It's been a long time since I was about to leave this testimony here on the blockchain, to show the absolute reality that I live.
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who do nothing to prevent it." << Albert Einstein >>
Today I come to tell you about my financial situation, in relation to Hive, and the income I have. Everything you will read below is my reality.
I am 56 years old, with different diseases, starting with having 70% of my teeth in poor condition, with 2 teeth about to fall out and several cavities, myopia and astigmatism that were 3.0 the last time I checked myself 3 years ago, and I suppose which now must be in much more (my glasses are already long expired, the same ones with which I write and make content here on Hive).
I have problems with being overweight, probably diabetes (not confirmed, but it is almost certainly so), a bleeding ulcer on my left leg for about 5 months that has not completely healed and that appeared for the 2nd time by accident (I hit myself my leg and a wound opened that won't close) and to this day (5 months or so) it has barely been covered with a scab and it continues to bleed (a lot less but it continues).
In addition to having all my toenails ingrown, they hurt when I'm resting or walking, and due to my overweight problem I can't cut them because my belly prevents me from doing so.
In addition to all this, 3 years ago my testicle became infected, it filled with pus, and it emptied itself. I never wanted to go to the doctor because I don't like them, and as a result of that, my gonad stayed lower than normal. and increased in size.
Apart from this, also about 3 years ago, I felt like something emptied in my stomach, on the right side of my body, I got very scared and didn't go to the doctor, I am someone without resources, without family and the health system of this country. , it is not reliable and is useless.
I would rather die at home than go to those public places (I have done it before, with serious injuries and almost bled to death, because they have made me wait up to 12 hours for treatment while I have been bleeding, imagine being alone in the public hospital bleeding and without anyone to help or care for me, I don't want to go through that again).
In addition to this, I am Asperger's, so I don't like socializing with people, and it is very difficult for me to do so (when I do it it is out of obligation and in rare cases because I consider the person my friend).
Having said all this so that you understand that my context is extremely complicated, I want to make it clear that my income comes from creating content, this is what I live from and I do not want nor do I like to do anything else.
Photo of Víctor C.
So it is not an option that I would accept to work on the street doing anything else (by the way, I can't do it).
My main source of income for about 8 years is Hive. Before that I was doing online surveys.
I am single, without wife, children or family. My family on my mother's side (aunts and cousins) are in the USA and in other parts of the world, I have written to them repeatedly on Instagram, telling them that I am facing serious difficulties (apart from health problems, at home the plumbing The dishwasher, the shower, the toilet, and the sink are clogged, so I only have to use the sink faucets. In addition to this, my washing machine broke down 4 years ago and washing my pants is a titanic task, since at the same time. get wet weigh more than 50 kilos. Imagine what it means to wash that by hand and standing).
In addition to all this, my mattress is damaged with a large hole of about 40 cm in diameter in the middle, the springs come out and I cannot sleep there, I had to move to my deceased parents' room, and because it is a double bed wooden, which is more than 50 years old, is already old and has rotten legs, one leg broke and now the mattress where I sleep is on its side, so I have to sleep on my side every night, and at dawn I I usually wake up with pain. Add this to the pain I have on the right side of my body, from the organ or I don't know what, that came out years ago.
I touch the lower part of my stomach and I feel the hardness, I feel that there is something there that is not normal and that I require their help, but they have never responded to me and I have given up looking for them, I know that I cannot count on them. I have exhausted all ways to solve that and will not pursue that issue any further.
Having already all this great context, I have written this **NOT** to earn your pity, but to show you the real part of Hive, *which is not as most say, it is not a dream, and few dare to really show what it is*.
I have decided to show you what I get from the Hive rewards, me, this humble servant, who is an ordinary mortal, a content creator dedicated to writing variety blogs, horror/horror stories, pixel art artist, and story creator For children, young people and adults, I also make karaoke videos and various content.
As you can see, I am multifaceted, I have explored almost all the opportunities that come to my hands, so I am going to show you this, what I manage to acquire in food, by September 5, 2024, after accumulating a whole week of rewards in Hive ( 7 days publishing 1 quality post daily) which is approximately 7 HBD.
Photo taken with my phone KRIP 4b
The prices and calculations of the products you see there are as follows, each one has its equivalent in dollars and hives.
- Rice 1 kg x 2 = $3.33 dollars = 20 Hives
- Sardines x 2 = $1.08 dollars = 6.6 Hives
- Toilet Paper x 1 = $1.3 dollars = 7.87 Hives
- Total = $5.71 dollars = 34.47 Hives
(All these prices are calculated with the current price of Hive at the time of making my purchases, calculated at $0.165 per Hive)
Keep in mind that the 2 cans of sardines last only 1 day, dividing them frugally into 2 meals (saving as much as possible).
Currently the rewards are 32.52 weekly Hives on average, that is, 4.64 daily Hives.
So I am really forced to power down my account since my current income in Hive is not enough to even cover food.
Photo of cottonbro studio
This is without including the rest of the obligations such as condominium payment, cell phone recharging, electric service payment, internet payment, which between all these services the sum amounts to $51.42 dollars.
If we take into account that per month I get about 30 HBD ($30 dollars) in Hive rewards, and this is because I power down my account, because if I take it literally what I earn is exactly $21.46 dollars = 130 Hives per month) and that apart from That's why I have an additional income of $30 from renting a parking space, that adds up to $60 a month and if we add up my income minus expenses (60-51.42=8.58), I have $8.58 left.
And that is assuming that I will only eat one for 1 week in the entire month..., since those 2 kg of rice that I show you only last 7 days (saving money and eating sardines for only 1 day, which is how long those 2 cans last me) .
Now let's see, if I really only ate sardines every day, they would be:
- $32.4 dollars for sardines all month
- $3.9 dollars in toilet paper (3 packages that last 1 month)
- $51.42 for services = $87.72 dollars, and currently I only get $21.46 dollars per month (130 Hives), when in reality to be able to cover my expenses I require 531.63 Hives per month.
And that is assuming that I will not buy clothes, that I will not eat anything but rice and sardines, without vegetables, without proteins, without fruits.
This is to clearly represent the reality that I live, without lies, without farces and eating only the same thing all the time, missing out on acquiring medicines and repairing services at home, which need to be attended to and I have put them off for more than 5 years due to the staggered financial crisis to which I am subjected (not to mention the catastrophic financial situation in Venezuela).
I leave it there, because this is the pure and absolute truth, of what a veteran like me, obtains from rewards in Hive, and be careful that I am not one of those favored with the **appreciator** votes (if anything In these years, I have received 5 votes from them and I still wonder how that could happen) or from any other of the big projects (Cervantes voted for me only 1 time in my life, and it wasn't even him, but @goya).
Simply because I have made my way through Hive on my own, without having to lick anyone's boots.
And I'm very proud to be that part of that minority.
Those who always receive that benefit, I am sure that if they lived a situation like the one I endure, they would not last a single week before going crazy.
Draw your own conclusions.
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This text was translated from Spanish to English using Google Translator.