Great to see you've come this far in such a short time, totally agree just playing earns very little (especially when facing the power wall) but engaging, learning and finding other opportunities can really boost your progress exponentially. For me the renting was indeed the game changer at the start, it's easy to get stuck even in bronze 3. If I hadn't figured it out who knows, I might have quit.

If I could give a little tip, I noticed I wasn't seeing your posts on other front-ends like leofinance etc. I see now that you use general topic hashtags instead of the tribes. When using tags like leofinance, neoxian etc. your article also shows up in those tribes and you are eligible to earn those tokens. Just have to make sure it's something that matches the theme of the tribe but there's quite a few that are good for splinterlands content, since it's also about finance/investing and not just gaming. Just something that might be worth looking at!