I'd just like to say your post was accurate and summed up alot how I feel. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as well. I missed the payout so now I can't resteem but I would if it let me. When I think about Steemit I think that almost no one can blog and make a living from it. Steemit doesn't solve that problem but it rewards people a little as compensation. Like all things in the world you need money to make money, or be extremely lucky. Most people are not rich or this lucky but compared to other options Steemit is still better. Many people, me included, expect to earn lot's of money from Steemit when joining but it's not possible for people to do this as if everyone makes big money there wouldn't be enough to give out. So Steemit is no different to real life, only the rich whales make big money and the regular people make penny's but when you think about it this is the case for everything.