In case you're curious, I wound up powering up @abyni. It seems it's more of an investment in the whole system. And the way I see it, I was just creating and writing about things I enjoy anyways, so might as well pour it back into the steemit system and help spread the love around.
My upvote was at .01, sometimes .00 before(I had 10.478 STEEM power then). Now, I have 131.029 Steem Power and my vote was worth .04 the last time I used it. Might seem small, but it all adds up! <3 <3