7 months is not very long to reach everything you have reached, so you're rather lucky-) I am here for 4 months, and it seems to be the road isn't very easy)
And yes, I like your sinceruty very much. You say "we are here to earn" and that's true! There are so many people who shout they are not money motivated, and they don't need money from Steemit, they just love it.
We all love Steemit, but we are here for money - that's it, otherwise, we can go and use any other plantform without payments.
I don't like such false games...
Of course, money is a plesant addition to usefulknowledge and fun we can get here.
And yes, I agree, that you can be a brilliant, but alone you mean nothing...Support and friends are everything here.