Select and maintain your aim. If you are aiming at the stars remember you need to get your ticket punched.
If you want to fly, well, what the heck, fly and sod the secondary duties.
A few years ago the USAF stars rarely exceed 2 000 hours by the time they got their first star.
In the UK, Craig, as a wg cdr, aimed at 1 000 hours in 2 years. Didn't quite make it and hours hunting didn't hurt him though.