Yes, I completely understand why a new person would want to try to use bots to earn more and get exposure. I have not really explored the use of them so much so that's why I didn't really have an opinion about them (though others have very strong opinions about bots).

Re: writing every day...it definitely takes discipline. I already sit at a computer station at work for 6-8 hours per day so it can be hard to come home and stare at my computer for an additional hour or two. However, I enjoy writing here and my teachers in school always told me I was good at it. I seem to have gotten this gift from my dad as he's a journalism major and has recently gotten into publishing his own books after he retired from corporate america. At work I design machinery, crunch numbers, and reply to countless emails so it's different than what I do here. Steemit gives you complete creative freedom and I've found myself actually enjoying writing as I'm not constrained to any particular boring subject as many of us have been when we went to school and were given specific books to read and then write about. I've never really blogged on a daily basis until now but I'm starting to really like it and see the fun in writing (which I always saw as a burden because most of the writing I've ever done was way back when I was in school or technical reports done for college classes and then later in life reports for work).

I can be long-winded though. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience and I wish you the best of luck on here!