It's that day of the month, PUD. I'm really happy to be participating in this for the second month now. I joined Hive at the end of December and in my couple of months on the platform I've been able to learn so much about it and have really enjoyed my time and the people I've met!
I have been active in many different communities and seem to come across more each week that passes. The amount of Discord servers I'm in has flown up in the last few months, to which I'm really grateful as it has been a big help for me.
When I first joined Hive I was invited to The Terminal and OCD, each community is overflowing with really sound people who collectively know a lot about Hive and every aspect of it. Not only that but, they have always been quick with an answer to my noobish questions, to which I can't re-pay with anything other than kind words.
Here are links to join, for any noobs that might find this post.
The Terminal - https://discord.gg/fjZuxDYAh4
OCD - https://discord.gg/AnZDPPWNAg
I also came across this really cool group who are making a game at the moment for the Hive blockchain which is going to be a First and Third-person shooter set in a dystopian cyberpunk world. To me I think it is amazing, I would have had more Hive to power up my account but, have been investing in the LVL token which will be the in-game currency and I also bought two land plots for it which I can't wait to build on. I'm not telling anyone to invest in it, as I'm probably the worst person to take financial advice from, I do advise anyone to join the discord of them and read about the stuff they're doing. I have been and I'm pretty excited about it.
Here's a link to their Discord
Psyber X - https://discord.gg/k2spev9bvf
As well as discovering those guys, recently I came across a post about a community called THGaming, which spoke of a Liquidity Pool they have going on. I'd never heard of one before so done some homework on what an LP was and then decided to add some money to it, the returns have been pretty good and I like the people doing it.
Here's a link to their discord for anyone who wants to join.
THGaming - https://discord.gg/aRD7eHcAvB
Lastly, at the start of the month, I was introduced to another group and joined the Discord of them called CineTV, who run some really cool contests regularly which gives everyone with a love for the world of cinema a place to discuss ideas and I've had a lot of fun writing posts and reading fellow film lovers posts. Well worth joining if you're interested.
CineTV - https://discord.gg/dEqgHpMXd8
Now then, last month, the 1st of February, 2022 I had powered up 20 Hive which brought my Hive Power from 80 to 100, in the month of February, I grew my HP from 100 to 150.
Well, okay 152.108, which I think is a major achievement.
I decided to Power up 20 Hive as I did last month, leaving me with 172.108 Hive Power after the fact.
I have noticed the upgrade in my HP over the last 2 months, remembering when I first joined Hive, I ran out of resource points so much and would really have to be strategic to a certain extent when it came to posting, liking, re-blogging, and even commenting. Those days are gone and I couldn't be happier about it.
One thing that I think helped me was daily posting. Since the 1st of January, I have posted daily to Hive and I think that has really helped me boost my account. It has been challenging, but, I've always been up for a challenge. It's given me a lot of entertainment doing so, I have created so many pieces of fiction and I can feel that my creativity has skyrocketed, and not only that but, my determination as well. Sometimes now, I sit down to write something and just start. Now, there have been a few times where I have deleted it all and started again from scratch. But, some of the little stories I've written, that have come out of nowhere have amazed me, more so when I've received comments from people who also enjoyed the pieces of fiction I've put out there. For all of this and much more, I'm so happy to have found Hive.
Will I be continuing my daily posting for March? I think I will, but, I'm afraid at the same time. I'm at a point now where if I stop I'll be a bit disappointed, but if I continue much farther I'll want to keep going for the whole year.
The bee with a 12 beside it would look a lot nicer than one with a 2 after all. I'll post as long as I have something to post about I guess.
Hope you found something useful from this write-up I have done here. Happy Power Up Day everyone!
HIVE account, as I don't have the spare disposable income for that. My gains over the last couple of months have mainly been from powering down my old legacy social blockchain accounts, and powering up my new 
Steem these days. When I returned to the social blockchain this year, after an absence of three years, I learned about what had transpired on the old ("legacy") social blockchain. A lot of people here who went through those times are still very unhappy about the way that they were treated back then. And I don't blame them either, as I'm sure I would have been too. But out of respect for what they went through, I now refer to those days as the "legacy social blockchain", and try not to mention the actual name as much.
