Today, I powered up 10 HIVE eight hours earlier than last month. Thanks to my brother-in-law for fixing the time zone on my laptop. The month of April is also my birth month. I consider today's HIVE PUD significant for this will mark my 56th birthday. As I shared in my last post, my HIVE accumulation dropped significantly starting the month of February due to my failure to participate in Splinterlands' two weekly posting activities. Missing these activities, I estimate that I am missing at least 150 additional HIVE. Because of such failure, achieving my 2,000 HP goal has been delayed. I thought it will take me until today to reach the 2,000 mark. 11th January was the last entry I made for Splinterlands. I hope that before reaching the third month on the 11th of April, I could find time to write just even one post. That will add at least 10 more HIVE to my wallet. And so despite the decline in my HIVE accumulation, I was able to reach 2,000 HIVE Power last 29 March. That to me was a milestone. I am wondering now how long will it take for me to reach the third thousand. Earlier, while checking Hive Now, it was my first time observing this graph:  Though my curation rewards are small, I find this tool very helpful in monitoring my HP growth. Through this app, I could see the value of my voting power and at what time of the day. This made me curious to check which votes of mine gave me the higher HP. And to my surprise, it was my upvoting of micro-posts published by a few members of the SoMee tribe. Another tool I find helpful to monitor my HP growth is hivestats.io:  By just checking the graph, you can immediately see if you have done your part in powering up HIVE both in PUM and PUD. So the above chart is my current status as a result of powering up 10 HIVE earlier. And then I received a notification from @hivebuzz:  As for the outcome of my participation in HIVE Power Up Month (PUM), I am still waiting for confirmation. I am not sure if I hit all the days in March or if there is any day that I missed powering up HIVE. Anyhow, as for the update of my account, the chart below shows my slow but steady growth in HIVE Power: Date Starting HP Ending HP HP Growth % Growth Cumulative % Growth 01 January 1,240 1,518 278 22.41% 22.41% 01 February 1,518 1,732 214 14.09% 39.67% 01 March 1,732 1,841 109 6.29% 48.46% 01 April 1,841 2,016 175 9.50% 62.58% So in today's PUD, my HP growth in terms of percentage is a little bit higher than last month from 6.29% to 9.50%. My cumulative growth so far for this year is now at 62.58% starting with 1,240 HP last 01 January and ending with 2,016 today. My short-term goal now is to reach 3,000 HIVE Power onward to that Dolphin goal. Wishing all Hivers a bullish 2023 and more HIVE Power to all who are participating in today's HIVE PUD! Grace and peace! What is Hive? What is LeoFinance?