Before I could notice this more 60 merits have added to it. Congratulations fillippone. All I can say is that it is not easy, from any angle you look at it from, it is not easy. Ranking up is possible, but having stacks of thousands of merits is something that is near impossible for some people. When we come to this understanding, we have peace of mind. My merit is about 100 above my activity, which isn't bad. I am trying my best, but assuming I would turn out to be someone like fillippone in the future, I should  have 500+ merits by now. I am happy with my progress, but in order to be kind and honest to myself, I do not possess the super power of the kinds of fillippone, LoyceV, o_e_l_e_o, Ratimov etc.