I live naked and barefooted, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i, and I have for more than 6 years now. Although there are many challenges, I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙
Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
I crossed the threshold of 13,900 Hive Power early yesterday afternoon, which was expected given how close to it my HPUD powerup got me, and it's very possible that I'll pass 14,000 Hive Power by some time next week, which would leave me with 1,000 HP to go to reach my year-end goal of 15,000 Hive Power. I'm still wondering if I'll be able to reach that formidable goal before the end of the year, but I'm going to do my absolute best.
My HBD in Savings is also lagging a bit, and although it will get close, it may still require a manual boost to achieve my year-end goal of 600 HBD in Savings. I should reach my year-end goal of 72 Reputation quite soon, either next week or the week after, but it's coming way ahead of schedule in any case.
Aside from my Hive Power and HBD in Savings growing more quickly all the time, my investment liquidity, provided by the multiple streams of both active and passive income, also continues to increase, which is providing me with ever-greater leverage to create even more income steams, and to grow my array of assets, across multiple investment domains, even faster. So far I've made 5 external investments, 2 off-chain crypto assets, and 3 fiat-dollar injections into the Hive Blockchain Ecosystem, with about $1,200 going into my Hive Power, and $2,400 going into various layer-2 tokens and assorted diesel/liquidity pools.
I love and believe in Hive, but I have to say that staying inspired and motivated every day is definitely sometimes a challenge as of late, with so many dear Hivers that I've known for years now being targeted by abusive downvotes (downvotes with no communication as to the reason). I've sadly seen so many amazing people leave, and so many fantastic projects end over my last 4 years on the Blockchain, due to abusive downvotes, and it seems to be hitting closer to home all the time, directly affecting people that I know and trust.
I'm all-in for the long haul on Hive, however, come what may. I'm determined to be a ever-growing force for good on this beloved Blockchain, because I want it, and the community of diverse people that loves it, to thrive, and I'll do whatever I'm able to make that happen, regardless of the imbalance of power or challenging situations. We need a whole lot more whales swimming in our Blockchain ocean, that is for sure.
Yesterday, Wednesday, after finishing up my Hive tasks by around 12:30PM, I prepared for a session that was scheduled for 1:30PM. The session started a little late, and it we wrapped it up by about 5:30PM, after which I headed to the Landing to make myself some food (spiced-and-seasoned mini beef patties, romiano pepperjack cheese, and horseradish mustard), and with that and my jar of leftover superfood fire coffee in hand(s), I returned to the Flow House to begin my evening Hive tasks, and to catch up on my notifications. I got everything done by a little after 10:30PM, and after some asset management, and a quick scan of my X feed, I went to bed just after 11:45PM. I woke up around 6AM, having slept fairly well, doing more asset management, going to make my superfood fire coffee in the Landing, then returning to the Flow House to write this post. It's now just before 1PM, so it's quite a wonderful time to wrap this up, so that I may get to my other few important Hive tasks, before leaving the Flow House a little later in the afternoon, to focus first on photography for my posts, straining and blending coconut kefir, then community/land work. I deeply appreciate y'all so very much! Until tomorrow's iteration of these posts! Always forward, onward, upward, and whaleward, ho, together we go! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
2025 Life Goals
1.) Do regular integral practices again, alone or with others.
2.) Prepare regular batches of my medicinal teas collected from the land again.
3.) Make my plant nursery, and the gardens, beautiful again.
4.) Begin learning relevant coding/programming languages to more fully contribute to the sovereignty-driven technologies where I am active, like Arch Linux, Hive, Qortal, DeSo, and Bastyon.
All photos were taken with my Motorola G Play 2024 Android Phone.
Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
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