Oh, makes more sense to me now. I have certain things I section off from the rest of life, and treat differently. For example, my activism is mostly stressful, hard, gritty, and boring. For a change, I started @GirlsofGreen, a modeling team for Canadian cannabis-loving women. We keep it fun, light, and positive. Anything negative is removed asap, including problematic team members. We just don't do nonsense or drama. It works out! And yeah, when people ask me about it, I have to explain that I consider it a separate project, and I treat it and think about it differently.
For you, Steem is a side thing. For me, it's my entire crypto savings, and where I post most of my content now that I've been deplatformed from mainstream social media. Steem on :)