Don't give up when it gets hard.
Because, honestly, you never really know what's waiting on the other side of the hardship. In the moment it feels like it's not worth it... But once you breach the other side, you will NEVER live to regret that. but you WILL regret giving up. Keep on keeping on!
Surround youself with community!
When you have support, especially from those who are in a similar situation as you, or already been through it, it makes those hard moments at least a little easier. Speaking from personal experience, when you try to do it all on your own... You'll just get burnt out and wonder why you're even doing this. But with support from a community, or even giving support to someone else, everything comes into focus a bit easier.