After reading this post, I believe @intelliguy is on his way up too.
The writing here is good, in the sense that its content benefits others. I'm very new to Steemit and it's posts like this that help a lot in teaching us what to write about, and how.
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I feel like I'm on the way up... but it's a loooong road. I'm ready for it. Sometimes when words explode out of me, and I re-read what I've written I impress myself. That's how I know I did a good job. Yet I'll study the payout, and go, gee... I just took a slice out of my soul and put that into a post and it is under $100 meanwhile I watch $500 paid posts with much less worth to them.
It takes strength and reminders to myself to remember....
...if just 3 people enjoyed the time I spent, I really don't care what I got paid. That's 3 people that loved it. Lucky for me, it is not just 3 people... often it is 30 people. That matters to me. I'm giving more than I'm taking, and it feels right to do that..
You acknowledging it's a long road, even for someone with 66 rating, is actually encouraging for me. Because it confirms something after my 2 weeks of observation: those who get a significant number of upvotes/have many followers had gone through a process first. Things won't magically happen.
For newbies like me, we must accept the fact that a good, high quality post most likely won't result in any significant upvotes. $0.50 is to be considered `encouraging' :)
I have quite a number of genuine Friends and Followers at Facebook, and my posts there often get `enough' likes and comments. Like this one, which I had written just because I like to, and I know many of the readers there would like it also. Even if they don't, I'd still write...because I want to https://www.facebook.com/mat.cendana/posts/10213767427165372 I will try to continue with this kind at Steemit. While keeping in mind the major points of this post, plus your comment here.