Before I took a few months away from Steemit to close out most of my company I was averaging around $400 per month (some was capital gains). I see the potential and can understand how some would be able to build up to living off the income.
I made a lot in other crypto currencies to allow me to even consider retiring. I taking some now to upgrade my home so that I do not have big expenditures later in retirement.
How does the saying go "may you live in interesting times", well that we are.
A lot of people have made huge profits from all the crypto currencies and it's very fascinating to see the growth of all this market so rapidly. It's something we have never seen before... We are definitely living in interesting times and I can't even imagine what the next few years will bring to us. We will be witnessing some awesome things :)