around the time I joined Steemit, I wanted to at least start by becoming a part-time blogger. When I was earning more for my posts. That dream died when my posts started earning less. When I would spend 15+ minutes trying a well thought out post only for no one to notice it. Or only for less than 2 people to upvote it. 
![blog professionally.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVWMuzJojweJhTGsMNxhsBuGHb9jVV65u5sNvtw2ntJXf/blog%20professionally.jpg)
It will take me until I am 50 to save up for YouTube equipment only getting 3-5 cents a post using Dustsweeper, and by the time I manage to make one dollar, I have to pay Dustweeper so they can upvote me. It will take me 2 months just to make one dollar or longer.

I joined due to being unemployed and not being able to find work. I feel it's better for my mental health if I work from home. But how can this be accomplished barely making enough to buy a Big Mac?

Maybe I will have to earn curation awards we will see.  If I did something wrong that caused me to start earning less, I would like to know so I can fix it on Weku.