I have not been as active as I have for more than a month now but still check in with some people and Steem UA is one thing that I found them to be discussing.
I have not powered down but have not been powering up as well as I am just letting my account go on auto pilot save a post a week of a story from Steem Monsters or finish a story with bananafish.
I have not exactly given up on Steem but it has taken a lower priority. Maybe if we can get more prjects like this can help bring more engagement back to Steem.
Thank you for explaining it well.
Engagement generally goes in phases, especially for the very active. My powerdown was only on a portion of my SP and it was my backup incase I couldn't get fiat in the real world to go to SF. Now I have to work my ass of on both here and the IRL platforms :D
Don't force it, let it flow, read and be inspired. The creation will come.