There's a lot more at play here. There's the stage where you perform and then the back where you handle the business side of things. Not being prepared was one of my early mistakes.

Right now you're in a decent situation. 1000 STEEM was once worth nearly $8000. You have a nice little stack of those SBD's. Those are only supposed to be worth $1 at all times. Something crazy happened awhile back and each SBD was worth something like $13 each. Nobody expected that. These things, if they happen, they happen kind of fast. That's when you want to be ready to take advantage of it. You're going to want to treat yourself someday. I know I will. At the same time, it's not a good idea to drain the account value, especially at these prices. A lot of folks drained theirs, now their votes aren't worth anything, so they can't help each other out, and the folks with decent votes are spread thin as it is. It's not like I can bend over backwards and help everyone but that's what some of these folks expect. The confusion stems from not understanding the business side of things. They don't have the vote, others can't help them, we lose those eyes, and those eyes truly are the most valuable thing here, especially when those eyes are invested.

I don't know if you use google chrome but there is an 'extension' called Steem Keychain. It really comes in handy when signing in to all of these different places that require specific keys.

Always double check, triple check... make damn sure you're not handing out your keys to illegitimate and shady websites. They often clone themselves to look like steemit, ask for your keys, and as soon as you give the key, they have control of your money.

Here's some more information on Keychain.
https://steemit.com/steem/@yabapmatt/hate-putting-private-keys-into-websites-introducing-steem-keychain

Yabapmatt is the top witness here. Damn good guy.