These past couple of weeks I've been focusing on creating outward-facing short form content to see what might resonate with folks. I think this ecosystem has a lot to offer to musicians, artists and entrepreneurs, so I'm exploring integrating video to slightly newer tools like PeakD Snaps.
https://peakd.com/@alex-rourke/re-peaksnaps-sp68hq

 It's something that at the same time aligns with my goal of being a better business leader in a creative field as well as content creator. 

I also visit HIVE daily, but I'm not always capable of producing a blog post.  I have a list of unfinished posts, and post ideas. Maybe I should try sitting my ass down until all of life's mysteries are revealed to me, haha.

I used to keep a physical journal when I was younger. I still have them sitting around somewhere.  I kind of got out of the habit of doing that, but it has been nice picking up where I left off here on Hive.  I know that my content might not tickle every fancy, but it gives me enjoyment.

I agree and maybe I share too many personal experiences, but I do enjoy it as it is real. We can all learn from each other and I hope that maybe it inspires or triggers someone into doing something they might not have even considered doing.

> spend time each day or even every few days reflecting on their experiences and thoughts in this life

I somehow misplaced my FitBit nearly a week ago, so I haven't had the ability to link my fitness activity for my daily actifit reports through the dapp. After a day or two, I realized I missed the process of writing about my daily activity and experience, even if I didn't get credit for my steps. Such a shame too, since those two full days of skiing over the holidays were some of my toughest workouts of the year. 

So instead, I got back into my Splinterlands "Battle of the Day" series for the last week of the year. This has been a great year for me writing more consistently on Hive. I've saved over $200 in HBD in my interest saving account and grown my HP over 2K.

Hopefully, I can be more consistent by properly allocating my time in 2025. No more social media binges. No more falling down YouTube wormholes. I need to engage with content more meaningfully. Much less passive consumption, much more thoughtful creation. Ready to continue growing my Hive content and community.

Sometimes we take a breath, because could be sick, or in the last day we could be in a hospital, and you need to take breath.

Oh, I love this! 

I know with other social media apps, people tend to shy away from posting daily 'cause it makes it seem like they're needy or don't have "a life" or whatever. I've often wondered if some people transfer that mentality to Hive without meaning to. 🤔

 I don't know. I'm in the same boat as you. It's  come to be a much-valued daily practice and for me, it can be very rambly and free-flowy, but I think some people on here think they have to maintain a certain image? Like stay on brand, only write about certain topics, which might be difficult or impractical to churn out on a daily basis? Those are my best guesses, anyway. :)

I'm still lurking and commenting, but after my marathon November of daily posting, I was burned out. I got the badge, and took a break. December has been full of holiday stuff and stress in my personal life, so screen time has been for entertainment to escape for a moment instead of being busy.

As for finding my purpose, well, there's one of the things I've been doing offline. Big changes look to be coming in 2025. Maybe I'll write about that in my big 2024 retrospective on January 1st (Which is still the evening of New Year's Eve here on the west coast).

For me it is exactly the case why I like Hive. Because there is no  *need* or pressure...it is always my own choice on whether I want to put my time in here. Usually I do, thats why I post like 5 out of 7 or something, and the other days...I don't feel bad about it.

But yeah...it is always a matter of where you *want* to stick your time in!

I know right... 

I posted an awesome game matchup between me and Life itself. A game I will surely lose. And no one has seen it.

The usual auto votes are not even there ?

Finding purpose and fulfilling it gives peace of mind. I love to reflect of how my effective my day is so I eventually reflect every night 

> The process of writing can take us on many journeys through our minds and can uncover what we might not find otherwise.

This is so true. Hive has been my little "room" to escape for a while from the reality and commitments in real life. Been 3+ years and I am still here almost everyday to read and write posts.

I seem to remember there was a period of time when posting slice of life stuff was almost actively discouraged as being a waste of precious blockchain space no one would ever be interested in (perhaps it was just an extension of people getting butthurt because some people's snaps of their lunch was earning "a lot").

<sub>I don't think the people doing the discouraging were original/early bloggers</sub>

Maybe I'm remembering wrong or conflating something.

And more directly it's silly season so I guess a lot of people do silly season things, entire routines go flying and if hive was a habit that's one of many things that gets bumped in priority.

Incidentally end of year stuff and silly season shenanigans was why both my comments and my already very occasional posts fell off a cliff which while not that uncommon was particularly awful this year, I don't know what it was but my already terrible organisational skills/capacity just really struggled from the get go.

You are absolutely right in what you say. The act of writing also awakens our dormant creativity and causes it to rise to a higher level. We can reach a good point in this regard by writing regularly.

January 1st will be the time to get out a pencil and notepad. New thoughts for the New Year.

The main thing is motivation. Without it, one has no discipline. like New Year's resolutions that only last a while.

I think that such holidays seem to have  turned into a period when people rest their mind and prefer to stay alone or with family.

I must confess that I found in your posts my inspiration and drive to start almost a daily journaling quest, if I can say it that way. In the beginning the friction was very strong... but day by day, the barrier from my thoughts and my posts became shorter and shorter. By now I think I can think much clearer, and put thinks in place, in a sentence, even if I don't publish it, makes me be more present in the moment, and connected with the outside and inside world! 
Thank you for your great example, and for the inspiration that you gave me!