It's easy to fall into a dark spiral, what's hard is to get out of it, what's really hard is to strive and to become a star.
We're often over ambitious and the moment our expectations aren't reached, we're disappointed, we lose motivation and often go back into our dark places.
Learn to distinguish expectation from expectancy. Your expectation should be realistic, and each time you reach them you should create a new one. The expectancy is your highest dream, and you should know that is a dream, so you should be grateful to reach it if happen, but not disappointed if you're not reaching it.
yeah, I believe in gradual build up of life as well. Setting unrealistic expectation of becoming successful overnight will never happen!