thats an incredible success story and I wish to read a lot more of them and I am sure they will keep popping up like mushrooms in the coming months/years.

I would be lying if I hadnt thought about how cool it would be to become a blogger, go on adventures, eat amazing food or share my view on the world and get paid for it. Am I willing to do what is necessary? Nah, not really at this point in my life since I love my job as a poker player. For now I am lacking the ability and patience to write good content and I am happy for the most part to share my thought in the comment section and use my posts more as an journal. Who knows that might shift someday.
But it is still nice to share some parts of my life and get some money, different views and thoughts.

As the new opportunities/challange question goes...it depends a lot.

My biggest motivation boosts I had when I felt down the most and just realized what I had before. Unfortanetly when things get better it is easy to loose the gratitude, but I am working hard on this with meditation and journaling to be thankful were I am and what I have.

Working 20 hours a day deserves you every penny you earned and I am sure many more will follow.