So. I've been writing on line for at least 10 years. The only time I even paid server bills across that time was when I wrote for somebody else. Which has it's drawbacks, to say the least.

Here I can write exactly what I want to write and make what I make. The trend line is clearly up. Every week I'm here it goes up. I've got time.

I am in a position to see/hear a lot of the bellyache crowd. I look up a couple per day, and without exception they post crap no more than occasionally. Then bitch about the lack of returns. Yesterday we had a guy talking about ROI of leased Steem. His non-delegated total after 3 months on Steemit was .53 steem. Yikes.

Nobody owes me a thing. I get to make my own way by creating what a relatively small circle wants to read. The circle and I are both growing at a rate I couldn't imagine on Jan. 1.

Thanks for a really great article. I think you are mostly preaching to the choir, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't preach. There will be more choir members next week.