This is my helpful post as amongst other things, it was aimed to teach newbies using your steemit journey as an example. In general, the post was emotional for me cos of many reasons, but i feel you will understand why within the post, especially in the aspect of being good to others and the really bigger picture when it comes to steemit and it as a valuable voice:
https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@surpassinggoogle/if-papa-pepper-loves-it-then-who-wouldn-t-rendering-my-steemgig-for-free-to-the-first-comment-apart-from-papa-peppers