Nobody will care about your dream as much as you do. That’s not sad. That’s your job description.

Nobody else is going to carry it, and that is a description of the arrangement rather than a complaint about people. Your friends and family have their own things to think about, so the reminding, chasing and restarting after a bad month all sit with you. Expecting otherwise breeds a quiet resentment where other people get blamed for not pushing you. Once you accept that the job is yours, it gets simpler.

So stop waiting to be asked how it is going. Put the next step in your own calendar, and ask one person to check in on a specific date rather than hoping somebody remembers.