I had a goal for this month. The goal was to double what I made last month by writing on the Hive blockchain. And it’s not going to happen.
Not because I didn’t try, and not because I failed, really. It’s because there are simply too many variables. I’m still testing which communities suit me best, where my writing lands, where it doesn’t. Sometimes that testing results in posts that make twenty cents or even less. And honestly, that’s fine. It’s normal. It’s unrealistic to expect banger after banger from an account of my size. That expectation alone would already be unhealthy.
But once I accepted that, another question showed up.
If one post a day isn’t enough to reach the number I’m chasing, what if I diversify my content instead? What if I post twice a day? Not the same thing twice, but different texts, in different communities. Technically, that would double my chances. It might get me closer to the 60 euros I’m running after this month.
And that’s where things get tricky.
Is posting twice a day spammy? Is it irritating for people? Would it start to feel like I’m flooding the place with my thoughts? There are many communities on Hive, yes, but that doesn’t automatically mean more is always better. I’d have to actually think. Make a plan. Decide where things belong. Otherwise it would get boring very fast, both for readers and for me.
And then there’s the bigger question underneath all of this.
Am I slowly turning myself into an industrial-scale writer? Someone who sacrifices their mental health on the altar of money? Am I getting obsessed with goals that don’t actually matter that much, goals I invented for myself and then started obeying as if they were law?
I don’t know.
Maybe posting twice a day would feel playful. Maybe it would feel interesting. Or maybe it would quietly turn writing into a quota system, where every day becomes about output instead of meaning. Sixty essays a month sounds reasonable when you think in numbers. It sounds completely unhinged when you think in human terms.
So maybe the answer isn’t committing. Maybe it’s testing. Trying it for a week. Watching myself closely. Not to see if I annoy others, but to see if I annoy myself. To see if the writing still feels alive.
Because the real risk isn’t missing a monthly goal.
The real risk is becoming someone who keeps writing but no longer knows why.
I post twice a day most days, but I used to post a lot more. The reason I write so much is because I am able to process my thoughts and feelings better that way. I don't have a monetary goal. Most people burn themselves out because they have goals in mind - I have thoughts in mind, and I need to get them out. The earning is a bonus.
For me, spammy is when it is too often and adds no value to anyone. If people aren't reading it, engaging with it, what is the point?
That actually sounds like a really good system, and I’m glad it works so well for you. And honestly, I hadn’t even noticed that you post twice a day, so I guess that already answers the question of whether it feels spammy or not.
I have tons of thoughts, but most of the time I don’t act on them. Even today, if I had really sat down with each idea, I could probably have written three or four different essays. But I usually don’t. I just let the thoughts pass, and then they disappear into the void.
So I think for me it’s about creating some kind of system. If I want to write about something, I need to write the topic down first, otherwise it’s just not going to happen at all. I’m curious to see what happens if I actually do that and give it a proper try.
I used to keep a list of all the topics I wanted to write about in drafts, with titles, topics, bulleted thoughts. 90% of them never got written, but I had thousands of them saved. Back in the day, I would write between 4 and 6000 words a day in three or so articles. But it is too much now, for what the platform is.
Oh wow, that is truly impressive system you had going on. Yeah, the platform is definitely anymore the same it was. But if the price hikes, people will flock here as long it lasts
Lots of factors have an impact on it. But the most important one is how you feel about it. Sometimes for me it is hard to write a daily post. Other days I have so many ideas ...
It is great to see that you are looking at different communities. That will make it easier to connect to people.
If you are in it for the money or the goal is to grow in HP and you don't have a lot of auto-votes, there is no reason to hold you back.
Yeah it would get so old so quick if I would just write one type of content only on one or two communities. You need to batch write on the days you are productive, and sprinkle them out throughout the week!