Hello readers,
Well, it's an amazing day for me as I have reached another great milestone in my Hive journey today. Yes, today I have reached a total of 11k Hive power in my account and I am feeling very happy right now, so I wanted to share my achievement and my journey with you all. First of all, thanks to the whole Hive community for the continuous blessings because I wouldn't have come this far without all of your unconditional support and love. Being an old user in this amazing community, it has not only shaped a better version of me but also gifted me a life I always dreamt of. Playing games and writing blogs for a living is a wild dream for many but thanks to Hive, I am living that life right now. Not only it has given me the freedom to earn a living by doing what I actually love to do, but it also set me free from a boring 9 to 5 boring job life which I will be forever grateful for.
I started my journey in this web3 world by joining Steemit back in 2018 and of course with no experience in content writing. Coming from a 3rd world country where English is not even my second language, I faced hard times during my earlier days but many of my friends here encouraged me to continue and supported me unconditionally and as a result, here I am hustling my way forward and living a decent life while being totally dependent on my Hive earnings. No, I am certainly not a whale here (who knows if I will become one day) and nor I am earning thousands of dollars but I am truly happy with my life right now as living a free life was always more important to me than making big paychecks for doing corporate slavery. I never wanted a toxic job life but after finishing my college, I had to join one because of my financial condition and to take care of my family. But in my free time, I always used to search for an exit and thank God I found Steemit one day while searching ways to earn online. When I joined the platform for the first time I was confused being a newcomer and it was obviously my first encounter with the crypto or web3 world. But I quickly made some friends and joined a few communities and they helped me a lot and taught me how to research and write decent articles. I can never thank them enough for their generosity which changed my life forever.
The community that helped me the most in my earlier days is the Neoxian community led by Neoxian and the IndiaUnited community led by @bala41288 and gave me the boost that I needed the most in my earlier days. Later Splinterlands (previously known as Steemmonsters) came into life and resurrected the gamer in me that almost died. I still remember my old days when I used to write posts and spend all my earnings to buy splinterlands cards, 1 BCX at a time and used to enjoy every bit of my progress in the game. I was never able to put fiat into because of my financial condition, but after staying and interacting with the platform and the community for some time, I realized I could make a career here as well. So I set up a Hodling mentality and kept reinvesting every bit of my dust income from playing Splinterlands or writing blogs back into the chain and look where it has taken me today. I am glad to be one of the many examples of how Hive is changing and empowering lives all across the globe and clearly shows the true power of Hive blockchain.
However, when everything was rolling forward like a good movie, the infamous Justin Sun came as an evil villain and ruined the whole Steemit ecosystem for us, illegally manipulated the witness votes and also looted the funds of many large stakeholders. Thus, A large group of like-minded people decided to make a fork of steemit and created the Hive ecosystem and left the steemit blockchain to support true decentralisation. Just like my folks, I also migrated from Steemit and made Hive my new home.
As time passed and I continued my journey, I also got exposed to new amazing projects on and off the hive chain and here, I would like to mention the Leofinance (currently known as Inleo) community that helped me further just like many of you while also educating me more about this vast and complex crypto world. Right now, I am a full-time Splinterlands player with a Champions League account and also happen to be a writer on this amazing platform. I certainly know I am not at all good at writing, but your unconditional love and support have always poured faith and courage into me to continue my journey and to be better. So, I will continue and also want to encourage everyone who is reading this post that yes, it is possible to grow in this platform if you are willing to give your time and hard work.