Well, as first I think our starting points differ.
You apparently approached Steemit as an investor expecting your investment would grow with the rise of STEEM/SBD price, while I approached Steemit as a contributor starting from total zero.
As an investor, I believe you must be familiar as well with the unavoidable risk that goes along every investment. But what surprises me (taking a short look at your account age) is that you are expecting your investment would show some huge profitability in only 2 months. I'm sorry to say, but that doesn't sound very reasonable and rational to me especially when we are talking about cryptocurrency market which is at first one of the most volatile ones and as the second it always takes time to show some more stable positive outcome. (Don't neglect the fact that even Bitcoin which was the first cryptocurrency out there took 2 years to reach the price of $1 for the first time, while Steem, almost in the same time frame is already around $2.)
I believe I'm going to bookmark your above comment and ask you are you still discouraged after at least six months or one year from now. 😉