You're inspiring and a lot of noobs and minnows need to read this post to have the right mindset. There are more to steemit than just earning money on upvote and as you have rightly said, one can make friends, build connections and improve their writing skills on steemit.
When i did my introduction post i wrote 11 reasons why i joined steemit and the least of it is to make money. I am taking steemit as a business and hoping to build a career off it
I'm so glad that you choosed the right way to use steemit.
You are doing a great job, You will have a successful career.
Thank you and i aspire to see more of your inspiring update on my feed