"Kudos to the guys doing this for a while and having the balls to hodl through some gruesome down turns. But they're probably single."
Hmm... I feel like you're talking about me here.
But yes, your logic is sound. I don't think you should feel bad about powering down to afford your life. This is now your job so you are going to have to take an income from it. I accepted that (not with steem but other cryptos) a while ago even though I'd probably HODL forever otherwise.