You are doing great on your goal and it's nice to hear that you are almost at 100k. Those curation returns are really paying off for you after those large powerups.
Hope is definitely not a strategy. I think people need to think about that more and choose their investments more wisely.
Curation rewards are so undervalued, especially when you don't see them this obviously stacking... It's the same APR for everyone, but it's hard to realize the potential when curation rewards are under 1 HIVE per day/week... But it adds up!