I had surgery my sophomore year in college. And then spent years with Invisaligns. Paid a professional image specialist to help me get a new wardrobe. Spent hundreds updating my Linked in and personal online profiles (professional photos, intriguing text, networking images...). Even succeeded in getting pretty heavy Linked In... connection bases. Know what it all got me? A hole in my wallet. Sure, people want me to make them money (like a performing circus animal). They don't give a damn about ME.
I'm not joking. The only way I can think of ascending is super-convincing VR. Not interested in wasting my time with anything else anymore.