Power Week for My Hive Goals (Week 31, 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.

Do I sense another hit to the optimism in the market after last week's hack on Curve Finance? Well, whatever... Everyone can do whatever they want. I had a sort of a power week on Hive.

Let's see.

This week we had HPUD, which meant another 1,000 HIVE added to my power. I also decided to go after the PUM "daily action" badge for the first time. So far so good:

This week I also had to make sure my two-week comment total is at least 200. Let's see:

• start: 14,765
• today's snapshot: 14,999 (yep, 1 to 15,000; it doesn't count my comments from today or I would have hit it)
• difference: 234 (>200)

All good with my comments mini-challenge to get me out of the downtrend in the number of weekly comments.

And finally, after seeing that I fall behind on my LEO goal compared to my year-end target (much slower rhythm of growth), I decided to make a more serious purchase today. Actually, two of them. My regular weekly buy, 10 HIVE worth of LEO which amounted to over 73 LEO, and the one that amounted to over 1,000 LEO from some spare BNB I had on BSC for transaction fees (didn't need as much for transactions and they were just sitting there liquid).

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

HIVE Power (HP) + HBD in Savings Main Goal

My staked HIVE reached 33,162 HP this week, after last week's HPUD. I also collected the interest on my HBD savings account, which is now at 213 HBD.

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 1090 LEO last week, most of it purchased (still saving for LPUD), and reached 17,750 LP.

I currently need to stake 227 LEO weekly to reach the target by the year-end.

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 86k DEC x 2 = 172k DEC in SPS:DEC diesel pool.

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: 133 / 500 (26.6%)

Current situation stage 2: 13 / 100

Time remaining until Stage 2 deadline: max 2 weeks?

Note: Taking my time. Practically, if I'm a little bit behind my DEC saving goal, I'm ok with this goal. For max-level cards, my DEC could currently support 136 cards at full production capacity, so I'm quite ok with this goal progress, even if it doesn't respect the original deadlines.

Note 2: I continued to review my land cards for the expected launch of Land 1.5.

Comments Made

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

I started this two-week interval (I had no stats last week) with a total of 14765 comments made.

Ended the week with 14999 comments made, which brings the number of my comments during this period to 234. I certainly achieved my mini-target of 200 comments in 2 weeks.

I now need an average of 96 comments weekly to reach the goal of 17k.

Weekly Buy - LEO

I continued to buy LEO this week (10 HIVE worth of LEO). Almost 75 LEO, not bad. After this purchase, analyzing my recent progress and seeing it slowed down significantly, I decided to make the purchase of bLEO I talk about in the introduction.