At the crossroads

Recently I was asked to take photos of a friend's kids birthday party. I brought one lens, the 24-70 for the event. During the event I started to feel in the zoom ring, that something would catch or click ever so often. I finished the event and the photos look fine. The next day I brought the lens to Canon Service Center and to my dismay the 24-70 v1 a lens that they will service anymore. The tech wouldn't open the lens up but says that with what I'm describing its a matter of time where the lens will stop functioning as it should.

What to do? When I bought into Leica I kept my Canon gear for the times where the Leica may not be the ideal for what I want to do. Times like harsher weather, taking photo of things that need a telephoto for, taking photos of things up close and for those times where AF is beneficial within a time constraint. A majority of what I take photos of is for fun and learning or helping friend's out. I generally don't get paid for what I do. This is a hobby and something I enjoy doing but with limited funds and shifting focuses I'm at the crossroads with what I feel like I can keep doing and what gear I should continue to invest in.

Options I'm considering

1. Replace with another 24-70 v1
2. Replace with 24-70 v2
3. Wait till then buy the rumored Canon EOS R5 and the rf mount 24-70
4. Get an entirely different mirrorless system with a ~24-70 range like Sony or Nikon
5. Let it go and stop investing more on SLR style cameras
6. Getting the current lens serviced by some other vendor

I feel like option 1 is putting in the least amount of money but fastest to a dead end, any issues with it will bring me back to square one. Option 2 is similar but just more money and a further dead end. Option 3 and 4 is just a lot of money. Option 5, deals with the feels, missing out on the feels of making a family/person happy with the photo you're able to produce. Option 6 deals with trust, I'm not sure how I feel about this one.

Part of me wants to say, if the people who ask me to take photos for their event aren't supporting me financially then I should feel comfortable with slowly retiring my Canon gear, especially when I'm at a time where I enjoy shooting with a rangefinder more. Another part of me feel like its an obligation to benefit others with the material and time I've invested into this hobby.

Could I keep going with what I have left? Yes, but its not ideal. Does it have to be ideal? No...? Its just harder. In regards to the 3yr old birthday party, I could have done it with the 50 or the 16-35. I have to sort through the EXIF data but I felt like I was shooting between the 35 - 50 range the most. The 70 end did come in handy a couple times as well. I could eat a bowl of milk and cereal with a fork but why? But do I stop eating milk and cereal?

What I want is to pick up a couple more things on the Leica side and if I were to upkeep my Canon side, it would financially slow or prevent me from doing so. Even if I went with option 3, I wouldn't be able to make a move on that for another 2-3 yrs.