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As the end of January draws near, I thought it'd be nice to pen down my goals on Hive for 2022. Although I feel like goal-setting often doesn't often affect my actions directly, I think it's great to be able to look back at the end of the year to see how close I got to fulfilling those goals. I find that making goals when things seem bad (like today, where both the cryptocurrency and equity market took huge dumps) can help to recalibrate a short-term mindset into one that thinks for the long-term. Without further ado, let's dive right in!

My Current Situation on Hive

I joined Hive in December 2021 after discovering a contest that was run on the Gods On Chain community. Through much curation from the OCD team within the community, I managed to amass 409HP and about 374 HBD largely from author rewards. I didn't put in a single cent into Hive other than the 3 dollars I used to open my account from inji.

I honestly do enjoy the community on Hive, so I converted some of my HBD earnings to HP, powering up so that I can support the community better. With the Hive price dipping, I'm also looking to convert some of my HBD into more HP when the time is right.

My Goals in 2022

When setting goals, I like to keep them simple and realistic. I don't foresee myself being able to continue this rate of HP accumulation indefinitely, so even though this graph might seem to suggest that a 2022 goal of 4000 HP is reasonable, it probably isn't. Given that this is still my first year on Hive, I think a much more reasonable goal would be to hit 2000 HP.

You may say that a goal of 2000 HP is aiming a little low, but I think it's decent enough. Even though I enjoy writing, I don't have a strong background in it and may end up taking breaks from time to time. Being able to write consistently for a month is hard. Doing so for an entire year is 10x harder.

Goals don't mean anything if there's no concrete plan or system set in place. I can't just say that I plan to hit 2000 HP without saying what I plan to do in order to achieve it. My planned system for hitting 2000 HP this year is as follows:

• Post at least 10 (high-quality) articles a month.
  On Hive, a single article of good quality is often rewarded much more handsomely as opposed to many low-quality articles. Consistently writing high-quality articles should also show the community that I'm dedicated to making Hive a better place and am not just milking it for rewards.

• Engage with other people on Hive whenever I'm on Hive.
  Engagement with other people is a form of networking and is essential for growing a following. It helps a lot that most people on the platform are welcoming and don't mind some casual banter and discussion. On most social media platforms, I tend to be more of a lurker rather than an active commenter, so this is something that I'll have to be more conscious about doing.

• Build stuff on Hive.
  A way to attract the eyeballs of Hive to you is to build something for Hive. As a web developer, I think I possess the pre-requisite skills to build a dApp or something for Hive, even if it may just be a simple one. Although I've never done much blockchain development, I want to dip my toes a little here and give a shot at it.

On top of just HP goals, I also aim to build a decent following of at least 100 people by the end of the year. Currently, I have 46 followers. In my opinion, building a following is much harder than just stacking HP since it requires you to consistently write high-quality articles that people are interested in. I tend to post on a variety of topics and I try not to limit myself to just one or two communities. While this may gain me more reach, it also decreases the chance of someone following me since I may post many things that aren't of interest to him.

That being said, I believe that I'll end up having the majority of my posts be about gaming (both blockchain gaming and regular gaming) with a few cryptocurrency posts here and there. These two topics should have enough overlap that the only thing that I need to focus on is to write quality content and engage actively with the communities.

It's Not Just about the Numbers

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While these goals that I set for myself are quantifiable, I think that non-quantifiable goals can also be set. For me, my only non-quantifiable goal is to enjoy my time here on Hive. No amount of monetary reward can entice me to do something that is deeply unenjoyable, especially if there's a choice. And I do have a choice of stepping away from Hive any time I want; absolutely no one will miss me when I'm gone.

Making sure that I enjoy my time on Hive simply entails that I engage only with content that I enjoy and writing things that matter to me. And that's what I intend to do for the rest of the year.

Do You Have Any Hive Goals?

I initially didn't want to set any Hive goals since it might seem a little pretentious, coming from someone who just joined the chain a little over a month ago. But I think it's nice to have something to look back on at the end of the year - to see whether I had been overly optimistic or pessimistic, or simply not following through with my plans.

What are your Hive goals in 2022? Let me know in the comments section below!

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