@palikari123, please don't think that I don't appreciate what you have done here. I do, and thank you, again.
I'm dealing with life stuff right now, and it's a drain on my time and resources. I'm frustrated because it gets in the way of things that I want to do, including writing articles for Steemit. Within the last couple of days I had ideas for several stories and actually started work on two, but they may never get finished because of distractions, and timeliness often equals relevancy. So when I get further obstructed by my ignorance of how Steemit functions, it adds to the frustration.
RE Steemit, I'm really getting into the community; the platform can be a bit of a clunker at times.
I'm clearly influenced by the ubiquitous point and click GUIs. However, anything that takes additional effort to interact with also has a time cost - I just want to write.
As everywhere the bottom line is money. I resent it, while living in a society completely constrained by it.
I don't know what I despise more: money, or not having it when I need it.
Anyway, earlier I transferred a third of my account to dustsweeper, I think it was 0.042, hopefully that'll do in the short term. I can do more if needed.
RE "I just want to write", and "frustration"
To help you understand my frustration: I recently posted five articles in one 24 hour period. They didn't ultimately post as being within one day - possibly due to time zones?
I started with a couple that I was already working on then spent the next 24 hours completing those and writing new ones. The last submission was a racing the clock; got in with seconds to spare. That total shift was well over a 30 hours.
The last several days - zero stories.
Well, there isn't a need to post to any cut off times (if I'm understanding you correctly here). There also isn't any requirement for a certain amount of posts per day or week. It's really up to you what you want to do with your account, and how you want to interact with the interface and your followers. Personally, I don't even post daily or to any schedule/time.
"Personally, I don't even post daily or to any schedule/time"
A man of my own sentiments
I know you appreciate it, no problem there:) With regards to how steemit works, we were all like you not that long ago. I do suggest that you hold onto some of the earnings you get from your posts, and re-invest it into your account by either using it to top up your dustsweeper account or by increasing your vote power by powering up. We can leave that for another time!
Unrelated question: what is the etiquette regarding upvoting your own work? I avoid that, it seems somewhat as blowing your own horn. But I see others doing it.
What are your thoughts?
There are mixed feeling on that, but I would say that the overwhelming majority of users do upvote their own posts. It's not against the rules anyway, so ultimately it becomes your choice.
That's what I thought. So, I won't. If it's good, others will upvote it.
Although, if they don't see it, that can't happen.
And I'm still an uber noob about promoting my own stuff.