I live day by day with a smile on my face, even when I make a mere 0.10 payout. Sure, I made less than 10 cents, but I don't see 10 cents when I look at 0.10 Steem. I see at minimum, $1, and all Steem needs for 0.10 to be worth $1 is to hit $10. That means 0.01 will be $1 when it hits $100.
Merely having this certainly makes you accumulate more Steem each day happily.
Those 0.001 curation rewards are pennies