You have probably heard, seen, or read a similar story to the one that I will write, but it is not a bad idea to remind ourselves about these things and try to stay "out of the loop", or better said, try to find a solution rather than going in circles...
This story began in the local supermarket called Mercadona, or it was a local but I think today they are one of the most famous in Spain, if not the most powerful... Anyway, like every big supermarket, they have their "own brands", which are usually just products printed with their name and not developed or owned... Spaniards called those brands "marca blanca"... Some of the products can have a surprisingly good quality, but that's not the topic of the post...
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A few days ago, I went to buy a shower gel, and as I'm not the "brand-type" guy, I was searching for the cheapest, which is usually a supermarket brand... Found the shelf, and noticed that they have 5-6 new "flavors", price 1.50EUR... Searching the "old one", found it... 1.40EUR... Yeah, that was the last price... for the bottle of 750cl... So, the new ones are 10 cents more as they are "NEW"... fair enough...
Now is the moment to look back into history... Something that we very often forget to do... very often... I have a feeling that we humans forget things faster and faster... I noticed that in myself as sometimes, I can't remember what happened 3 days ago... lol... + distractions that take all our time and we don't have it to reflect on things!
A few years ago, there was only ONE type of shower gel of that brand (no brand) and it was in a bottle of 1 liter and it cost 0.99 EUR! After that, they raised the price to 1.20EUR... Not that long ago the price bumped to 1.40 EUR as we got a new package and 1 additional flavor! Fair enough, it was NEW! That's always a good excuse...
Guess what? I have a feeling that my "prophet skills" are coming back as I can sense what's coming next... They will throw out the new package, BIGGER than the old one, BUT only for 1 flavor (the one that nobody was buying)... It will be 1 liter, sold for 1.60-1.70 EUR as you will get GRATIS 250ml!!! The same story goes for chocolate packages, washing powder, bread, drinks, etc.
... and the circle will be completed... We can do it again in the same order...
Why is this story in the #myhivegoals post? Well, we must be AWARE of these things and of the HUGE inflation that is happening... Holding fiat will lead us nowhere as it will lose value day by day... What options do we have? I bet you know the answer...
Back to the #myhivegoals details... These posts and these goals are keeping me focused on things that CAN make a change, things that can cope with that "inflation circle" that I described in the short story...
It has passed 14 days since my last report and we got into the new month, which means that #hivepud is behind us and it will show as a big spike on my HiveStats chart... Not as big as a few months ago when I was doing 1K power-up, but "only" 250 HP big... 🙂
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In that time, I have accumulated 757 HivePower in total, including 250HP from the HivePUD... If I deduct that, it would be around 250 HP per week, which isn't enough to catch up with my HivePower goal. I know the exact reason for that and I have no excuses... I mean, I have, but they are lame... lol... I didn't create enough content...
On the other side, my SWAP.HIVE:LEN shares goal built up nicely in the last 2 weeks... I have added almost 150 "shares" which is the biggest number lately and that should be the "common" number that I should do every time... Will see how it goes in the future...
My Rising Star goal is a completely different story and that one is closer and closer to its completion... Over 1100 cards have been added from the last report, which makes over 500 per week... I began to do my market purchases every day instead of every second day and that helped a lot... Also, I got some more expensive cards that I didn't have in my collection! All in all, I'm a bit more than 5K away from my yearly goal and if I continue on this pace, I could reach it in less than 10 weeks, in around 2 months!
These were my initial numbers and goals for 2024, created on January 7th, 2024...
MyHiveGoals 2024 Edition - The Beginning!
Join me in this awesome #myhivegoals and let's grow together! It is fun, motivating, and will keep you focused!
Thank you for your time,
--ph--
PS. None of this is financial advice of any kind...
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