Hi Judy. Congratulations on 1.8k followers. It is often difficult to understand why your articles don’t get the number of reads they deserve.
It’s just a matter of persevering, continue to write regularly, and read comment and clap on other people’s articles. It should improve over time.
As for the boosts …who knows…last year I was getting a boost on average every second month (and that was for poetry) … this year I haven’t had one boost. So, I am afraid I can’t help you there.
Anyway good luck with your future writing.