Congratulations on reaching your first 3 months on the STEEM#/Steemit platform @maclevis! I do remember my first 3 months after discovering STEEM, which in turn guided me to discovering the STEEM#. As you mentioned in your post, I was also confused and made many, many, mistakes on Steemit. I made so many mistakes, I was basically finished with the whole idea of STEEM/Steemit. There was one little thing that ultimately would lead me to stick with Steem, the community.

If it were not for users like @stevenalexander, @jerrybanfield, and @joeparys, I would of turned my back on STEEM and it's blockchain. If I could't release any great content, I knew I would have trouble growing a following that not only follows me, but a following that would be a committed following. I struggled with this, and about a month ago decided that I would not post any content on a regular basis, but would invest my own fiat back into the STEEM# in which I truly believe in.

I have delegated to @smartsteem and @minnowbooster. I figured if I can't earn by lack of posting content, I would earn by delegating my Steem Power to others that will use it. So I am not a regular Steemit poster, but I am a committed investor of the STEEM#. I seem to earn more rewards this way.

I decided I would continue to invest in STEEM after observing the SBD fluctuating between at it's pegged price of 1 USD, give or take a few cents. But I see it doing exactly what it was programmed to do, staying at or near to $1 USD mark.

While STEEM itself is down in the 30 to 40 cent range, I believe it will begin to rise again. I don't necessarily see the SBD rising back up to a $15 USD price range, but if BTC continues to rise in it's price, STEEM and many other Alts should follow the rise as well.