After 5 years of blogging online and making almost nothing, I am very grateful the rewards are so good on Steem! The ups and downs have been challenging with as much as $1,000 on posts consistently for a while then dropping to about $50. For me the comments and downvotes have been the biggest challenge along with getting used to rewards at a higher level followed by a drop as much as 95% from a previous level. We each have our own challenges and it helps to share them!