Currently I browse the "new" posts for 4-6 hours a day looking for things that I know about, reading them and replying. Another 30 minutes to 2 hours is spent on creating my own content to attract readers.
Right now the payouts are long-averaging to $5ish a day, yesterday I made a potential $20, I hope as reputation and followers increase so will payouts.
That is real commitment! Keep it up! What I claim is though you simply can’t keep this up because the motivation to do so will decrease when you acquire what you seek. This is not an universal truth of course but rather my assumption.