*Hellacious. Yes, it certainly has been. I remember a long winter after Steemit was just getting started where my earnings dropped below 1SBD per post on average and I think I was making perhaps $80 per month.
I seriously considered quitting. But sticking at it set me up to reap the rewards last winter during that insane surge. Enduring one dry spell gives you the confidence you need to endure another.
Yeah when STEEM entered a death drop that was extremely brutal and at that time I gave it a low percentage chance to survive. It ended up coming out of it and somewhat confirmed that it could survive. If we incur crazy pressure here now it could get pretty bad.
I agree that going through the dry spell can prepare us mentally for a total beating. I'm going to have to hustle crazy hard over here to get through this one if it gets worse.