thanks for the correction @moneyinfant, you know more than me about how the curation payouts (mine are like .005 or something like that) lol... I focused on the author payouts since that seems to be the best way "early" here to get bigger. And yes I totally agree with you about the SP and the need to get more steem power... I am exploring many aspects and thinking about different strategies all the time because that's the way to make a difference here. Thank you very much for the input and comments...
and ps... glad you liked the spreadsheet... I realize its not much to look at, but it gets the job done ;)