Man, d, you make it hard to not have regrets about taking the road less travelled.
I coulda been rich,...
I dont see anybody paying 1000usd for what 100sp gets you around here, much less double that.
Absent smt's or something like steem monsters causing the price to rise i think fluctuating between 1 & 5usd to be the most we can expect of steem.
The returns on selfvoting or bot operating just dont make sense at a higher price.
I do think that we can remain in this range indefinitely.
Plenty of new fools willing to try their hand at becomng golden boys for a while.
I think the best thing i could do is get a homebased business going that the family can continue when you are gone.
That way they are at home to raise the family and have no worries of want.
That's the thing though bro, to own my own companies and get the rewards cost me 3 houses (given to ex partners) and on average 14 - 16 hour working days, then add in over 2000 miles per week travel, and a lot of other crap, and is it worth it? I am not sure, the jury is out for now.
It was a lot of work, for sure.
At least its over now.