Throughout the years I've jumped on numerous different types of money-making systems. The problem is that most (like the at-home data entry stuff) are mere pennies a day or every couple of days.
While that's money and I verified payment on a few of those, it's so slow that I'd have to do them for years to even pay out at all. Steemit Stories seem to be far quicker, even at my current lowly-Minnow level. I haven't made much, but I see the value and the prospect of growth in the future.
In the end, the potential of growth expands almost exponentially as you grow your followers. It's the same thing with my writing career... I have published novel now, but I need a following of people willing to buy it, read it, and review it to move up the Amazon Search charts and, hence, become more visible for even more profitability.
Money grows profits and followers grow money. So, get enough followers that like your work and you will become more. Right now I have about 5 or 6 different income streams, the only one above $20/month so far being my Software Engineering position.
Can't wait to grow and compound those multiple income streams.
With you all the way dude :)