I guess you also gotta ask yourself if you are working hard at it, or just counting days by. Are you working hard ? Say, putting a few hrs into 3d daily ? Are you also working smart ? Like, joining contests and challenges or do studies/tutorials ? Are you getting helps ? Posting your WIP threads helps. Or Facebook groups…
Hmm, so it's just your temporary job? I hope it's not rude to ask, what type of art do you do? Or are you a programmer/tech-art maybe? I agree with the rest of your post. It's definitely like that... Other people's successes should'nt make you any difference, other than inspiring you. Plus, not everything about people is…