By that I mean, you exert a lot of effort in different areas of your life, fitness, academia, career, women, family, hobbies, but see very slow results or almost no progress at all?

I've been at lifting weights for 2 years now and I'm still lifting pretty much the same amount as I was 3 months in. I need to put hours and hours into studying in order to cram for tests. At work I get the job done, but my skills and knowledge haven't increased significantly since starting and I certainly won't be up for a promotion anytime soon. I've put a lot of effort into my apperance, tried my hand at "branding" myself on social media, read TRP theories on women and tried them out all with limited success, I'm still not getting laid regularly. I haven't made new friends and I can't save my parents from themselves.

I'm starting to feel more and more like this everyday. Seems like other people see progress and results a lot quicker than I do. It feels worse than not even trying, at least then I'd have an excuse.