Congrats on reaching that milestone. I am sure you will meet your running goal in due time as well. I am shooting for 10k SP right now, but I know it is going to take me a while to get there. If I sold some of my Steem Monsters cards I could probably get there quicker.
I think it can still be a good time to earn Steem if you can get an by the curation projects. It does seem to help if you write about Steem :)