Being new to Steemit (a week) I was very intimidated by the high dollar amount posts. Some of my posts only made .02 cents. But I’m really trying not to focus on the money aspect of Steemit. I always thought that I would like to start a blog one day and when I saw Steemit I told myself that this was a chance to be a part of a revolutionary community. I’m not sure there is an audience on here yet for what I’m interested in writing about but I am trying it anyways. I am really enjoying it so far :)
When I just joined, I also the same, too focus on how much my post made. Although I'm now focusing on writing a better content, sometimes it is hard to ignore the payout.