What I will say will sound crazy, but, since I stopped worrying about votes and Rep, I find I have recovered my mental balance. I had reached the point, for a while, where I concentrated on them too much, whereas, now, I can concentrate on posting and on having conversations with those who have something interesting to say.

I'll use the first account to make a few posts open to rewards so as to see how it works out for me.

The reason I am so concerned about posting is that I still have about 6000 pages to upload, with all the formatting etc. Being older than I ever expected to become, I feel that maybe time is running out. If it is not running out yet, then I'll have time to follow through with other plans :)

Thanks for giving of your time so generously - by the way, I am impressed by how much you write on a regular basis. I'm surprised you have time for your wife and daughter (who I'm certain always come first for you).