Sacrifice is hard. Sometimes it takes something to jar us into realizing that sacrifices have to be made in order to be successful. It took my entire life essentially collapsing for me to become the person I needed to be. It was only after my longest relationship, my job, and housing situation all fell apart within a very short time that it finally 'broke' me and made me realize what was truly important for me to build myself back into who I became. Before I had those events happen to me I was still essentially a kid at heart.