Get Rich Slowly: The Value of Setting a Makeable "Minimum Daily Goal"
As you are probably aware of by now, I am not among the world's most ambitious people. However, what I lack in terms of ambition, I often make up for with determination.
Which is a sort of wordy way of saying that I am pretty good at adhering to a somewhat mundane and ordinary routine, but don't expect me to have a lot of initiative to go above and beyond that.
Success via Steadiness
Although it's not something I particularly like to talk about, I can't honestly say that I have ever succeeded at anything via inspiration or brilliance. That always seems to have been something that was reserved for "other people."
However, I have often done quite well for myself, simply via establishing a modest routine and then sticking to it.
So where am I going with this ramble?
Somewhere in the not too distant future I will have been part of this community for five years. In the course of that time, I have built a modest "savings account" here, as a result of many hundreds of blog posts and many thousands of comments.
Whereas I have never had a formal plan, I suddenly realized that part of the reason I have done OK — at least on my own modest scale — is that I have always tried to maintain a reasonable "minimum daily goal."
By no figment of anyone's imagination have I ever aspired to being a "Giant Whale," but lots and lots of experience has taught me that you can get a very long way by nothing more than making sure that you always meet or beat your minimum daily goal.
In a completely different realm, I was never a gifted distance runner, but I always stuck to my personal minimum training goals, without fail. As a result, I always did "quite well" in my 10K races and other distance runs... at my best even clocking a 31:45 10K time, even though I was basically a "nobody."
Anyway, to get back to Hive, I'm a bit of a statistician so I've kept a lot of different records/track of my progress here... and recently decided it was time to apply a "minimum daily goal" approach to Hive, as well.
Knowing myself, the only way it will work is if the goal is modest and doesn't require too much drive and dedication! Maybe that sounds defeatist or even lazy, but just being realistic!
Having a pretty good idea of what I earn from curation and from commenting... I've decided that my initial "minimum daily goal" is going to be to add 5.00 or more Hive Power to my balance every day. It might be more, but it should never be less.
I've seen a lot of folks post "My Hive Goals" type posts, so I guess I'd give it a try, as well. But I'm not going to suddenly start creating a flood of posts *"about Hive." I'm just putting this here as a "marker," of sorts.
First day to be "counted" will be September 1st... and I'll check in and see how it's going after about 120 days... so January 1st, 2022.
And that's it, for now! Thanks for reading, and we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow!
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I would say that people undervaluing the power of routine, consistency, and hard work in general... But, it looks that it's in our nature... We think that we can change big things with one click of the mouse, without doing an effort...
Sometimes it is like that... We just have to change our mindset and that is a starting point for a big change... But, after the swap, we still have to do work and take action... And then, all that you mentioned in this post becomes crucial for success!
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One of the things I was taught a long time ago is that just "showing up every day" can be a large part of building success. Steadiness over bursts of brilliance mixed with periods of nothing.
Greed is hard to resist and constant motivation is superhard to retain.
That's why "get rich slowly" always works but least practised.
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I do sadly watch a lot of people putting a lot of "effort" into what basically amounts to the pursuit of "money for nothing."
I'd rather just do my little bit every day and see where it takes me.
Pushing to post every day, very few accomplished writers manage this within their stride, many burnout then abruptly stop or disappear.
Taking your time, not setting goals takes a load off your shoulders, I stopped the crazy pushing to post and now thoroughly enjoy putting a post together, sometimes takes a couple of days.
In between posting enjoy reading other members, seeing regions through the lens of their camera and descriptive detail.
Small goals to keep moving forward, staying on track @denmarkguy no blow outs!
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"Small goals" have long been my friend, Joan... I much prefer to only chew off as much as I am pretty certain I can chew.
And that's why I am setting this pretty small and methodical goal for Hive... and my overall plan here is very long term; thinking in terms of "when will this take me in five years from now?"
Definitely NOT going to overdo!
Slow but sure, five years goes quickly, much like you I am in for long run, having completed first five already.
Have met some amazing bloggers, enjoyed scenery and travel, thought provoking posts and yes crypto ventures, all amazing!
Small goals less pressure 😌 have an awesome day!
Get rich slowly? Let us be realistic. Let us say that most of my posts are earning $0.50. It would take 2000 days to earn $1000. I am also here for more than 4 years (since 2017.05.17).
To be honest I do not even want to be rich. I just/only want (or rather would like) to have a normal life. To get at least the minimum wage. But life says "no" so far. Nowadays I get a pension-like income of approximately $250 USD. This is because of my multiple disabilities. Nowadays I also work in a 4 hours per day part time job, and I get a salary of approximately $216 USD. My total income is approximately $466 USD per month, but the local minimum wage is approximately $550 USD per month.
Is this even legal from the side of the government?
Many people say that I live in financial discrimination.
But what can I do? Sometimes I happy if I am able to buy food at the end of the month.
I often have to choose between paying rent/bills and buying food. I am so tired of this.
And many people are in much worse situations.
This is Hungary today.
You have very good quality that not most people have: persistence. Talented artistic people are usually quite chaotic and it can be difficult to get things done. Sometimes obsession is what leads the way on that case, but that is not very healthy.
I agree with you on that. You can build up your account pretty nicely just be being consistent, doing one quality post per day and curating. The chain is full of examples. Building slowly every day gets you where you want to be.
Good luck with your goals!
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Consistency is actually more important than having a scary goal that might end up discouraging you.
I do call it realistic goals. Goals should be tuned to our reality.
Yes I do have goals here. I'm barely three months old here.
For this month I planned on making at least a post a day, and making at least ten comments in a day also. I have kept to the the posting, as for the comments, if I fail, I do make it up another day.
It's always good to grow at our own space.
You are doing exactly what brings success. Setting small goals that lead to a large one. Well done :)
My only Hive goal for August is to make 2000 total comments by then - and I am close :) An earning goal doesn't really appeal to me at the moment. There's no way of knowing who will like my work and still have an upvote left :) ❗