Thanks for taking the time to read my post and adding your valuable perspective to the conversation. I love writing too but would be hardpressed to come up with something every day. By curating I don't have to create the content and still provide a service that others find value in.

It is slower to build momentum but the community that surrounds whatever theme you decide to curate around really become loyal followers and it's a hell of a lot of fun to mingle with people that share my interests.

The power of reciprocation tends to compound over time.

That is really the jest of this whole experiment we call Steemit. It is a lot of work to build a community on this platform and it requires consistency. People need to feel confident you will continue and remain persistent. That's why it's so important to choose a theme to curate that you'll always have an interest in, something that inspires you and keeps you going. For me that is music.

The interesting thing about watching this community grow is how slow it started, but as you know, compounding numbers tend to grow faster as time goes on and that is exactly what is happening.

The other interesting thing is as the community grows and more inspiring individuals get involved, offshoots of my original idea have spawned into new projects run and supported by the core community. It is fascinating to see all the new projects that have grown around the Open Mic community and the same is happening all over Steemit. It's hard to keep up with all of the talent coming to the platform.

To me, the whole social experiment is an endless source of inspiration that drives me to keep giving to this community and the results, as you say, over time, increasingly rewards me for the effort. That's more than I could say for any of the bosses I have had in the past.

There is no financial safety net on Steemit, no secure income, but it is enough to live and it keeps compounding. Luckily, I'm in a position to give it my full attention and so I am and will see where it leads to. Wherever that is, I'm sure I'll be posting about it in future posts.