daantooine:

if you want to be good at anything, you have to work. if you want to be a writer, you have to write. if you want to be a musician, you have to practice. you have to work. there’s no shortcut, there’s no magic button that will bestow on you the skill you want. it’s work.  it takes discipline. it’s work pitting your inspiration against your lack of ability, it’s work pushing past the associated frustration, it’s work constantly assessing yourself and your progress and what you can do about it, and then doing it.

and you know what? the effort makes success all the more satisfying because you fought for it. you fought against yourself for it, your doubt, your insecurity, your lack of initiative and ability, in some cases your mental illness. you mastered them to progress, to claw, inch by inch, closer to your goal. there’s nothing more satisfying in the entire world.