I'm in a similar situation than you in your beginnings. Investing a lot of time doing my post. I have three months on Steemit and each day since, I have posted at least on article. Growing up is difficult, but not impossible. I know that soon my articles will be more visible, but all here is about perseverance. Maybe new people see these kind of post in trending section with hundred of SBD as a reward and they get their hopes up. But then they realize that it would not be that easy. The key is not thinking about money, but about we are making history colaborating with this amazing technology called blockchain, and with the first social network on it. BTW Ich lerne Deutsch hahaha. Aber ist mehr schwerig als englisch hahaha. Regards from Venezuela and keep doing this amazing posts!