The delegation versus curation conundrum

Every wee while I have a now familiar conundrum - should I delegate my built up HP or should I build it up and thus have a higher upvote? There really are pros and cons of each option and I generally lean towards the side of delegating for a few reasons, I would love for some to give me their opinion as to why to keep building and curating.

The case for delegating

There are many reasons for delegating - the major one for me is that it gives me a chance to support communities or manual curation projects that I believe in. I delegate to @ocd, @curangel and @qurator - all of whom are dedicated and do an amazing job. In this way I am trusting that they will use my HP to find and curate great content, which is great for everyone here.

To be honest I have never been a great curator, and struggle to find the time to dig through 100s of posts to find the rare gem, so I leave that to the professionals. In return I get a good daily payout in liquid Hive - more than I could get through curation.

I also delegate to @actifit (and considering pulling this one) - it is a great project but one I am not using and have delegated to for over a year and so might be good to look at something new to delegate to. They are great and payout in Hive, but also in Actifit tokens which can be sold on Steem-Engine (and hopefully Hive-Engine soon).

As I return to work soon I am going to have less and less time for Hive (sadly), and dont want my vote to ever go to 100% as this is just a waste! A big part of me feels that delegating the majority of my HP is best as that means it will never go to waste.

If I go down the delegating track I would love to hear some thoughts and ideas about who is worthy of delegating to.

The case for curating

The major cause for curating with more HP is that you have more control over the rewards pool, and people will also gravitate towards those with more HP. But in saying that, are those the people you really want following you.

I must say it would be nice to be able to make someones day with a nice big upvote. I feel if I did have a big chunk of HP I would spend it looking for newer users to support as this is the hardest time and when support is needed the most. Supporting those new users with a sprinkle of good size upvotes might be all they need to keep blogging here.

But as I said before, this does take alot more time! Some even argue for a more balanced approach of having some HP while also delegating some. This hasnt worked for me in the past but its something to consider.

Thoughts?