Hive - the blessing that came with a cost.

Hey guys and welcome to my post.

The clouds are clear with bright light radiating from the skies.

My final semester exams is fast approaching with tension following as reading is a must and the rate of blogging needs to be greatly reduced.

Image credit @mayorfaruk

It's been a ride with hive, and my growth has been cool since I came to hive. Thank goodness I have reached a hundred hive milestone. It's small compared to what most people have but to me, it's something I need to constantly multiply. My first hundred hive was hard but I believe that my next hundred hive is definitely nevitable.

Anyhoo, let's dive into the context of today's post.

At times, we feel terrible to do somethings and in the long run, that thing will turn out to be worth it, while some times it does not.

Personally, Everything "work" feels terrible to do. Lol. I'm not saying I'm lazy or something but working is tiring. I want to be "as free as the clouds."

What is that one thing that looked and felt terrible to you, but in the end it turned out to be a great thing on your part?

We all have that one thing that feels terrible but at the long run, pays off perfectly.

I have something that felt or always feel tiring to do. Up till now, it is difficult for me to do that particular thing irrespective of it's good pay, exposure as well as educative impact.

You want to know what hat is?

Lol, it's crazy but the one thing that is very much tiring and felt really terrible to do is, blogging. Yes, I initially found it very very much tiring and overwhelming to do.

Starting up as a blogger, I thought it's just to come online and maybe post anything that comes to mind wether plagiarized or not. I did not really see it as a big deal, well, not until I got warned seriously about plagiarism in Steemit about 2.5 years ago.

THE STORY BEHIND ME AND HIVE

As said earlier, I thought that blogging is as easy as Facebook where you can post other peoples content without proper citation and still get liked. I usually think it's as easy as that and honestly, it was going fine the thinking that I didn't have to do any work at all but to just take a content, and post on the blog. This perspective changed some years back when I plagiarised in Steemit and got seriously warned against it.
The warning sent shivers to my spine as it came with threats of being muted in the platform. This act alone erased all of my previous perspective about blogging and I came to the realization that blogging encompasses just posting aimlessly online, but it is posting knowledgeably while giving appropriate citation when needed. After the incident, I became familiar with smalltools, and grammerly where I use to check plagiarism after I finish making my post by myself. Then it was a minimum of 300 words though.

What makes blogging horrible for me?

As most of us know, I am a student nurse and as nurses, we don't have time for ourselves talk more of time to do other time consuming things like blogging.

To be honest, I always think of quiting blogging because it consumes a lot of my time. Instead of me to be sleeping in the afternoon so that I will be able to read in the night, I will be on hive engaging other authors and trying to think of new ideas on posts to make.

The one thing still keeping me motivated towards blogging is my love and passion for it and also, it's financial and educational beneficence it has to me.

It is really tiring and it consumes a lot of my strength to combine blogging and nursing school. Nursing school is enough stress on its own and it is ever ready to make it's student go mad in the blink of an eye.

what did this experience teach you?

Well, I have learnt quite a lot so far with combining blogging and schooling. One thing I have learnt so far is how to multi task.

Another lesson I have learnt is how to be patient and stay self motivated. At times, after squeezing time from the little I have, i will make a post and that post will not get rewarded but instead of complaining, I will motivate myself by asking my self: what if the post was not good enough? By so doing, I will try my best to make a better post in the future, the be patient for support.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope to see you next time.