The bright side of things is that less people willing to engage will leave more of the reward pool for those who do engage actively. I have been here since the top in late December and despite the declines I have seen the ecosystem grow and become more versatile so I remain positive. I learned early on with my $.03 reward posts while Steem was at $4 that it was a road about engagement, community, content and consistency. So here I am almost a month away from my anniversary posting every day and engaging more actively than ever to grow my account aside from the thousands of dollar I have put in and will continue to as well. I think the groundwork has been set and better days will come!