Following others for everything in your life could not be a good deal,because you will follow them may be they will ignore you or you will loose your own power of thinking.
only thing can make you happy in your life is believe in yourself and do hardwork for your dreams,nobody can give you anything only you can achieve anything with your believe and hardwork.
BELIEVE+HARDWORK==successful and happy life.
So,start from now and keep going how hard the situation is doesn’t matter.