"Never give up & keep trying". That is the key to success. I do it.
You are here too, in my list of
inspirational stories form self-promoted users, but I have some things to contribute for your coming journey.
(1) There is a typo in your topic title: it should be Newbie, rather than
Newbi.
(2) My story released many months ago might be helpful for you too:
Promotion with merit system and new rank requirements. It's possible.. Different stories that were written and released at different phases might be helpful for very specific target users at defined ranks.
(3) When you reach the Hero member rank, your life (to rank up) will become easier and less 'stressful'. Why I said so? Because you need 500 more merits to rank up from Senior member to Hero member, and it is truly challenging so you might not think of too much about the next rank. You simply read, learn and write, your minds are free and when you have less pressure whenever you type anything, your posts naturally become better, in quality.
(4) You should choose as good topic title as possible. Because the title is a hook. People will never read your contents if they are not impressed with your topic title. Topic title does not make sure they will read all your contents, but when their eyes caught by the title, they will spend some time to read your topic.
Make your topic title, post more attractive(5) Your total self-earned merits are not completely reflect your quality.
I meant, if there are two users who both self-earned 1000 merits, it does not equal that they stay at the same level of quality (in terms of post quality). There are lots of ways to self-earned merits. Two posts received 1 merit for each likely do not have same quality of contributions or given information.
It is good to self-earn merits to rank up to higher ranks but it does not serve as a proof that you are better than the others.
Happy holidays!