The First Step

... Is realizing this:

Life is work.

That's the purpose.  That's what we're here to do.  It's what we have to do.  There is no escaping, and you shouldn't want to escape it, even if you could.  This is the nature of reality. 

The second first step is:

Find something, anything, that makes me jump out of bed in the morning, ravenous, to chase down that thing, and make it mine. 

This was so huge, and it was such a phenomenal day for me, that I believe this is in order.