This affected me when i joined steemit. When i was first writing motivational content post, i discovered i am not getting enough upvotes so i turn to selling point content like cryptocurrency world post. But this made me and my journey worst on steemit. Quick enough, i quickly return to my original content point and left the selling point on steemit and this gives me a lot of joy
Work out what you are good at, work out what you enjoy and combine them. Then, spend time and energy getting very good at what you do to the point that you are an expert. There is not fast track to success when skills are involved.