Though is frustrating to see a post you spent hours to write didn't even get a cent. Others may want to appreciate you but their voting power couldn't produce more than 0.01 cent.
Aside earning on steemit, I have gotten vast knowledge of things I didn't know before and virtually traveled to places through steem travel by @sweetsssj @joythewanderer @flamingirl and others. @papa-pepper doing a great job about animal training and I got to know more about cryptocurrency in steemit
Glad you found others to learn from and I wish there was an easy solution to getting people paid for producing content.