Starting New Year Fully Focused: 1000 HIVE Powered Up for the First HPUD of 2023!
As you might have guessed from the title, HIVE Power continues to be one of my main goals in 2023 too. It's won't be a single-token goal, like in 2022, it will be a dual-token goal, but I'll share full details about that on my first Hive goals post for 2023, which will likely be tomorrow, where I'll set the targets (those that can be set already) and explain how I'm approaching things in 2023.
I believe starting the year with a big power-up is important to build up confidence for the months to come because unfortunately, we can't expect the bear market to have ended with the year that passed.
I also tried another thing this time. Instead of powering up HIVE directly from my staking account, I powered it up to my staking account but from gadrian. It's not fun powering up lots of HIVE every month and not receiving any HiveBuzz badge for that, lol. Maybe this way I will.
Walking Stories with Adrian
This post ended up way too short, so I thought I should keep myself accountable for this non-goal, on which I anticipate I'll have some issues being consistent.
I set these non-goals on Tuesday, and since then I walked almost every day (7+ km, 5+ km, 2 x 2km), except on Friday (or Thursday) and today. This is very good compared to my previous routine, which pretty much didn't exist lately.
Also, on my first non-goal regarding the Sunday posts, I'll sometimes have "Week through Adrian's Lenses", and other times I'll replace it with these "Walking Stories with Adrian" posts, perhaps more detailed, but not too much, lol.
Short update for SplinterGlossary
As I mentioned in the previous update for Splinterglossary, I took it slow with it this week.
I did update two or three definitions and added two new terms to the glossary, after scanning through both my and Splinterlands' recent posts for possible new terms to add.
There is also DEC-B which I haven't added. I'm waiting for the result of the proposal vote to add it or not.
I wish you success in your 2023 endeavors!
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Thats a nice power up! A great way to kick start the year!
That's what I thought too! Thanks.
That is an awesome way to kick off the New Year, Adrian.
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@gadrian! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @beststart. (9/10)
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Thanks, John! Yes, I wanted a big push from the first day. It almost feels like a head start for 2023.
You are well on your way!
There's a VERY long way. But it feels good to start with a big push.
Wow - nice power up - Happy HPUD !
And happy new year !!!!
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@gadrian! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @hoosie. (5/10)
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Happy HPUD and 2023!
That’s an awesome start to 2023! 😄
Thanks. It will help with morale later on. :)
Way to go! Amazing start!
Thanks. Yes, I wanted to start in full force.
Great start to the new year. Hopefully incoming year is good for hive community and overall crypto market.
Thanks! It would help if the bear market gets closer to the end. Many are on the edge because of it.
That's a solid push and congrats for the bump on the first HPUD of the year!
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Thanks! Seemed like the best way to start the new year.
Great powerup. Keep up the momentum.
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Happy New Year @gadrian!
You do alot with the glossary.
Good work!
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Not this week. I took it slow for once.
Happy New Year!
Congratulations on the Power Up! I thought of starting the new year with a small SplinterForge investment. I have mostly run out of dry powder in the harsh market conditions of 2022. Best of Luck for the new year!
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Thanks. Yeah... I haven't bought any packs for Splinterforge although I will try the game out once launched. I think the bear market will still last for a while and stables are too precious to drain (and there are enough options where to spend them, but I take it slowly).
Nice power up and I think you can wait on DEC-B because it's not out yet. Is the proposal out yet?
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No, they haven't put out the proposal for a vote yet. I think they didn't want to reignite the controversy right at the start of the New Year, so they probably wanted to wait a few more days.
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@gadrian! Your Content Is Awesome so I just sent 1 $BBH (Bitcoin Backed Hive) to your account on behalf of @bradleyarrow. (8/50)
@gadrian! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @bradleyarrow. (2/20)
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Thanks, Bradley.
Fantastic to see you powering up 1000 Hive there @gadrian, that is a great way to start the new year, enjoy it and stay awesome.
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@gadrian! You Are Alive so I just staked 0.1 $ALIVE to your account on behalf of @thisisawesome. (5/30)
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Stay awesome.
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Congratulations on powering up such a substantial amount of HIVE on HPUD, and on getting into a practice of walking! Wonderful on both! I like your ideas for your Sunday posts. I realized that doing daily or weekly posts of particular types really helps with posting consistently. I appreciate that you contribute to LeoGlossary too! I know of it, but I haven't used it much myself just yet. 😁🙏💚✨🤙
Thank you! Actually yes, a few fixed topics during the week help with consistency. I've learned that from others.
Certainly! Yes, it's very helpful indeed! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
Wow! Powering up 1,000 HP! It will take me 3 months to achieve that number. 😆
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It always seems very high when you have a smaller account. But it will still be a struggle to keep this pace every month. Not sure I'll be able to do it. But would be nice, especially if the market conditions are favorable.
Yeah, I also observe that the amount of HP I received during this time is higher than in my earlier months on Hive. It's not just because I have fewer stakes at that time. I think it's more due to HIVE's bargain price.
As the price of HIVE gets lower you get less in dollar value but more in HIVE numbers. This is a great time to accumulate HIVE.
Yeah, great for accumulators!