Elevator’s broken? Stairs still go to the same floor. They just build legs on the way.

The fast route and the slow route usually arrive at the same place. What differs is what happens to you on the way, because the harder path asks more of you and returns something for it. People who had the easy access often arrive without the thing the climb builds.

If you are taking the long version of something, name what it is building, patience, contacts, a skill nobody can fake. Write it down so the slowness has an accounting. Then take the next step, which is the only part you have to do right now.