My BusyBees & SlothlySavers Weekly Update - 2026 Week 12

The #SaturdaySavers programme run with huge dedication and commitment by @shanibeer came to an end with the close of 2025.

But there are a couple of initiatives to keep the motivation going !

I've decided to post them in the BusyBees Community. This is a community set up to support @zakludick's tireless work in encouraging and teaching newer Hive users. Additionally, I'm adding the #SlothlySavers tag and linking my updates in their weekly update post, because that's another place where former #SaturdaySavers are gravitating to.

Image by Rebekka D from Pixabay

Here's a screenshot of last week's progress;

How Did The Week Go ?

At the end of my last post, I was full of enthusiasm and had lots of good intentions to really ramp up my posting and engagement rate. But last Saturday evening a tickle turned to a cough, and by Sunday morning I was completely wiped out by a massive chest infection.

I managed to somehow lose an entire week of my life, and it was only a day or two ago that I started feeling a bit more human, although it still feels like I've got a chest full of glue.

But I've started to try to get on top of posting again.

All the numbers on the spreadsheet above cover a 2-week period, and earnings weren't bad during that time. I'm glad I automated some (although not all) of my curation, it meant I could keep voting by remote control even when I was bedridden 😁

I notice the price of gold and silver has dropped; considering the geopolitical situation, I call B.S. - it kind of proves to me that the market is highly manipulated. But then my own very small stack is really just there as a final reserve for if the world completely goes to Hell.....

It is fair to say that there is one thing which has really fired my Hive enthusiasm this last week. The immensely talented @meno has released a new Hive project under Snapie/mantequilla-soft, and it's awesome. My Own Page enables you to create your own Hive-powered website. Being Hive-powered means you don't have all the normal hosting costs associated with most websites. I've only just started to play with it, but even a non-technical person like me can do at least a basic job of getting something nice-looking up !

So that's how my last couple of weeks have been... how was yours ?