Love it man, great work to start paying those bills just by being an active Steemian, because honestly, I am trying to do the same. Granted my content consists mainly of aerial photography and short blips or videos of the places I go, not very indepth thought-out dialougues with viewers that garner hundreds of SBD a video. Naw, I am in the business of impressing the peoples eyes by letting them view the world as a bird does.
My utimate goal is so similar to what your initial goal with Steemit was, to pay off bills. I have thousands of fiat debt to the student loan cartel for the education I could have learned online, so I am trying to rid myself of those chains and begin traveling to document the world from above for all of Steem to see!!
Steem on, Brah!
Education must always be free! Good luck paying off those debts.
Your plans sound great and I hope you find your success on Steemit.