First of all, I love your post, it's really motivating. Totally agree with everything you said that's why I keep powering up all my earnings since I started 17 months ago.
It's probably same with self-made billionaire like Mark Cuban which he said that even at the time that he's running a successful company, he's still satisfying himself with a simple mac & cheese. Work on his company for 7 years without taking a holiday until he sold it for 5.70 billion. And now his ripping his rewards from his hard work.
I believe we will have this kind stories for Steemians few years from now. Cheers!