There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. Hercules Furens

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. The Alchemist

Keeping up appearances, living in borrowed finery, wearing masks, the drapery of convention, play-acting for the benefit of others and oneself ... the constant fluttering of human beings around the one flame of vanity is so much the rule and the law that there is virtually nothing which defies understanding so much as the fact that an honest and pure drive towards truth should ever have emerged in them. They are deeply immersed in illusions and dream-images; their eyes merely glide across the surface of things and see 'forms'; nowhere does their perception lead to truth. The Gay Science

Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress. Atomic Habits