I'm a Reserve baby as well. I opted to trough/bum in my younger years versus seeking civilian employment. 9 years later it has better placed me for airline employment than if I had sought employment with the regionals near my region. I lived in the reserve unit town and my QOL was choice. Deployments on my own time and preference. It wasn't great money, but it was better than the regionals and a true Burger King schedule lifestyle.

You are imo better served by doing your time building strictly as a reservist. TT is immaterial these days for those who have military TPIC available to them. 121 box is also not a great discriminator these days. All the dudes in my unit getting picked up are non-121. Lean on that reserve gig brother, you won't regret it.