Day 2 of HIVE Power Up Month (HPUM) Challenge

After bringing in the new year participating in #HPUD (HIVE Power Up Day), I decided to take it a step further and get in on the #HPUM (HIVE Power Up Month) challenge.

Once I caught buzz of HPUM last month I figured it would be a great idea to start 2022 with some consistency on HIVE. My account growth has been a little stagnant lately (to my own fault) so this will definitely give me some positive momentum. Sometimes we could use a little push from outside sources to be more accountable.

If you're not familiar with the guidelines for HPUM, here are your options shared from the official @hivebuzz account. You have the choice of focusing on being a creator, an investor, or both. See more details in the post here.

The Power Up Month lasts all month. For each day of the month, you have 2 options:

Option 1:
1 You publish a post and set the payout mode to 100% HIVE.
2 Your post must generate a payout to be eligible (i.e. get a few upvotes)
3 You cannot upvote yourself

Using this option is also a good way to get the Monthly Author badge as well. ;)

Option 2:
1 Power up at least 1 HIVE.
2 You cannot powerdown during the month.

This option is useful if have no idea what to write about someday or just aren't a blogger at all.

Note: You can use either option, or both, and can switch from one to the other as the days go by.

Some obvious positives I see coming from completing the HPUM challenge are:

• More HIVE Power will get me closer to my short-term goal of 1000 HP
• Earn a cool badge not held by many Hivers
• Reinforce the habit of interacting with HIVE daily
• Potentially improve rep score by posting more (60 here I come)
  
  

From now until the snapshots on the 6th (Thursday), I'll be powering up 5 HIVE per day minimum to up my eligibility for the coming airdrops. If you weren't aware, there are 3 airdrops coming to HIVE Power holders based on a January 6th snapshot. From there I'll look to make one update post per week and power up at least 2 HIVE daily the rest of January.

We all know life will make you forget things so in order to improve my chances of actually completing the challenge I'll be setting 2 daily alarms to keep me on track, one at noon and the other at 8pm. Wish me luck...