockchain and growth do not go unnoticed. And on behalf of all the selected verified members, I say, thank you. God bless you richly.
Thanks for reading through and for the consistent support!