So how am I doing?

In a rather introspective mood this morning.  Asking myself all kinds of questions about the map to success.  Are there many routes or just a few?  Do I have to find just the right one for me or "the right one" period?  Do the established artisans have as many roller coaster emotions as I do?  Does their self-confidence jump to the cieling and then fall in a hole like mine sometimes does?  And then there's this one:  Is getting up to 3 followers good?