Thanks for the encouragement and the advice man!

I have actually looked around at the careers of a few steemians at a deep level. I had this idea in my mind that I would follow their progress from the beginning and see how their growth actually happened. But in the end I wasn't completely able to to stick to the plan.

I was also a bit discouraged by the fact that a few of them had powered down unreasonably and it felt like that they were withdrawing gradually from the whole steemit scene. It seemed more than a little sad and I wasn't really prepared for the dose of reality.

Rest assured I plan to stick around and make some noise :-)