In the past I used to imagine how great my life would be based on milestones: after my degree, after my first job and after my dream comes true.
My new thing is imagining that this process of going for my dreams would get easier. In that after a certain point the mountains will be less high, the falls less painful and the healing much quicker.
The truth is the mountains only get bigger, the falls farther and the pain greater. But it is from these challenges that we become stronger and able to forge forward. As the mountains grow so do the rewards.