# Don't get discouraged!
http://i.imgur.com/kunSDAs.jpg

You may not feel like your upvotes hold a lot of weight at first, but don't lose your heart for it.
Remember to always keep in mind that posting on here should be more about sharing ideas/thoughts/stories/knowledge rather than earning steem/money.

The above picture shows my value per upvote on a post as of yesterday roughly mid-day.
I am very happy with this! *Some of you are probably saying "you're worthless basically, why would you be happy?"* I'm happy, because this is higher than my initial worth.. Much. As far as percentages go it was almost 20%~ more than the day I started.

*But.. It's so little..* BUT nothing! "But", it's **progress**!
My goal for the first month of being on steemit is to reach the value of a dogecoin on the date I took my first screenshot of my upvote value.
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http://i.imgur.com/g0ihPAP.jpg

I'm not entirely sure how much steem power I will need to have that much pull in a post, but I will grind until I reach it! I am here to stay.

As of today, my value has gone up to..
http://i.imgur.com/ZzZ8AU0.png
And that was just a matter of less than 12 hours!
What I'm trying to say, is to the new people who have very little influence and who are struggling to make something on their posts, don't give up and don't lose your passion, continue to write and those who begin to notice you and follow you and support you will surely come! The community is massive and there is bound to be someone here that supports you and your vision!

Best of luck to you all on your content and I hope this will motivate some of you to keep pushing!
#motivation #pushharder #gosteem