I wish every creator/entrepreneur would be okay with a 5-10 year process. Stop shooting for an arbitrary finish line and start striving for a life filled with doing work you enjoy and that challenges you and helps you grow.
His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen Hawking, RIP 1942-2018.