Great post for planting the seeds of Steemit addiction among those on the outside looking in! I enjoyed reading about your history before Steemit. For me blogging is kind of a part time hobby, not something I have to rely on as a primary source of income. I imagine doing it as a full-time job could be fairly stressful when times are tough. I never seriously considered giving it a try, even as a hobby, until Steemit came along and I had a "wow, people can get paid to do this!?" kind of moment.
Kudos to you on that first post payout. I joined in early August, when those days were already on the way out. But I'm kind of glad I missed that, because those kinds of payouts were never realistically sustainable so it would have colored my expectations too much. I'm quite happy with my $10-$20 payouts at the moment, and the Steem Power from those may be worth considerably more in the future.
Blogging for a living is not what I would consider enjoyable. Some folks can write 3-4 articles per day but not me. My quality definitely suffers. The issue with the early payouts was the false sense of entitlement which it generated. Now most of the folks who grew disenchanted are gone. It is time to build a stronger foundation.
I can't imagine trying to churn out 3-4 articles a day. If I can manage one well written, quality post per week then I'm satisfied.
Agreed, now that all the "gold rush" type folks are gone, those who are left are the dedicated, enthusiastic kind of people that are great to have in the community and I'm hoping we continue to ramp up from here, growing slowly but steadily. I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what kind of impact the upcoming hard fork has.
I would be lucky if I had a few $ on every payout lol
Persistence pays off.