Well to be honest I was chatting with a Steemian and the issue he had with the low payout for now was keeping him away for now but like you said this is no time to sit back and watch rather give your time and make the time worth it and there is always light at the end of the night !
The market have been like this ever since BTC dropped but it rose again and it fall again but we were able to withstand that affect than we can sure go on with this.
Well like you said no one knows and one day we might wake up and see Steem at those prices that you mentioned and it sure is possible but today but someday !