I think sometimes it's ok for the journey to suck if you have a big enough target.

I've always thought it's best to view goals as targets. It's important to have a target that you're happy with just hitting, because you can't always hit a bullseye.

For example in STEM careers, many would consider astronaut as a bullseye. Of course, that's a nearly impossible goal to attain but around the bullseye are things like engineer, doctor, scientist, etc, and around those are things like pilot, aircraft mechanic, surveyor, etc.

Another example would be goals related to exercise/sports. A bullseye might be the Olympics or Major league athlete. Around this would be Division 1 athlete with full scholarship or Minor league athlete. Around this would be high end amateur or simply being physically healthy.

In all cases, if you set a big goal I think it's important to know you'll be happy with simply hitting the target, otherwise you're just setting yourself up for disappointment. If it's truly an all or nothing situation (maybe professional gamer?) you'd better be sure you enjoy the journey.

Pretty sure that final kid is just wearing normal shoes 😅

Once paying their own bills they will also be dropping $10+ every month on music, even if they don't listen to anything for that month.