"Today, stop missing your fulfillment walking down someone else’s path. Take your own journey, even if the first steps are hard and know you’ll be rewarded down the road." -- Leslie Pitterson, of Clutch Magazine

Now is the time for big questions about the path I will walk in both the immediate and distant futures. We should all take some time to reflect on whether what we're working towards is what we really want, before we start telling ourselves it's too late to jump ship. [Fun fact: it's never too late to jump ship. Happiness has no expiration date.] 

Ways to not burn yourself out:

"Ambition becomes counter-productive when you pursue your goals without the humbling realization that things seldom go as planned."

"As you seek to utilize your productive capacity to its fullest, always keep a reserve. Plan it into your day as well as your philosophy. Ambition is a fine thing, so long as it doesn't override opportunity."

This advice is from Scott Belsky, the CEO of Behance and author of the national bestselling book Making Ideas Happen, and quoted in this article about why we all need a margin for error.