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Hey... How's it going Hive peoples? I'm still alive and wanted to check in and say hi. by apolymask

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Hey... How's it going Hive peoples? I'm still alive and wanted to check in and say hi.
Yo... How's it going peoples? Is anyone there?
I haven't been posting much recently because I've become super busy and overwhelmed in my life and part of the reason is also because I was only getting few responses on here when I posted and it felt like my page was a ghost town. 

I've still been posting a little bit on Facebook because I have lots of friends and family over there who interact with my page and connecting with people is important to me, as much as I love Hive and wish it would succeed, my page over here feels empty a lot of the time and that's a bummer. But, I did recently talk to someone on here who said they felt like the comments were increasing and it was becoming more active over here.

Is that true? If anyone happens to read this, how do you feel about Hive? Do you still believe in it? Do you think it's improving? Getting worse? Is there another new social media you're looking at? How do you feel about social media stuff right now?

For anyone curious I haven't given up on the IFC. I feel horrible it's taking so long to finish it, but I just got another round results posted and there's only one more to do before we can hopefully do the finals. I hope people's will understand, I just hit a point in my life with the lockdown and everything where I really had to take a deeper focus in my own personal life, it was kind of like a survival sort of thing. I just had to do it for my own well being. 
On the bright side, I feel like it's been helping a lot and it might someday even help me make the IFC better!
Will mention a few more things after I share a few pictures. Check below my portrait pic if you wanna read more.

![IMG_5333web.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPa16uYhPY5iqGGLivxUq21pQ8gk3hq8cXphVdb555csJ/IMG_5333web.jpg)
Here's a nice (in my opinion) sunset shot from one of my adventures this summer. I was pretty high up on the mountain and it was a neat feeling being up there.

![IMG_5420.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWZSUojexYgkcTtfqVoCGs6qZ6tkvgTdsujLb6A435LEC/IMG_5420.JPG)
Been finding more heart shaped rocks recently. :)

![IMG_5675.JPG](https://images.hive.blog/DQmS9QxF9nn2tU6dAF8HcmBemdGcn3FQtt5fPSiejyhMTcc/IMG_5675.JPG)
Got lucky and saw a heart shaped cloud!

![portrait-edited.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdrDd92BEVkVX32ZviPRWYh713J7mUedBmUoPYQSH5kxx/portrait-edited.jpg)
Here's a pic of me, it was my birthday recently.  I'm 37 now. Life is weird, lol. 

A lot has happened, not going to go into it all... Though, one of the most important things is that I've finally really started to develop a much deeper and healthier form of self love. 

As some of you might know I've been really depressed for a long time, and... I finally reached some understandings where I no longer need to look for love outside of myself because I've found enough of it inside to where I'm happy and grateful for where I am in life even if it's not 100% what I would prefer. 

I've found deep appreciation for the simple things, a cold breeze makes me happy. Spending time with family or friends is amazing and I am constantly thanking the universe each day that I get another day to be here and be with my friends and family and experience the simple things in life like rainbows and stars at night and music and good food and all of those sorts of things. :) <3 

Much love to anyone who might happen to read this and hopefully I'll start being a bit more active on here again in the near future.  <3
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@bashadow ·
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I'm still here on Hive. Some days the comments are a bit lacking, but there are a lot of people that do leave comments and I do feel they are still picking up a little bit. More people seem to be interested in the comment side of Hive.

It does take time to read and then leave comments that are real. I have been trying to increase my level of comments in the subject areas I like, and I think the communities system is helping a lot in that regard. There are a growing number of tight small communities examples:
* <a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-168869/created">Engage the weekend Community</a> - A community to help grow interaction among accounts on the weekends, it seems as if the weekend can be a little bit slow.
* <a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-166408/created">Self Improvement Community</a> - Pretty much what the name is.
Also still a vibrant and growing group of photography communities, almost one for each style and then also a picture a day community for sharing snap shots.

The two linked community are run by very active commentators and active posters. Unlike in the past I have seen very few active troll type or negative comments from individuals, they do still exist but nowhere near the quantity that would show up in the past.

Things are still slow, there are not millions of people on Hive yet, but there are a lot of nice and friendly ones.
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@apolymask ·
Thanks for the reply and the info bashadow! It's always good to hear from you. I still haven't really experimented with the communities thing! I really should find some time to look around more. 

Those communities both seem helpful, thank you for sharing.
My father has been thinking about posting again as well so it's good to hear some of these things. 

Bummer that it's still a bit slow, there's so much potential here... I really hope it takes off one day. And even if it doesn't, there's some really awesome authors and content creators in a niche sense who can speak more freely without the censors many other social media have which is a great advancement in my opinion. It's just frustrating when it seems like there's not enough people over here and I've tried to bring so many over the years and only a few really took it seriously, it's weird... They love their Facebook even if it censors and doesn't pay them... 

Anyways... I think I'm starting to ramble, thanks again for the info. I really appreciate it and I hope things are going as good as is possible for you. :) <3
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@bashadow ·
They are going pretty good still, a few bad days for friends, but mostly good days for myself. Your dad could restart out in the <a href="https://peakd.com/c/hive-127238/created">Picture A Day Community</a>, not many rules other than one picture.
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@leaky20 ·
You disappeared from Hive for quite a while. I'm glad to see you back. The comments were very low for a while but I have noticed that they've been increasing a little (some days a lot) lately. 
Sounds like you might have had a rough go for a bit. Its good that you recognized your inner feelings and stepped away to focus on yourself and your family. That seems like the right thing to do. It sounds like you also had a strong personal growth experience in that time. Thats excellent! Glad to hear it. 

Happy birthday as well. Great photos!
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@apolymask ·
I did. I feel kinda bad about it, and even just now... I wanted to respond sooner and then 5 days go by and I'm like wow, where'd the time go? It feels like time is moving by so quick for me recently, I've got so much on my plate... But, I'm in a much better mindstate so that's important. 
Glad to see that you're glad to see I'm back! :)
And oh? That's good to hear. I've heard similar. My dad has expressed interest in posting again as well, so I kinda wanted to get a better idea. 

I agree and I appreciate your understanding of the situation. Things are much more stable on my end now, though... Still very uncertain! But, I'm very hopeful and doing some hard work to get into a better place. :)

And indeed. I think I've had some of the most growth ever recently, learning to love myself more has been profound. I wish I knew such sooner, though as I often say... Better late than never.

Thanks for the happy birthday wish and the nice words about the photography! 
It's good to hear from you and I hope things are going as good as is possible for you my friend. :) <3
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