I think I learned a lot from this. I'm going to try adding this to the things I apply to improve myself. I actually kinda do this in Steemit, not to get discouraged. I just had never rationalized on what I was doing and why (and you explained it perfectly, so I can put it into words). I just go forward as planned and follow my lines and nowadays I think I'm going somewhere. Let's see where my "HODLing" gets me (except it's more like hodling an attitude, a blueprint of behavior left by my past/rational self to be successful in the future).