With the recent drops in price, Hive rewards look rather puny. On the other hand, I was traveling that week, and still made some $15 in author rewards. And these five extra bucks for curating, that's basically passive income. Where else can you get that?

Passive income earnings are good.
I can get it doing something else also even 2X compared to the current price. But now my earnings here can we considered as extra earning which can help me to gain financial freedom later.