Yes, just pace it. No rush. Establish yourself a bit and climb the ladder then you can pull others up more effectively. Curation though is not too hard and you already do it by looking for valuable content and upvoting them to visibility but you can perfect it. So give it a try, if you want to apply. Some are there, like dev etc You can start by gisting with them. @ewuoso just joined curation with curie too. But it is a craft you can develop on your own. Nowadays, you can rent power and experiment with it. Many steemians only curate.

The top curator there made around 16 steem a week with just curation on his own with a lil above 2000 steem power. With that you rely on yourself. So give it a try.