if things stayed the same steem price would further decrease until there are no rewards. People who are posting for rewards are not buying steem, and curators were not incentivized to buy steem..

but now more with curation rewards means more people want to buy steem ( i just bought 6,000 due to HF21) which will increase the price and value of rewards and takle bid bot dominance. In time steem will flourish due to the changes ... including your rewards.

Also , curating is a full time job and much harder and more challenging than just posting,
Ive been doing both for 2 and a half years and can testify to that!

With steem at 0.16 u simply have to keep posting and be patient, and understand that these decisions are long term growth changes, and were desperately needed to ensure that more people buy steem, bid bots stop promoting shit posts to trending, and that steem bounces
Back up to plus $1!