Your words touched my heart @aghunter. It really did. Steemit is also difficult same with life. When I first started to post in this platform I hardly had any earnings and even views. It was depressing. So when I got frustrated even more I told myself that I will just continue to write though no one would appreciate it. As long as I'm doing the thing that I love then nothing else matters. I'm lucky that @abigail-dantes noticed me and always sends me love and support with my blogs about psychology.
As quoted above:
Life is difficult. The sooner you accept this, the easier it will become
Instead of sulking that the platform is tough and difficult. Let's just do our best and show to the world what we got. Acceptance and moving forward are valuable elements to be happy in life.