stuck in a bottleneck

wonder why a large majority of people walking the same path as me have to face this kind of bottleneck at least once in their lives. why is it just so difficult to do it? really envy those lucky few who go through it every so smoothly. the tremendous encouragement from everyone around, only made it seem like i was blinded all along. Seeing things through tinted glasses, everything brighter and accentuated when actually there's nothing much to be excited about. Maybe it's good too, that now i get someone totally unrelated to bring me back to reality. Rather than living my entire life in my own delusions.