Although the topics we write about are a bit different and you are here for longer, I've found myself in many things you mentioned in this article. I also have a notes with 10-15 ideas for articles, I try not to compromise quality due to a lack of time, and I'm trying to connect with interesting Steemians every day. I have summarized my Steemit experience like this:
- I came here for the money
- Very soon I came to believe that there is no much money for me here
- I choose to stay anyway because I really enjoyed the opportunity to express my life & society thoughts and get a lot of much-appreciated meaningful feedback to them
- After connecting with some like-minded Steemians, I came to realize that there actually is (and will be more and more) money for me here, too
- I choose to reinvest everything I earn on Steemit in powering-up my Steemit account
- I decided to decrease my freelance activities (I increased my hourly rate and closed some old contracts in order to get fewer jobs) so that I can have more time for posting, commenting, upvoting, and above-all enjoying Steemit
Cheers! : )
I wish you all of the best! blessings!
Hahaha I liked what you've written here. The 1st-4th summarizes my experiences in joining steemit and i think i'm seeing myself leading to the 5th and 6th haha Enjoying myself here, although i had to admit my first intention was just really to earn money, but eventually, after seeing friends and making new friendships through commenting, following and upvoting, I would say i will stay here for the community and not merely of monetary concerns. Because hey! Money will come with generous friends and even strangers who are generous enough to share what they have ^_^ You really have to earn your reputation by creating good contents. While some may say earning money in steemit is easy, I flash them with my glaring eyes, that's not true at all XD but anyway, thanks for this. I can really relate to this! Steem on
Earning money on Steemit is relatively easy only if your a celebrity, a writer, a photographer, or a similar profession that does quite well here and has already created content that can be shared. Thank you the the comment, I'm glad there are more people like me. Enjoy! : )