When I first started on Steemit, for the first few months, all of my posts would either earn zero or a few cents at best. Even when I felt like I'd get a good upvote here or there by the time the 7 day earning period was over the Steemit site would dwindle that amount down to almost nothing by payout time as it does with every post. So needless to say I got super frustrated and didn't see the point of using this site. Combined this with the fact that the markets were falling fast and it felt like I was investing money into something that wouldn't generate any income at in return for. I very nearly gave up and cashed out my sizable losses but the need to understand how others were succeeding and the need to improve myself and find a way to gain more followers and earn more trumped my anger and frustration. After all, I do enjoy doing, I'm hooked on it. I see it as a hobby and a way to get involved in new things that a lot of society still hasn't caught on to. To top it off, there are a lot of cool people on here too once you take the time to start getting to know people. 7-8 months later or so I now have about 2,700 followers and finding myself receiving $1-$2 per post, which I post at least once every day, so I can see that it's going somewhere. The amounts are small but it still feels good and feels like I am accomplishing something. It also helps that I'm super addicted to Steem Monsters already too considering the gameplay hasn't even started yet. I guess when I get into things I REALLY get into things and it consumes me.