I feel like Steem is one of those diamonds you mention. At the moment, around 95% of my portfolio is in Steem and believe me, I have all the patience in the world!
What I love about Steem is you can always earn more Steem with the Steem you have by leasing it out, or you can earn Steem by blogging! I blog on Steemit almost every day and I enjoy seeing my SP rise, in fact I track my SP and Steem on my Binance account I day trade on on Excel every day. Using data from the past month, my day trading has actually been around 160% more profitable than blogging on Steemit, which is interesting.
Hoping our patience pays off someday!