But every time I asked myself if I should spend the little time I had writing posts or doing something more productive for the Steem platform, I usually chose the latter

This. It typically takes me a few hours to write a post and I rarely have that kind of time. Nevertheless, I understand the importance of keeping the community up to date on what I'm doing and my thoughts and stances on the current issues on the platform. I guess I should start on my next update post...i'm definitely overdue. Thanks @gtg!