Hi there @katrinalebar welcome to steemit, how are you? Anyway, we all have to start low I'm not either a professional writer, before and I never learn the steps overnight it took me more or less than 2 mos to learn some techniques and to catch their attention. Many sleepless nights and stressful days that I have encountered but it was all paid off. =)
Its amazing to hear that you never gave up no matter how long or hard the journey was! Keep going :)
We should, actually I was surprised because I am somehow stubborn. lol
Sometimes you hit a point in your life when enough is enough, you know? When its for yourself you will do it