Almost Rounding Up: Welcome To The Beginning Of Ember Months

The hardest part of every journey is the beginning. Once you are able to make a step and you are willing to be consistent no matter how slow and small, reaching the end is sure.

We started 2025 like a joke. Around January it felt like, woah, December is far away, when are we getting there? But here we are, already in September, having just three months and some weeks to round up.

Time is truly something mysterious, it doesn't matter how close or far things seem to look in time, one thing is certain, time will surely drive us there.

The disturbing part of it is that this vehicle called “time,” doesn't care whether you are ready or not. It doesn't care whether you are progressing or not. It's job is to get you to the destination, your job is to be prepared.

Like most people, I had some goals stated out sometime early this year. I had targets for my personal life, Hive, finance, relationship and so on.

I wrote them down in hope, full of energy and positivity with the hope that I will achieve them.

But I don't know if I am the only one that is experiencing this or not. Almost every time I set goals, something will come up to cause me to deviate.

Sometimes, you will get so distracted that you even forget that you had goals stated out somewhere.

Because of this, It has become so normal to hear people say “I have mapped out my course for the year, but something came up.”

We use that as an excuse so much that I am beginning to feel like it's a force programmed to keep us from progressing.

It is true that things are not easy, I mean, if it were easy everyone would have gotten there, but what makes it unique is the challenges attached.

Instead of compromising and conceding to the lies that “it is normal not to meet up with goals,” we should step up and do something different rather.

The year truly was tough for me, but I was not surprised because I know from experience that no journey is easy.

For instance, on the blockchain, I had plans to grow my hive power and never power down. I wanted to save HBD and be consistent in powering up but guess what? The opposite happened. Demands kept coming in, bills kept piling up and I had no option than to go against my rules.

Sometimes when I see people's accounts, even those of newbies, I feel so bad, but life goes on. They say “when there is life there is hope.”

So, seriously, I have not achieved much from my goals not just on Hive but in different areas of my life.

When we entered this month, I wished I could just pause time for a moment and somehow make things go my way but that is impossible.

Having small results and little progress sounds discouraging but I developed a trait this year that is like a solace to me.

I didn't achieve much, I didn't gather much, I don't seem to be anywhere close to the mark but I got consistency and discipline.

Despite all the setbacks, all the challenges that kept trying to pull me down and away from my goals, I have never stopped working towards achieving my goals.

Sometimes, I will feel so discouraged, but I will still repeat the process the next day. I just find myself not quitting and not giving up and that has been my comfort.

Well, the year is not yet out completely, we still have some time to go, anything is possible even in the eleventh hour.

For now, I will re-strategize, put more energy and keep going even though I know I know I won't be able to meet up with so much but the little I can put in place, I won't hesitate to do it.

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