I agree. If earning is your primary motivation for using Steemit then you're going to have a bad time and fixate on the wrong things. The money is only a byproduct of engagement and creating content you enjoy and want to share and engage with the community. Besides earnings on Steemit are exponential, not linear, as prices fluctuate we earn more or less but we continue to get a bigger stake/influence so we eventually get bigger upvotes, more curation rewards.

Lastly flushing out all the short term steemains clears the feed for more opporunity to reach people and get your content noticed, so posting in the dip can have you sitting pretty with a better support group of followers in the future