Success doesn't happen overnight. Sometimes it may appear that way to the outside eye, but what you don't see is the years of grinding behind the scenes before that success came into the light. Lately, I've received messages about people saying "man I've been shooting videos for over a year now and I haven't really gotten anywhere with it I'm kind of stuck I don't know what to do can you give me some advice". I just kind of chuckle to myself and let them know that it's not going to happen like that, it's not a light switch you just flip on. It took me years of grinding it out doing videos/jobs I didn't want to do, but knew I needed to in order to get to where I'm at today. You've got to pay your dues, I still do and will continue too for a long time. I don't feel like I'm above certain work and I feel like I run into people all the time that feel that way. Regardless, I'm not at the top nor am I anywhere close to where I want to be. You don't instantly walk into a Fortune 500 company office building and become the CEO, it takes years of hard work to achieve that status. Be patient in your craft and maintain a strong work ethic. Day by day just continue to work on one thing that puts you closer to your end goal. - Jakob Owens

In my opinion social-media as a whole is a leading cause for depression and anxiety in today's modern era. As we all know people only post the best moments (the highlights) of their life for you to view. We see these public displays of their "amazing" life and for some reason may think that their life is so much cooler or better than your own. You then quickly become unhappy or unsatisfied with your own, you want what they have, you want to be doing what they're doing, you want more. But what we don't see are the struggles and hardships those people are also enduring at those exact moments. People are scared to be vulnerable for fear of what others will think of them, so instead of being real, people only reveal these highlights of their life in an attempt to feel better and mask any pain or anxiety's they might be dealing with. We all know this about social media, so why does it continue to bother and influence your mindset. You don't know the struggles of that person day in or day out. There's no perfect person, no one person that doesn't have any problems. Sometimes it's very easy to get so caught up in other people's lives that you forget to take care of your own. I think you would be surprised at the conversations I've had with some truly gifted and special people that have the same fears, struggles, and anxiety issues that anyone else deals with, but you would never know because all that is kept behind closed doors. Just realize you're not the only one that struggles, everyone else does too. - Jakob Owens