O goodness I can relate - I have put up posts and then I think wow this is good and them wham take that, come back to earth, and then other times I think ok this is not even going to make it to 5c and then I get something. I say again, steemit keeps on baffling me and if you want to determine your self worth by the money or votes you get, you will maybe end up feeling very bad about yourself. You cannot take it personally