When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.

Everything elaborate rests on something basic being handled reliably. Nobody makes art, law or philosophy while the food supply is uncertain, and the order is a matter of sequence rather than of taste. The same runs through a single life: interesting work becomes possible once sleep, money and health are steady enough to stop demanding attention. Foundations are boring and they are not optional.

If the higher things you want keep failing to happen, check the base before adding more ambition. Get one unstable fundamental into order first. Progress on the dull layer usually unlocks more than another attempt at the top.