That's a very intricate way of describing what has happened and what's going on. I did sell out some of my Steem Power, unfortunately, but luckily not all of it.
Yes, we sure are the pioneers of Steemit still, even if it seems "too late". Why would it be? I imagine STEEM will be somewhere around $5 before 2018. $10 mid 2018.
Motivating post.
Everyone is entitled to take the spoils of their efforts, I have powered down around $3000 and reinvested inETH, Bitcoin and PAY... there is no shame or greed in this.
In fact if Steem breaks $3.00, much of that will be re-invested back into Steem.