not being curated "enough", i.e. not making as much post rewards
Well, there is no accurate definition of enough, and there are many people, who are not curated enough, even if they write good posts. But then, complaining is not the solution. I sometimes get good curation and sometimes not, but then that's not what I write for. If I feel to write then I write - its just some form of emotional expression, that helps me to put some memories that will be a souvenir for me in my old age. The time spent to write, definitely may not always get the result if calculated in financial terms, but its just not that, there are so many factors which are subjective.