Okay. I get what you're saying.
I typically convert the SBD to STEEM and power it up on everything, which is probably a round about way of doing things, but anyway. In the current situation it makes me feel like I'm actually making more (even though the straight to SP option, for all I know, could be the same or better). It's a psychological thing, I guess, and while I'm usually not that much into mind games, this one seems to help. :)
I keep a little bit of SBD & Steem on hand in case an opportunity arises, but I do generally power up the rest of my earnings as well, yet finding the right time for a conversion vs a market sale is its own set of challenges.