12 days after the "celebration" of 12 years in crypto, it's time for another celebration post, but this time it's connected to HIVE! And with real cake! 😃 On 24th April 2019, I created this account on HIVE (@ph1102)... It wasn't my first account, but I count it as the most important, as I had no idea what I was doing when I created the first one... 😂
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I have missed some of my previous Hive B-days, and to not miss this one, I have created an additional reminder for it! So, early in the morning, I got a notification about it, and in the late afternoon, I got a notification from @Hivebuzz about it!
Despite having the whole day, I'm running out of time to do the post before midnight (thanks, migraine! 😤)... The general idea was to write about my journey in HIVE in a lot of detail, and in the end, it will be just another "Ph's Shorts" post...
Before I got hit by migraine, I did a bit of research on myself... lol... My beginnings, checking some of my first posts, first videos, first live shows... So, let's try to share at least a few things... Maybe you will have a nice laugh checking my old posts where I sucked big time! 😂 Btw. that can serve you as a motivation to do YOUR THING, dive into new things, even if you are not sure if it will work, or if you will suck (as I did)... Practice makes us better...
I was a late bloomer as I did my Introduction post a month AFTER I created this account... But, as I had the other one, I already knew some people and that was the reason why I had some "genuine" comments on that post... Btw, my introduction post was lame... Don't follow my example, and do a better job than I did... 😃
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Now, let's have some fun... The idea for this "celebration" post was to share posts where I did certain things for the first time... It could be funny (maybe a bit embarrassing too... lol), but also, it could be motivating... So why not?! 😃
My first posts were about our blockchain, how it works, how we should grow our accounts (at least how I thought it should be done), and doing reviews of apps... Tribe tokens were blooming in those days, and I was writing a lot about them, but also accumulating left and right every single token on the L2! As I had a lot of help from the CTP tribe and folks there, I was writing about that too... And to be honest, I wanted to take part in the affiliate mindset, but that wasn't my world... Despite that, I tried to fit in, and probably made my first mistake... Wrote about things that aren't my passion... Don't do that!
One of my (personal) "projects" was "School Of Steem", where I tried to educate people about certain things on the blockchain... The main reason behind doing that was to give myself time to learn those things, along with others!
Around the same time, I had another initiative that I named "Weekly Noob Look at Crypto Market", where I shared some of my views of current crypto happenings... Now that I think about it, I don't know why I stopped doing that, as it could be an interesting series to do... The main topic was tokens on our chain (tribe tokens), so I suppose that the crash of most of them made me stop doing it...
Okay... enough of delaying... let's do the funny part... 😂 I did some research on my FIRST VIDEOS that I made, but I'm still not sure which one was first... lol... So, you will have multiple posts/videos listed here, and you can have a good laugh watching them... 🤣
The post Introduction to 3Speak was my first one on the 3Speak platform, but it wasn't my first video... I think it was recorded after some others... like...
This one... that I found on my YouTube channel, which could be one of the firsts... 😂 I look so awkward and weird in the video... hahahahaha
Also, I had help from @pixiepost to get more into video content, especially when she created the #2020Vision challenge in which I took part and recorded a couple of my first "walk and talk" videos... One of the first posts was this one... In those days, I was creating content almost every day, and I think that I did over 50 posts for that challenge... It was motivating me to do more, to practice, but it was probably a bit too much... lol...
In early 2020, we had the hardfork to HIVE, and that was a very interesting period to witness and to be part of the whole movement... On 21st March, I did my first post on HIVE!
It's like we didn't have enough drama on our chain, we also had the crazy C19 lockdowns! Even in those days, I was doing videos from the stairways in my building... To be honest, creating content on HIVE and having fun with others helped me to survive all the craziness that was happening in the world! It was nice to have friends around, even if they were miles and miles away...
Oh, I forgot to mention that I missed the first SteemFest in Bangkok in 2019 (which was officially the last one), with hopes and a promise that I will attend the next one! But, C19 came, and unfortunately, there was no HiveFest in the "real world," but we had it in the virtual world... Not the same, but luckily, I did attend those! In 2022, I finally went to my first #HiveFest in Amsterdam and got hooked on Hive meetups! 😃
During the crazy C19 times, I took part in "I Am Alive" challenge too, recording videos and creating funny thumbnails... To keep the spirits high... 😃 Unfortunately, I uploaded many videos on DTube, which isn't around anymore, and the videos are lost...
One of the important points on my journey happened in September 2020, when I created my first post/video in the Hump Day Easy Talk series, which were a foundation for multiple things that followed... Because of that, I'm still occasionally doing my Walk and Talk series videos, but also the #HHHLive shows!
Speaking of #HHHLive, if you need more funny stuff, you can also check out the first (recording) of the show here... I have to skip and fast forward as most of you know my recent journey... Maybe I could share that sometimes in some of the next posts, or the next Hive B-Day!
So, long story short (which wasn't that short in the end), it was a very nice journey so far... Without all of you who are still here, and those who unfortunately left the chain, I wouldn't be here today! And I wouldn't be here in a form as I am... Thanks, everyone, for helping me to do better, to give my best, and to leave my comfort zones many times! I hope you will push me forward, as I can promise you that I will do the same for you! We make each other better!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
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