Hello, Tyson, and welcome back to Steemit.

In the past year or so, you may have missed out on some great Steemit growth, but as long as you've continued growing and evolving yourself, that's great.

Your goals sound ambitious. Hopefully, you can effect some great changes in your world, and in the broader world around you.

From my experience over the past 6 months (my time on Steemit), here are some points that I've compiled about making attractive and high-quality posts.

1. Longer posts are more lucrative than short posts. If you make a post of 20–30 paragraphs, it's more likely to earn rewards.
2. Include some photos, images or graphs, to complement the text.
3. Make sure the text and photos are formatted properly, so that your post looks attractive and appealing.
4. Be yourself.
5. Be interesting and informative.
6. Create quality content. Steemit is intended to be a platform of quality content. (You will see many insignificant posts with meager content and no quality. Most of those of posts [called “shitposts” by Steemit whale Stellabelle] will earn few rewards and soon pass into oblivion.)
7. Get online and start curating. Read various posts, comment on those posts you find interesting, and upvote those posts. That’s the best way to attract followers.

Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!