Welcome back sir! I haven't been super active on here recently either. One thing you might have missed and would be interested in is scorum.com, it's similar to steemit, but all sports. They're fairly new, but it seems like it's a whole lot easier to get noticed/votes than on here. Definitely worth a shot. I'd recommend doing a detailed introduction post to get a good start then just start exploring/commenting.
Yeah man I just signed up to check it out. Jsdavis15 is my user on there. Hit me up
Sweet saw you followed and followed back - which that's another nice thing about it, notifications. Look at the people I follow, a lot of them are from steemit. Do a nice intro and start interacting with people with useful comments. Seems like it's a lot easier to grow than on here