Greetings friend. I must say that we all had that High Hopes when we joined Steemit. We expected that intial big votes like we see on some peoples blogs, but somehow it didn’t turn out the way we wanted cause I experienced the same disappointment too. but I did not give up, I was encouraged to continue, I was told that one of the keys to being successful in Steemit is consistency. I’m glad I continued even though the supports wasn’t coming initially. I didn’t give up. It’s good to know that despite you not being a born writer you were able to keep pushing and the financial help you’ve gotten is encouraging. It helps us to keep on creating good content. I love Steemit too because it its different from other social media platforms. Great post to have here. I hope you do make the best of this platform. I wish you success In the engagement.