Thank you for sharing what your thought processes is when writing a post. I sometimes forget that even the biggest power users started from zero. It's very humbling and I think putting aside the dreams of financial success and just focusing on writing good stuff that other people want to share is the approach that I will take!
I know it's cheesy to say "forget about the money", but that's how it works for most human endeavours, it's almost like a side effect that comes as a bonus.