I have made more than two articles in the past week, that I would consider to be very good, that have seen less than a dollar. In fact, in two weeks, only one of posts have exceeded a dollar in spite of most of my free time being spent preparing content for Steemit.

I am not thinking about leaving, because I know this wont last forever. I may not have earned any monetary rewards, but I have earned many followers whose support will ensure that once the price rises, I will then see the rewards I missed out on in this early phase.

I also am building connections and having insightful conversations on the platform, which is a reward in itself.

If you have another blog, then why not just post on both that blog, and steemit as well? This way, you will continue to feed your current followers content, and gain new ones while doing it. Then, when STEEM rises in value, you will have a large enough following to be making payouts worthy of your time.

That would be my advice.