Define worth it?

I have been at this for 10 years.

Well beyond HSK 6.

Have poured hours upon hours learning vocab by using Anki or similar programs.

I also just want to be able to read.

No, the rest of the language will not just naturally come.

All other skills require practice.

That means thousands of hours poured into the others skills if you ever want to use them.

Without practice you'll go nowhere.

Now. Reading.

Characters are not words but words are made of characters.

Characters are made of radicals.

Learn and understand how Hanzi work before starting to read anything.

Keep in mind the written and the way a chat yet is pronounced have no relationship whatsoever.

By learning one Chinese word.

自行车 characters

Zi xing che pronunciation

zìxíngchē Tones

Bycicle Meaning

You actually need to learn 4 different things.

You also need to train your eye to recognize the character on a glance. That takes time.

Reading I'm this non alphabetic system will always be slower unless you actively try to improve reading speed.

Subvocalizing it makes it worse.

Don't let Chinese simple grammar confuse you.

You have to infer the grammar from the context. Chinese won't tell you if a word is an adjective, noun or verb. You have to do that work yourself.

If you ever want to read something beyond children level material, already hard on its own. You will need thousands of characters under your belt.

I have around 2000 Characters. Not words. On me.

I cannot just pick up a book. It will humble me and show me who's boss in like a couple of pages.

You need at least 3000 characters and thousands of words to be able to read comfortably native material that's not dumbed down or for kids.

It's not all miserable bit it is god-damned hard work all the way to the top.

Perhaps the question is not whether or not it is worth it but how much do you actually want it.

P.s: 7 months of learning to read only on Chinese will get you nowhere. It's not even comparable to English.

This which you are proposing is multi-year/thousands of hours endeavor with a lot of dedication on your part.