A simple way of staying interested in Steem and still exposing yourself to the probability of earning something is by replying to posts from popular users as soon as they are published.
Follow the popular users you find interesting and their posts will be on your feed as soon as they are published.
I used to do this when I was very new to Steemit. I kind of stopped doing it since nobody really paid attention but I will definetly get back to it now that I have got to know many peopleon Steemit.
Thank you for the advice mkdouglas.