It's definitely more than optimism! I just started posting every day since a couple of weeks ago and I'm seeing a big difference already not only in my wallet but in my general outlook about blogging. In this community, great content is well-appreciated. If you can't see that (yet), just keep thinking about how to improve your content every day with tiny little changes. Also, keep reading articles like this one. You can do it! You might hit gold big time if you don't give up.