That's awesome - I remember you discussing that! It is a beautiful and tangible dream of mine now to be able to pay off my student loans from my Steemit work. It would be pure blessing.
But yes - also not wanting to miss the chance to commit more fully to the site, both for the sake of this thing we all love, and also obviously because this is the prime time as early adopters to do so. We all win when we commit more fully - that is definitely one of the big reasons I want to be more active in curating content! And a few more pennies from some SP would help :).
Full circle now! :)