If you're no longer excited about your goals... * My Hive Goals (Week 27, 2023)

This is a short sum-up table with the state of my goals in easier TLDR form. The table has only some information, so if you want details, they can be found in the post.

Current State/Other Selection Criterion	Goals Matching the Criterion
Ongoing	5 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made, DEC Saved 2 - Stage 2, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 2)
Completed Main Goals	0
Completed Goals	3 (DEC-B Saved, DEC Saving 2 - Stage 1, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1)
Main goals	3 (HP + HBD Savings, LEO Staked, Comments Made)
Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
New Goals	2 (Cards for Staking on Land, DEC Saved 2)
Increased Goals	3 (HBD target for HP+HBD Main Goal - twice, DEC-B Saved)
Decreased Goals	2 (Comments Made, Cards for Staking on Land - Stage 1)

I include a link to the initial goal-setting post for 2023, for reference, if needed.

Without excitement, pursuing a goal will feel more like a chore and one will try to find more and more excuses to deviate from it, to question it and its effectiveness, and the reason to keep going. Excitement and small victories are what fuel the motivation to keep going.

If you are a goal-oriented person and lack excitement for ALL your goals... something is wrong with you. Like being affected by FUD, other things in your life, or maybe even a little depressed for some reason.

If you lost excitement for one particular goal but not for others, there are two possibilities. You seriously fall behind on your initial goal and the goal seems more and more unattainable with every passing week. Or your goal depended on certain developments happening on time and without extra costs, and that wasn't the case.

In the first case, you can either suck it up until you get back in line with the goal progress or lower it. If you lower it you'll feel better about being back in line with the goal progress, but you won't reach the initial target. It might still be the right choice if reality shows the initial goal was overestimated.

In the second case, it's only partially up to you. This makes it a bad goal, but still, it's a way to motivate yourself to reach huge targets. At the same time, third-party involvement shouldn't be used as an excuse for not doing the part that is up to you to complete the goal.

Of course, there is also the situation when you had set a goal that lost its object while pursuing it, like a project dying in the meantime, in which case the solution is theoretically simple: stop and salvage what you can.

I made this introduction because I lost interest in Splinterlands-related goals after I reached my first stage of land goals. Whatever happened in between was mostly due to inertia. After thinking about it, I believe the general context got to me. The value of assets and rewards kept going down which made progress toward the goals very difficult, unexpected costs keep showing up, and the development is late. A pretty bad combination overall.

Let's see if the introduction of the staked SPS factor in rewards and Land 1.5 apparently being next in line to release will make a positive difference.

Let's see what changed since last week regarding my Hive goals.

HIVE Power (HP) + HBD in Savings Main Goal

My staked HIVE reached 32,146 HP this week, and I already have the liquid HIVE for the next HPUD; but the one in September will be more complicated, I believe. My savings increased to 203 HBD, after receiving the monthly interest.

Here's what the evolution of the HP+HBD goal looks like:

^{I'll need to have one of the targets (HBD or HIVE) reached to consider this goal completed.}

^{If a target becomes too easy, I may increase the target, but not forever. Just like the market can play against your targets, they can play in their favor too.}

LEO Staked Main Goal

I staked 12 LEO since last week and reached 16,070 LP. But mostly I keep LEO liquid for the next LPUD.

Started to keep a small amount of liquid LEO for a while now, in case it pumps hard without warning. Not that I'm expecting it in the next period, but that's the point. It happens when you don't expect it.

Splinterlands Land Expansion Main Focus

Land expansion's main focus extends throughout 2023. Unless I change the strategy, it will be the only main focus / main goal for Splinterlands in 2023. But there will be several 1-3 months goals.

First Land-Related Goal: DEC/DEC-B Saved - Completed

This goal is COMPLETED.

Deadline (passed): When DEC-B offer runs out, either because all were sold out or because the time limit was reached (April 9th).

Target to consider the goal completed: 1.5 mil. DEC-B saved. Done!

DEC Saved 2 Goal - Stage 1 Completed

[COMPLETED] Deadline stage 1: June
Deadline stage 2: August
Deadline stage 3: End of 2023?

Target to consider the goal completed:

• stage 1: 1.2m DEC (COMPLETED)
• stage 2: 2.2 DEC (1m additional DEC)
• stage 3: 5 DEC (2.8m additional DEC)

Current situation: 1.2m DEC (liquid) and 59k DEC x 2 = 118k DEC in SPS:DEC diesel pool.

Note: I moved from SWAP.HIVE:DEC to SPS:DEC, expecting the SPS trajectory to finally turn.

New Land-Related Goal: Cards for Staking on Land Stage 1 Completed

^{The purpose of this goal is to build the amount of high PP cards I need for staking on my tract.}

^{We will need to fill 5 slots per plot with staked cards, without requiring summoners (that doesn't mean they can't be used as regular cards).}

So, what are the details of this goal?

Deadline:

• [COMPLETED] Stage 1: June 2023
• stage 1.5: August
• stage 2: End of 2023 (this will be a new goal)

The total number of maxed-level* cards needed for staking on land: 500 (5 x 100).

• stage 1: need 120 cards for land by the deadline (decreased from 220) COMPLETED
  • stretch goal: have optimized cards for 24 plots COMPLETED
• stage 1.5: need 220 cards for land by the deadline
• stage 2: have 500 cards for land
  • stretch goal: have optimized cards for 44 plots

(*) any card with at least 1000 PP suitable for the terrain types I own will do (better for better plots); doesn't have to be maxed

Current situation total: 124 / 500 (24.8%)

Current situation stage 2: 4 / 100

Time remaining until Stage 2 deadline: max 4 weeks

Note: waited to see how the soulbound proposal turns out to see how to move from here. Looks like I'll focus on tradable cards on land, even if that may threaten or even push back my goals.

Comments Made

Original goal: 18k, REDUCED to 17k, by the end of 2023.

I started this week with a total of 14546 comments made.

Ended the week with 14625 comments made, which brings the number of my comments this week to 79. In a downtrend the last 4 weeks, and now below the average... I need to be more active on Threads to reverse the trend! This week my schedule kept me away from my computer more than usual.

I now need an average of 95 comments weekly to reach the goal of 17k.

Weekly Buy - LEO

Another week when I decided to add some more LEO to my wallet from the market on top of the usual earning methods.