Hi, thanks for sharing this. I resonate with your frustration on the randomness of Steemit. I've also been around for some time now, but I haven't been active constantly.
A while ago I published a 30 days challenge that got paid from a few cents to 20-30 $ per article. It was during the time when a curation guild was active and my posts got picked up by them and they always made a huge difference in the rewards.
I started being active again a few weeks ago and I also feel a bit disheartened seeing that I don't pass the threshold of 5-6 $ while most of my posts get 1-2 or a few cents. And that happens even if I get plenty of comments on most of them, getting a positive feedback.
So I'm also looking forward to HF19, hoping this will change for the better. In the mean time I'm trying to keep my hopes high, while encouraging others like me. So keep it up, I hope your posts will start getting the rewards they deserve.
Hi @raluca, thank you very much for your comment. I see you've had the same experiences as me. I've followed you for a while, but I have to admit I missed a lot of your posts. I'm going to read back a few you posted on the Nice Girl Syndrome, because they seem really interesting.
I really hope HF19 will bring a nice change to the payouts. I'm really curious to see its effects and hope rewards will be split a bit more evenly. It would be nice to see the lesser known, good authors getting a higher payout.
My pleasure. Thanks for having a look at my recent series of posts. Let me know what you think of it. :) And yeah, let's hope for a good change and supporting each other grow around here.
I really like the articles and I think everyone can atleast relate to one or two of these. I've learned a few lessons like these aswell, especially to value myself more and guard my borders. Say 'no' more often.
I hope you're in a good place now, having learned these lessons!
Thanks for stopping by @playfulfoodie and I'm glad you've found value in what I've shared. Happy to hear you've learned to have healthy borders and saying no more often.
I'm in a much better place now compared to 10 -15 years ago, definitely. But I don't see myself as "off the hook". I feel like some of these old patterns are always lurking by, and I need to be aware and vigilant to not fall back. It's a life long learning process, but there is considerable progress.
Some things never really go away and you indeed have to stay vigilant to not fall back. I have the same with social situations. They're quite uncomfortable for me and it's easier to just say 'no', but I have to remember to say 'yes' aswell sometimes :-)