And here's me thinking Victor Meldew was a fictional creation....
To the OP, reducing your flying now is a bad move from a skills perspective. At your stage, you really need practice and any one of the paths you mention will give you that. If you get into a arrangement which allows you to participate in the operational and social side of flying, then find you still want to move on, do so with good grace. My own recollection is that flying some long trips (either LH or RH seat) with experienced pilots helped greatly.
30 years later I'm still flying, and have enjoyed using my PPL all over the world. It's like anything worthwhile, though, in that commitment and initiative are needed. That's doesn't seem to stand in the way of the enjoyment, and I see the same silly grin on the faces of all pilots, whatever they emerge from when it's time to go home.