Not too long to read... have you seen my posts? :P
People, especially the new see many succeed here but it is rarely overnight success. It is like the football star who everyone is envious of at 25 earning millions but not considering he has been working tirelessly since 3 or 4 years of age. Same for singers, actors and many business people.
I consider myself much the same as you, I am not semi-successful because of now, it was all the background before. Now, with steem rising with the other alts and SMTs coming in, I am in a somewhat decent position to take advantage and even help others do the same. It is pretty amazing really.
Exactly, that happens everywhere; new people just call the successful one lucky without taking into consideration all the work they put into it.
With the launch of SMTs that will happen anytime soon we should see even bigger prices, I am waiting for this for a long time, and I will take full advantage of it to change the quality of my life. It is amazing, indeed. The last month was like a dream come true for me, even better than that.