The musical comedian Bo Burnham (whose career started on YouTube) describes this phenomenon very well: “Don’t take advice from guys like me who’ve gotten very lucky. Taylor Swift telling you to follow your dreams is like a lottery winner saying ‘Liquidize your assets! Buy Powerball tickets! It works!’ ”37
It's important to have dreams and goals and stuff, but not everyone can drop everything and chase those dreams. It doesn't mean you forget about them but that you'll have to find the balance between dream progress and keeping a roof over your head and food in your belly.
