You're not doing a thing wrong, Cap. Real life issues come about and distract us from the world we've created for ourselves, here, and other people (due to our hesitation) get discouraged and it just becomes a sort of domino effect. It'll be alright. Those of us who are invested in this have your back.
Maybe bring in some of the people on the waiting list. Might keep this thing going and let it keep going for a while, since it seems people are either dripping out or disappearing for periods at a time. Just a thought. c: