Hey buddy great post. I've been on here since sometime around June or July of this year, far from as long as many people but I also think I've lasted longer than your average person. I put in work and am pretty consistant at having a presence on here, however at the same time if I honestly assess myself and my behavior on here I'm not as active as I probably need to be and don't put in as much time or grind as hard as I do on other platforms.
That said while I definately see my shortcommings I'm still a little disapointed with my progress on the site.
I think the biggest thing I need to work on is engaging with others and commenting on other people's stuff more so than just posting my own stuff but my one critique or complaint for lack of a better word is while there is some great content on here it's hard to find and a lot of stuff on the site doesn't interest me. On Youtube and Reddit I follow business and personal development related stuff as well as for more fun or entertainment type stuff documentaries and within those categories I don't find that many Steemians cover that stuff so thats kind of my biggest challenge.
That said, one other critique I have is commenting just for the sake of commenting. Here in this comment I actually read what you posted and am leaving at least what I feel is a thoughtful comment. When I look at hte other comments on this post it's vague ass shit like "oh that's so true" or "really interesting thanks for posting".
Coudl I advance more on Steemit if I randomly bullshitted comments on stuff I never read, sure I probably could but what's the point in that? It adds nothing to the conversation, it's not interacting with you and it would quite frankly be wasting my time so I think because I'm unwilling to game the sytem for lack of a better word to some extent my progress is going to be slow.
This is an awesome comment, totally know where you are coming from. Sometimes I comment and 90% never comment back lol.... Short from comments are good on here also as there is so many responses. Keep it up man, mad respect :)