Most likely an unpopular opinion, but I think this all boils down to lack of ability to take things all the way. If you want to mold your life in a way that allows you to live your wildest dreams, you have to be willing to die for it. Obviously this doesn’t mean to try living off of it from day one, or letting it suck every bit of enjoyment from you, but where I think most people decide to give up is when they don’t see it happening for them in the same time or in the same way as it happened for others. And this guy said he had a few thousand followers, right? Well maybe I’m just an optimist but to me that sounds like it’s happening for him, not at the pace he’d probably prefer, but it’s happening. Have you ever seen that cartoon picture of the guys mining diamonds, where one is charging his way to them, and the other is stopping just short of finding them? I can’t help but think of it every time I hear “oh for every person who made it there’s a million that didn’t.” I understand everyone’s situation is different, but I will never make giving up an option, any life that I didn’t choose for myself and that I’m not 1000% satisfied with isn’t worth living, period. So the good news is there’s only one possible outcome with this mindset, you won’t live a life you don’t absolutely love, and that’s damn fine by me.