Don't just want to fly, desire to get paid well to fly.
I know it doesn't make much sense right now, and you'll ignore this piece of advice, and in 3 years you'll think about how correct it was, but don't sell yourself short man. The first time I got paid to fly an airplane I thought, "Man I can't believe they pay me to do this!"
I made $7,000 that year.
The next job I thought, "Wow, I can't believe they pay me to fly an airplane THIS BIG!"
It was a Piper Chieftain, though I was paid much better.
By the time I got my last job flying an RJ, and the job that furloughed me, all I could think was, "Are you serious? This is all they're paying me to do all this work and handle this much responsibility? This is some kind of a sick joke, right?"
And would you believe it, I was at training for my new job and the guy next to me says, "I can't believe they're paying me to do this."
It wears off fast.
And don't get me wrong, because a lot of people that don't know me at all do, I love airplanes. I love flying airplanes. I love challenging airplanes, and challenging approaches with fun crews and good overnights and all that other jazz. It's just that life is not as simple as that, at least not for me. Life has complexities that make it what it is, and therefor I can't look at this career as black and white. I can't say, "Well as long as I love what I'm doing!" because if I love what I'm doing but my wife is being neglected or my bills can't be paid, then the job worthless to me no matter how much happiness it brings me.
But desire to get paid well to fly. Hold yourself to a high standard and the hours will come.