I am truly grateful for your constant encouragement and support :) Thank you so much! I am trying to pay it forward to other newbies (even though my vote doesn't have much power, I think it is encouraging when you see someone bothered to read your post and they liked it!). Hehehee I think I will skip that fancy cup of coffee and just use this $1.52 Steem to vote for my friends and other newbies who need community support.
I think it is getting tougher for newbies to be seen as the platform grows. I see some new people joining who are contributing some nice content and not many people are even bothering to open their posts.