I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #361 - Hive from Scratch - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Sunday, 23, 2023

I live barefooted and naked, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i. I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

What's one of the most incredible things about Hive (yes, I know that there are so so so many...😂)? That we can begin our journey here from scratch, with nothing, and build and grow to reach mind-boggling levels! That's not true on many other social blockchains, where an initial outside investment is necessary. That in and of itself puts Hive way ahead of the pack, as it is open and available to anyone, anywhere, regardless of their local economic situation. That's huge!

Hive is the only personal business in the world where you can start with nothing and go on to create overflowing success. This is exactly why Hive has the solid potential to help a great many people around the world - zero entry cost, and everyone's on the same economic playing field. That's a pretty notable catalyst for positive change, wouldn't you say?

With this being the case, it's so curious and interesting that it is so challenging to successfully onboard people to Hive. Hive basically hands us the keys to astounding potential abundance and wealth, and still many people don't take the opportunity given them. That's pretty ridiculous if you ask me. I'm sure as heavens taking the opportunity, and with both hands!

You could think of Hive as a business co-operative, collective, or alliance, where we all help each other grow, succeed, and rise ever higher. This can be done simply using the innate mechanisms of our amazing Blockchain, and it can also be done very consciously and intentionally, via community initiatives and projects, like what we have in abundance in The Alive Tribe, with its many daily contests, post-curation collections, and token-delegation benefits, via @wearealive, @youarealive, @aliveandthriving, @thisisawesome, @alive.chat, @lukeisalive, and @heartbeatonhive, to name those that come to mind in the moment. The Alive Tribe is all about growing the whole community through community engagement, interaction, and participation, and it's a beautiful thing! It's a heck of a lot of fun, too!

While it is possible, and quite easy, to invest from outside the Blockchain, and become an insta-whale overnight, I would not recommend this, as so much valuable learning, growth, and connections, would be missed and lost. We are creatures, us humans, that thrive on challenge, cooperation, and ongoing progress, so simply getting what we want outright is not often the most beneficial thing that could happen. Revel in and savor the challenges, the lifetime connections made, and our individual and collective triumphs! Together we thrive on Hive!

Yesterday was a lovely, mostly sunny, and warm jungle Sunday. The tentative session with Omya that I had planned didn't happen, so I kept my focus on Hive, catching up, and staying caught up, and getting various Blockchain tasks done, most of the day. I also got several photos for this post, in between tasks.

I did have a beautiful surprise, in the middle of my Hive work. Aloha and Mahina, the two young ladies that are like daughters to me, showed up for a short time, as their dad, Marko, had to pick up some mail. It was so wonderful seeing them. They didn't stay long, but we even jumped in the pool for short bit, to play for maybe half an hour. Sooo good.

After they left, I returned to my Hive catch-up and tasks, as well as beginning on putting together and writing my gargantuan 60th Sunday Weekly Hive Goals and Progress Update. Thankfully I got a lot done on it early on when my mind was clear, before I entered all the data later, which tends to frazzle me a bit.

After doing a good bit of writing on that post, I paused to go to the Landing to make myself some food, then I returned to the Flow House to continue with staying caught up on my Hive notifications and tasks, so that I could spend the time needed to enter all the token data for my Goals and Progress Update. Before all the data entry for that post, I laid down to close my eyes for a short while to rest.

Aside from the time it takes to write my Goals and Progress Updates, it also takes me about two hours, give or take, to enter all the token data. I finally finished and published My 60th Sunday Weekly Hive Goals and Progress Update: New Long-Term Hive Goal, and a Shift in Focus shortly after 12AM, and then went to bed very soon after.

Thankfully I slept well last night, and I feel good this morning. I did a round of Hive catch-up and tasks before getting out of bed, then I went to make my superfood fire coffee in the Landing around 8AM. Once that was made I return to the Flow House to begin writing this post, and get as much done on it before the Leadership Council meeting at 10:30AM.

It's now just past 12:30PM, and I'm still in the LC meeting, so it's a good time to end this post. When the meeting is over I'll head back to the Flow House to continue with my Hive catch-up and tasks until that's at a good pause-point. I'll do a round of land work later in the afternoon when that's done, then make food before attending the evening community Logistics meeting at 6:30PM. After that it's back to another round of Hive catch-up and tasks until sleep. I deeply appreciate you all! Until tomorrow morning! Onward and upward, together! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Power Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚

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Signature image created by @doze, and the dividers made by @thepeakstudio, with all tweaked to their present form by me.