I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #1294 - Relentless Determination for the Success of Us All - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Wednesday, February 11, 2026

I live naked and barefooted, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i, and I have for more than 7 years now. Although there are many challenges, I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

Hive Debt: 22.49%

HIVE Fiat-Dollar Price: 0.072 USD

HBD/HIVE-Backed Dollar Fiat-Dollar Price: 0.976 USD

ALIVE SWAP.HIVE Price:  0.05693150 SWAP.HIVE 

BLURT Fiat-Dollar Price: 0.00125443 USD

QORT Fiat-Dollar Price: 0.092208 USD

VOI Fiat-Dollar Price: 0.0002052 USD

BTC/Bitcoin Fiat-Dollar Price: 65,754.8 USD

BCH/Bitcoin Cash Fiat-Dollar Price: 502.63 USD

LTC/Litecoin Fiat-Dollar Price: 52.34 USD 

Gold Fiat-Dollar Price: 4,947.00 USD 

Silver Fiat-Dollar Price: 76.28 USD 

Ranking for Our @aliveandmmb Witness Node: #139 (among all witnesses, including inactive)/#109 (among active witnesses only)/282.3k HP in votes/43 votes in total

Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

Many people wonder how I've been able to be so consistently active and engaged on Hive over such a long period of time, 4+ years and counting, especially in these very challenging times on our Blockchain. The reason is simple. Regardless of the notable challenges, I love and I still see immense potential in Hive, and in what we can (and will) build, co-create, and grow in the We Are Alive Tribe, which inspires relentless determination, focus, and drive within me to make that potential real, for me, and for all of you.

I endeavor every single day to help make the Hive experience, and our beloved 'We Are Alive Tribe' community, something that is fun, meaningful, useful, and valuable for us all. I notice the assorted challenges that arise, some of which bother and disturb me immensely, but my sole focus is on what I'm building and growing, and why I'm doing it, for the good of all.

The We Are Alive Tribe has come a long way indeed over the last year, as I have in building and growing my own account, and while that is satisfying to see, I'm also acutely aware of just how far that I, and that we, still have to go. I don't care about how huge the target is, or how long it may take, I just focus, start, and keep going, even with the challenges and obstacles that appear on the horizon, through which I adapt, improvise, and overcome as I go. Stopping, quiting, or giving up are not options for me, period.

This year Ben (@benthomaswwd / @benthomasuk) and I intend to take the We Are Alive Tribe to a whole new level, and we're in the process of building a solid economic and financial foundation to make that possible. We've made some notable progress, and we continue to advance forward, a day, and a step, at a time, with tenacious and unwavering determination.

Although we're working to further back our assets, ALIVE and HEARTBEAT, with a diverse array of digital and real-world assets, the most important backing is actually us, because we are absolutely loyal to your best interest and your success, and we will not leave you hanging or holding the ball, you have my word on that. No matter the challenges, we will always find a way, which I think is the best backing that assets could have.

Yesterday, Wednesday, I left the Flow House, after finishing up my Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, by just after 2PM, giving my attention to some photography for my posts first, and then to assisting my friend Lea to update her two phones, in preparation to transfer the data from the old one to the new one. That process took a fair bit longer than expected, though it was lovely spending some time with Lea. After returning to GaiaYoga after walking Lea to the entrance gate of her hui, I made myself some food (a mini spiced-and-seasoned beef burger, on olive-oil-toasted sourdough, with pepperjack cheese, and Dijon mustard) in the Landing, and with that and my jar of leftover superfood fire coffee in hands, I headed back to the Flow House to begin my evening Hive tasks. I got everything done surprisingly early, by 8:30PM, and after some asset management, leveling up in Dungeon Cities, and fiddling around on Qortal, I went to bed by about 11PM. I woke up just before 4AM, and unable to sleep, I did some asset management and pool analysis, before making another mostly-unsuccessful attempt at sleep. I woke up again around 7:30AM, still feeling that I needed more sleep, going to turn on the generator (since our solar electrical batteries had crashed in the morning, just after I got up), going to make my superfood fire coffee in the Landing, then returning to the Flow House to write this post. It's now just before 1PM, so it's an excellent time to wrap this up, so that I may attend to my few other important Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, before leaving the Flow House a little later in the afternoon, to focus first on some photography for my posts, and then on helping to move the kitchen functionality from the Landing to the new kitchen space behind the shop. I deeply appreciate y'all so very much! Until tomorrow's expression of these posts! Always forward, onward, upward, and whaleward, ho, together we go! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

2026 Life Goals

1.) Do regular integral practices again, alone or with others.

2.) Prepare regular batches of my medicinal teas collected from the land again.

3.) Make my plant nursery, and the gardens, beautiful again.

4.) Begin learning relevant coding/programming languages to more fully contribute to the sovereignty-driven technologies where I am active, like Arch Linux, Hive, Qortal, DeSo, and Bastyon.

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Play 2024 Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

If you'd like to find me on other alternative platforms where I have accounts (I spend most of my time here on Hive), click on this signature image below to go to my LinkTree page.

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ALIVE:SWAP.HIVE

and

ALIVE:ALIVEM

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