Happy for you that your gamble and hard work paid of at the end.
As I am happy I can power off and on my laptop, I dont know how long a motherboard is supposed to do its job, but 6 years sounds like it has done its duty.
I am pretty sure it is better to get through times like this to appricate what you have and how far you have gone.
My hardware was running too hot, for too long. I got good value out of it, though!
Steemit is a wonderful opportunity right now. It's way less competitive than other platforms.