Hello to all Saturday Savers. We are now at the end of week 16 and can you believe it is almost May already? Where did the spring go? You can check what week it is here.
Some things that I have been thinking about recently on my savings journey is where do you find the balance between saving for later and enjoying life and your time now?
It is the same with the main stream retirement system where you work and save all your life to enjoy your retirement, but after 40 years or more of work you are not so physically able to do many of the things you may have dreamed of in your earlier years.
One thing is for sure though, we cannot rely on the government pension systems. They are now raising the retirement ages and soon probably no one will get one, even though we have paid this tax all our lives. As George Carlin famously said, "They are coming for your social security money, and they'll get it."
Reading for some time on Hive now and the worldwide members experiences, it is clear that there are huge problems with governments turning into Leviathan and abusing their power in different ways everywhere. Can crypto solve this?
It is now week 4 in the 365 Day HBD challenge is completed this week:
I managed to save more HBD than last week at 5,56 HBD, which was way above my target of 1,75 HBD. This gives me some more leeway when things start getting tougher later on.
This week I need to save 2,24 HBD, so lets see how I get on.
On to this week's numbers:
My main target is to grow my Hive Power.
Start: 56314
Target: 100k
Current: 61319
To Go 38681
My Hive increased by 281 this week, which is less than last week but still around the same values. I am posting usually once per day which is more than enough for me at the moment. This generated 161 HP in author rewards according to Hivestats.
My second goal is to increase my ALIVE power to 25k. This is my current progress:
Start: 10025
Target: 25k
Current: 14352
To Go 10648
This week I staked 242 extra ALIVE tokens. I am staking all ALIVE tokens that I earn and from delegations. This was lower than last week, but still a good result. I am just 281 ALIVE behind target, but this should be easy to catch up.
My next goal is to increase my staked SPS.
Start: 1539
Target: 50k
Current: 43168
To Go 6832
My SPS increased by 653 this week. No extra purchases this week but maybe I will try and grab some more SPS next week. So far I stake all SPS that I earn to increase my stack.
My final goal is to increase my staked GLX.
Start: 0
Target: 20k
Current: 3015
To Go 17185
My GLX tokens increase by 200 this week which is a nice increase over the change from last week. I am quite behind target but I plan to go into the market and buy some GLX once I get some spare crypto.
That's it for this week, I hope you all had a great savings week, be sure to let me know in the comments. Before I go, be sure to check out the @eddie-earner or @susie-saver accounts for more details about the Saturday Savers Club. This is run by @shanibeer.
Thanks for reading.
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