Wow, I don't for a minute see you as a complete pessimist. Not if you can give up your job in order to devote time to steemit.
Obviously it paid off, and fortunately you can provide for your family, so that's brilliant.
But don't let fear hold you back, if you aren't careful it can take control.
I know exactly what you mean when you say it's addictive...it really is. The first thing I reach for when I wake up is my phone so I can check steemit and maybe post my first blog etc. I check throughout the day whilst posting and curating. Last thing at night I check..and if I hear the message tone I just have to reach and look if I need to reply.
There are quite a few cryptoheads that would love to receive your tickets and I must say that it is great that you are giving them the opportunity.
This is a fantastic experimental platform with a winning formula. I just hope that it will remain so for the long haul and only go on to improve and not stagnate because of newbies only willing to be followed, comment on and resteem other content without creating their own.
The possibilities here are endless, at the beginning I knew nothing much about cryptocurrency except that it exists...little by little the guys here on steemit are educating me. Long live steemit. 😀