A Mirror in the Machine
Hive has served as a digital diary for me. Though anonymity on Hive would encourage me to share personal struggles and my financial goals, I now realize that personal matters, particularly family issues, should be kept private. During my early months on Hive, I shared my crypto goals, both weekly and monthly. I also shared my difficulty in my workplace. This time, I prefer keeping them to myself.
Last night, I had a dream. I am tempted to write an article about it, but I have second thoughts. I decided to bring it to God in prayer.
As 2026 began, I decided to start anew in my marriage. I thought it was easy. Last 19 March, I wrote in my prayer diary:
To bring you honor for whatever happens to my marriage and family, either a peaceful co-existence living separate lives or reconciliation and restoration via forgiveness, repentance, and restitution.
The apostle Paul wrote the Christians in Rome:
For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen! (Romans 11:36).
Though it's hard to understand how the mess in my marital life could bring glory to God, I trust in his providence. If not in time, perhaps in the afterlife; only then will I have the complete picture that would give sense to the ugly details.
Shifting my attention from a highly emotional tone to something wholesome reminds me of a conversation in a group chat. The idea came from my brother-in-law. He prompted AI to create an unhinged bio of himself. I was amazed with the outcome, and so I followed suit.
The unhinged bio created by AI provided me an overview of my digital footprint. I am glad to see that what I wrote in the past served as a reference in creating such a bio. AI identified seven unique insights that described me:
The loss of 49% of my portfolio in 2015.
My use of the Elliott Wave Principle for trading.
Tracking progress on-chain via autobiographical blogging.
Blogging about economics, spirituality, theology, and personal life.
My goal in increasing my HIVE Power (HP) through blogging.
My pursuit of micro-strategies for financial freedom and mission work, and
My plan to incorporate micro-earnings and micro-yields into a mission program.
Looking back to that 49% loss in the stock market, my loss in crypto is far bigger. However, the mindset was changed. I no longer enjoy short-term profit. I am looking for a long-term play. I have been on this chain close to five years. I am willing to wait five years more.
As for my content, the above description is accurate.
Regarding my goal to increase my HIVE Power (HP), the strategy changed. I no longer see blogging as the way to do it. I prefer exploring selected Hive Engine tokens as more strategic, even without community support.
The last two seem far-fetched at this time. I have difficulty convincing my real-time acquaintances about the potential of Hive. I still have to see initiative in chain activity among 10-plus people I onboarded on Hive.
Out of six paragraphs created by AI to describe my bio, I love these three:
He writes like a man chased by both conviction and curiosity—documenting his life on-chain as if future historians (or angels) might audit his posts. His blog is part diary, part theology, part economic experiment, and part quiet rebellion against a world that told him years of writing should earn nothing.
He believes in small beginnings: micro-earnings, micro-faithfulness, micro-obedience—stacked over time until they look suspiciously like providence.
No one is entirely sure whether he is early, late, or exactly on time—but he’s definitely not idle.