Saturday Savers 2025 Progress Report - Week 20

It's Saturday again, and time for my weekly #SaturdaySavers update 😀

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Here's my table of progress for the week;

How Did The Week Go ?

I'm a bit sad - I lost my posting streak 😢 After posting every day for the year so far, I managed to fail on Thursday. It was a tough day in terms of work, and I ended up dozing off on the sofa in the evening. Oops !

But on the other hand, it does take off the pressure to come up with something new every day. A couple of the series I've been writing are coming to a natural end (I'm not keen on keeping series running indefinitely, I find it's too easy to lose the "spark" that way), so this gives me a chance to think about what to write next.

Despite missing a day, I've posted on the other six, so it's not all bad. Quality is more important than quality !

Apart from that, things are trogging along in a nice steady kind of way. Summer is always a time when there's a lot going on in the real world. But I'm usually too busy actually doing things to remember to take photos. I really should do something about that.....

HBD is still the star in my Hive portfolio, and with the UK interest rate dropping I'm starting to consider the risk factors of pushing actual savings into it. I think it's definitely a case of maintaining balance across a variety of different asset classes while gradually reducing savings in legacy banks to the minimum needed to cover emergencies.

A key date coming up this week is BPUD - BBHO Power Up Day. It's on the 20th of each month, so happens on Tuesday this time around. If you've been living under a rock, BBHO is the governance/voting token of the community outpost created by @bradleyarrow and is one of the best mini-ecosystems within Hive in terms of both community and variety of earning opportunities.

Although the price of BBHO has temporarily dropped, it looks like that's a result of a single large holder selling a bulk quantity. But buying up the cheapest of the tokens listed for sale pushed the price back up a decent amount.

That's all for now - I hope you all have a fabulous week !

If you're not familiar with SaturdaySavers, it's a fabulous initiative run by @shanibeer writing as @sally-saver on the @eddie-earner account, where we all support each other in getting to our savings goals.

If you are one of my friends reading this (or just someone who tripped over one of my posts), I really recommend this as a great community that's well worth joining.

I'm normally very disorganised about saving, and the support of the wonderful people in #SaturdaySavers has been invaluable in keeping me focused. I can honestly say that without it, my HP would probably be half what it is now.

So join ! You don't have to wait until the start of the year. The best time to start saving is ten years ago. The second best time is right now !