Are you afraid of success or afraid of failure? Are you afraid of what other might think? Are you afraid of criticism? Do you feel like if you really step out of your comfort zone you would be an imposter?
I have to admit that I personally fit into every one of the questions above. Unfortunately, I don't have a magic answer to help get over any of the fears above but I do feel that we are all led in some way to our destiny and it is up to you whether you decide to take your leap of faith or not.
I believe that over the coarse of each of our lives there are several times that opportunity knock on the door. I can't answer why some of us fail at the opportunity when we try to be successful but I had someone explain success to me this way.
Success is like standing in a field of thousands of stones. Many of the stones when turned over reveal nothing but a percentage of the stones have the keys to success and it comes down to turning over stones until you find the one that leads to success.
What is you have to turn over a thousands stones to find success? What if you turned over 100 and found success? There is no formula for which stone to turn over. Nobody is going to tell you the best stone is in that direction of this direction.
Is it work? Yes. It is work. Is it worth it? I would think, yes, it is worth it.