I'm am the most bitter of minnows, mostly due to my own device [and choices]. I appreciate the help I've gotten along the way, but I realize my methodology for actually making on this platform is wrong. I have had opportunities most others haven't, in fact I am at a place where some may never reach.... that still doesn't deter me.
I was at the very bottom once too! I had 0 steem, 0 ideas of what to expect, yet I had thousands of written prompts in my head. I have always wanted to take something I was good at and make it profitable.... unfortunately for me, many others can write much better than I, and they were already here.
In submitting creative writing excerpts from my mind, I find happiness, but I feel as though even highly upvoted pieces go unseen. I think that whales resteeming along with upvoting are the true goal... and writing works that are not only relevant, but emotioally grabbing. I struggle greatly finding new ideas in my head, and new ideas to convey. I am a 28 year old with some travel and life experience, but besides that I haven't done much!
Steemit provides self-realization more than anything else, and I feel as though some of the works I've tried hardest to impress with go the most unseen. At times there are over 30 views on a post, and not only does it feel strange that 30 is a high amount of views.... it feels strange that those posts are never upvoted at all really. It is confusing at times, and sometimes I think voting is completely arbitrary. There have been times I have uploaded a piece of my work and it was upvoted instantaneously by a whale, with not enough time to have read what I wrote.. or to have seen what I had painted.
I will look for my niche, and maybe I went about this place the wrong way too many times. I keep coming back and retrying methods, but I always end up failing myself. I know that steemit wants to promote higher creativity along with the willingness of its users to create just that.... but things must change. Things must be more balanced, and they must give truly challenging and time consuming work the credit they deserve. I can't ignore collusion and greed of those who are simply able to exploit steemit's intial mistakes.... I myself can't speak on how I'd act as a whale, but I know that I would provide more upvotes and be more active in promoting posts other than my own. I try and do just that now, but it becomes difficult with a lack of SteemPower, and honestly some bots have just as much reputation I've worked a year and a half for....
I love this place regardless, I hope my creative spark reignites... I'd like to provide something valuable in the end, something consistent and valuable.
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