Sacrifices and Rejection

I’ve more or less given up watching television during the weekdays in order to really get serious about writing. I feel good about this read-aloud edit and cannot wait to send out a more polished version of The Mustard Prince in the Condiment Kingdom to literary agents. Thankfully, I have dvr, so whatever I miss, I check out on the weekends.
I wonder about ever truly “making it” as an author. This whole journey has shown me that there are no overnight successes in things like this. How many actors/actresses that have made it faced rejection in auditions and whatnot? I have a whole Excel spreadsheet showing how many times I’ve been rejected by literary agents or didn’t place in short story contests. 
The good thing is that I can’t say that I particularly miss watching television. I’m watching stories unfold on a particular media, but now, I’m writing my own.