After I survive this I will live a happy life, I will follow my dream, will read that book, quit smoking, run a startup, start a new life, will do whatever I want.
It doesn’t works like that. Not for me.
I was writing my first book for five long years. I was desperate and was dreaming about the day when I will quit. The day the book was published finally have came but I have`t quit. Not that time. And not the next time either. And the next...
You should learn to live in the mode of an unfinished project. Starting new one before finishing old one.
The real mastery then is to learn how to keep balance. Finishing as many old projects as you start new.