On Sunday I was looking through all the posts I have written since I joined hive, there were over 500 of them and I could remember every bit of emotion I felt during the writing process. There were posts I never believed I wrote, it was like I could see myself in ways I can not begin to describe. I needed the motivation to keep me on track because if I should be honest with myself, I've gone off track in achieving my goals for the year. Physically I'm still doing the things I need to do, but mentally and psychologically I'm off. At one point I couldn't even remember why I was doing the things I am doing currently to achieve my goals. It's funny how I look back and see it was just like yesterday I was writing down my goals for the year, and now it's 6 months down the line.

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In the beginning of the year I wanted to achieve three things; consistency and growth and impact. Well I do not know how much impact I have made so far as I have been so focused on being consistent and growing here on hive and as an individual. But then I guess growth and consistency would have an equal impact hehe… Starting with consistency, I have been writing every single day for nearly six months now, truth be told it's not an easy feat. I've had to write when I'm happy, when I'm angry, when I was deeply hurt, when I was sick, tired, sometimes in tears and sometimes in joy. Honestly I no longer know how I do it, but I just do. I can no longer imagine going to bed without writing. I still wonder how I write even with the epileptic power supply in my area. The times I wasn't having a power bank were the worst.

Imagine going a week without electricity, and even when I had gotten a power bank, it became useless when it went low, but I still managed to drop a post in those days. Even in times when the rewards aren't encouraging, I kept writing daily until it became a habit. I can count two people that have challenged themselves to write every day for a month and done it because they saw me do it along the line, so yeah my consistency is rubbing off on others, so it's paying off real good. Then there is growth, I haven't been consistent in growing my hive power recently powering down due to some offline issues, however immediately my power down period was over, I have been powering up at least 1 hive daily which is not easy.

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Sometimes I'm left hive stranded but it's okay as I count it a sacrifice worth it. Also I decided to check other aspects of hive which involves The hive games and it has recently been paying off as I'm now getting better at the splinterlands game. Offline I've also been growing and today I got a commendation letter from my company appreciating me for a job in weldon over the last six months. I was shocked when I received the letter, but just to be proud a little bit, here I do deserve it and more 😂. It's not easy to grow, and I just want to be better at the things I started doing before entering the year. As of now I've onboarded 11 out of the 20 I hoped to onboard this year, and 5 out of them are trying to be consistent. Following them up is not easy, but I will do my best.

THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE NAIJA'S PROMPT FOR THE WEEK