In my brief experience here, I have seen some bloggers self-destruct. Rather than just stop to stay afloat, they thrash about and sink further.
Personally, I mainly write for myself. It is through curation that I am able to earn consistently. That's me being part of the solution for others.
People implode quite easily these days, partly because their expectations are larger than what is possible to achieve.
Curation is about as "stable" as it gets on Hive. Price of the token goes up and down, but the curation returns are paid in HIVE :)