Greetings all!

It had been a long journey since I joined Steemit in 2018. It forked into tow an d gave birth to Hive blockchain which is now dominating Steem. After hard-forking, I received a few Hive tokens/Hive power, same as I had in my steemit wallet. Unfortunately, I could not invest on hive as much as I wanted because of the Government's policy to render cryptos useless and unprofitable. Finally ban was lifted due to a decision of the Apex court of India. So, I invested more.

I had a resolution before the start of 2023 that I would have at least 10000 Hive power before the end of the year. At that time I had just a few hundred HP. I purchased lots of Hive tokens to power up and also my posts generated hive power and Hive tokens for me. How3ver when I checked a few days ago, I found that I have almost reached to the destination but still some distance was to be covered.

In the beginning of the month, I had about 9300 HP. So, I had to get 700 HP more to achieve my target. Days were running and I had no clue. But, I was determined. I sold about 3600 SPS which I had in my #splintelands game wallet. I received 119.264 HIVE tokens as loan from a great lady @erica005. I am thankful to her. I'll pay her with interest in the next year. So, today I powered up with 576 Hive Power. I could not wait for #hivepud as it falls on the 1st day of every month and the 1st day of the next month will be the next year. That's why I thought it would be better to do so now before Christmas day. Now I have 10000 Hive power!

I am very thankful to all of you for your support and kindness. Wish you all merry Christmas and a very happy new year 2024.