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At this moment of the year, it is common for people to begin writing their plans and goals for 2024, and right now, this is what I am thinking about. What goals and plans should I set for next year? And if I am going to set goals and make plans, then it has to be something I truly desire and am intentional about; there is not enough time to be joking around.

By God's grace, next year I would be done with the university; I would be set out of life to figure out the rest of my life, and the decision I make now and the actions I take towards my set of plans would have a great effect on the rest of my life.


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My first goal for next year is to have acquired a well-rounded set of skills in artificial intelligence, focused on building projects and attending competitions and programmes for the year. I need a career path to take seriously, something I need to focus on, and it seems the A.I. seems to have a promising future. This is why I have chosen the opportunity to make it a skill. strive hard to have something to be confident about.

I had initially thought that if Hive was taken away from my life, there would be just a little boy left who has no set of skills to fend for himself. Aside from the fact that I know how to play the guitar, I don't desire to use it as a source of survival. That is not the type of life I want to live. I love the remote life—being able to live and work whatever and wherever I want.

I don't want to have to move to places compulsorily for the sake of having to make a means of living. I want to stay in the comfort of my home with my future family and use my skills to bring in money. This is my choice to focus on software and programming.


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Another goal for next year is to build a YouTube channel focused on me and primarily tech and programming. And I don't want the YouTube channel to have any relation to starstrings01, but at the same time, I would love to share my videos on Hive. This is why I created another hive account, @iam-gifted, which I plan to run soon, primarily for tech content, be it videos or blogs.


This way, I make @starstrings01 cover my lifestyle, where I can share thoughts about myself and my life, and also guitar videos, while @iam-gifted covers contents I would share not just on Hive but on other platforms. If I share a coding tutorial on that account, then that means I do not share it alone on Hive but also on other platforms. I want to have a uniform name in every aspect of my account.

If you follow me on Twitter, you would have noticed that about a month ago, I changed my Twitter username to `@iam_gifted_`. This is because of my plan for uniformity in my tech and programming contents. 

<center>_A friend also gave me the idea that I should also include tech finance in it and make videos about which tech space pays more as well, and I plan to look into that._</center>


To have a YouTube channel and build it up to be able to make some money is not something that would be easy, but since I have Hive, I don't have that to bother about. My concern would be gaining subscribers who would genuinely find my contents valuable.

<center>_In the future, when I get popular on Web 2 platforms like Youtube, I totally hope to market Hive, talk about my story, and onboard as many as possible on Hive._</center>

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### My Struggles with these Goals

One of the difficult things in life is maintaining consistency, and no matter how disciplined most of my friends think I am, I am still shaky. I fear the act of not being consistent, and this is why I developed the act of reminding myself of my goals every day and making sure everything I do must compliment the goals I plan on achieving.

On the other Hive account I created, I actually created the account on @creativepearl's birthday intentionally so that I could mark the anniversary of that account on Pearl's birthday. It would make it easy for me to remember.

The issue I have with the new account is starting. I have thought so much about it, and I seriously don't know how to start, where to start, or what actions to take. I fear I may procrastinate on this thought and begin to lose the drive and passion for these plans. I told a friend of mine about this, and he said I should start now so that I do not have to look for a perfect day.

From the books I have also read, there is not a perfect day, but there is always a day that begins a journey of a thousand miles. This means I would have to leave my worries and start regardless, begin with a plan, and execute it without waiting for a perfect day.

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Feels great to finally share this post, I had completed this post since 20 days ago, and I didn't know if publishing the post at the beginning of month was to early for a 2024 Roadmap. I am glad I have finally published it and not forgotten it in my draft.



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<sub>*Starstrings01, also known as Giftedhands, attends the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta to study mechatronics engineering. He is a lover of the hive, a guitarist from Nigeria, and a student.*</sub> 

<sub>*His ambition on Hive is to be more than just an ordinary blogger; he wants to be someone with a purpose. That's why he started the newbies initiative @newbies-hive to help guide and support newbies. Please follow the @newbies-hive curation trail by clicking [here](https://hive.vote/dash.php?trail=newbies-hive&i=1).*</sub>

<sub>*He tries to juggle education with being active on the chain, but his love and passion for Hive keep him on track..*</sub>







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<sub>_Some posts you might be interested to read:_</sub>

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[QUALITY ENGAGEMENT Vs. QUALITY CONTENTS Vs. GAINING VISIBILITY ON HIVE](https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@starstrings01/quality-engagement-vs-quality-contents-vs-gaining-visibility-on-hive)

[BEING UNIQUE DOESN'T MAKE IT ORIGINAL || HIVE REWARDS ORIGINALITY](https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@starstrings01/being-unique-doesnt-make-it-original-oror-hive-rewards-originality)

[SETTING YOUR RECOVERY ACCOUNT USING PEAKD INTERFACE](https://peakd.com/hive-153850/@starstrings01/devngclg)

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