If you follow influencers on social media, you will surely come across their success stories, how much they earn, and what their life looks like.
This is inspiring.
The next day, you promise to follow all the tips they give you. But then life happens.
The idealised vision comes from a mature tree that has actually forgotten the initial labour by now. But as a seed, just following the steps will not be enough. Initially, you must face reality. The ideal life does not exist yet; you will not have an entire day to plan ahead. You will be struggling.
So remember, reality will be harsh, but the ideal vision can be reached if you have the grit to achieve it. Otherwise, I am sorry to say that all the effort will be simply in vain.
As C.S. Lewis observed, this kind of disappointment “occurs on the threshold of every human endeavor. It occurs when the boy who has been enchanted . . . by Stories of the Odyssey buckles down to really learning Greek. It occurs when lovers have got married and begin the real task of learning to live together. In every department of life it marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing.”