Find Joy In the Journey
Keep your hopes, dreams, and the actions you take to achieving them close to the front of your mind daily, but minimize the pressure. Have an appreciation for the place you are in right now. Understand that there is a purpose for where you are and a reason for why you are not where you would like to be. Make a plan and act on that plan daily and accordingly, but also with the acceptance that your place right now is likely meant to teach and prepare you to be and stay where you want to go. Make the most of every day you are in and remember that doing so should not always consist of reviewing the many ways you 'have not yet' but the many ways 'you have' made the most of life; the good, the bad, the awesome, and the challenging and commit to continue making the most of the day you are in. That is all. The pressure you sometimes feel is self-inflicted. Let it go, doing what you can when you can do it, and knowing that the place you are in is right where you are supposed ...