I'll say steemit may not be for everyone. It's not like facebook or any other social media you use for fun and have nothing to lose.
In my opinion, I know that whatever we may do in live and we know we're going to earn from it... Then it's definitely not going to come on a platter to everyone. Striving hard and with patience we will make it.
Being patient and consistent and then we'll be just glad to tell a different story someday.