What hive taught me

Hive has been around for a while and I can also call myself a pioneer because I witnessed the seed away and was aware of how everything played out. Hours of meeting everyday, various deliberations on issues, and many more happened on the hive discord server. When steemit was finally forked on git-hub, and hive became a reality, we were happy for we've succeeded in creating a true decentralized platform we all craved for. I will never forget how top guys (Name withheld) and countless hivers on the platform took their time tirelessly to make sure hive was listed on exchanges. Eventually, the struggle culminated in hive survival and success. Though, I was aware of everything, I wasn't as active as such, and I don't engage with people. I was very inconsistent. I was in no way different from a newbie even with a reputation above 60

Talking about things I've learned on hive, I think it's numerous. But the one that really touched and changed me the way I do things is consistency and engagement with people. I've had the opportunity to serve as a moderator on some platforms on hive where I met many people and became friends with them, but my inconsistency and lack of engagement and interaction caused me to be kicked out, and I lost touch with all of them. I was seen as an unserious hiver and they never gave me the attention needed, b due to my instability. In truth, I wasn't intentionally going off and on, it was due to challenges out here, coupled with economic exigencies, but that isn't a good excuse anyway. I would say I just lack the proper mindset and orientation. If I had seen writing as grunt work, I would have used that as a better excuse, but nay! It's fun

I've been on hive since its inception, but I was not different from a newbie who's trying to gain his ground. When I was verified as a member of hivelearners community, I began to see how newbies were thriving. Their consistency and level of engagement wowed me, and I was ashamed of myself. This made me muster all I could to make my stay on hive worthwhile. Consistency and engagement is key. Even in real life, it matters. I've done many things half way, and abandoned them. I've learned coding and abandoned it. With javascript, I could build a calculator when I was learning coding, but ask me to write a simple code now, I will definitely fumble. In many areas, I've done things half way. I was making wave on reddit, and I stopped. I was a verified writer on publishox, but I halt my writing. On bitcointalk, I wasn't a novice, and many more. The question is where am I today on all those platforms? Nowhere. Consistency and engagement fucked me down, and it also affected me in real life. But what has a beginning must surely have an end. All is bygone. I've learned the lesson on hive and I never want to repeat that same mistake again in my endeavours

I believe I have a couple of folks who can testify to my story. I don't want to tag them. belemo and mistakili were my gees, that we were hiving on the same level, but check us out now. The difference is clear, because they never relented. Consistency is key, and engaging with others at all levels will never make you redundant