I am a big daydreamer and like 99.99% of all ideas/projects i tried went nowhere. I always felt i have too many hobbies and interests and not enough time.
However, in the last 10 years i managed to get some things done which i feel are quite something. What separates those from the rest?
a) i got paid for doing them b) i was lucky to be there at the right time & place, due to:
c) i was freelancing which gave me more opportunity to seek out interesting things to work on rather than staying in one place and doing what hierarchy tells you.
a-c) made it possible to unlocked my passion and as a consequence i did not mind working hard. to be precise, by „working hard“ i mean doing 40-45 hours a week, not more but those hours i was extremely focused over a few years.