I have said very similar publicly and in some private conversations.
I loyally held all my STEEM in Steem Power and never powered down, despite all the drama, issues, problems, attacks on people and myself included and all the backstabbing.
If I had powered down once a month the last 6 or 8 months, I would have tripled my holdings.
I started powering down around 6 weeks ago, for some of the reasons here we just discussed my friend.
Steem has held around $1 for a long time and everything else has mooned, tripled, or gone 30x ---- and I have said it is likely due to some of the issues mentioned here.
BTC has gone 15x in 12 months
I chart a lot of this stuff as you know. I hope the best for Steem and all of us
Nice to hear from you dude.