How do you move forward with something when you know you might be taken to court, put under surveillance, heavily fined, or otherwise harassed? I think the que

How do you move forward with something when you know you might be taken to court, put under surveillance, heavily fined, or otherwise harassed? I think the question is also, "Why do you move forward with something when you know you might be taken to court, put under surveillance, heavily fined, or otherwise harassed?" I'm not trying to be pedantic; it's a legitimate question. Why do this if you know going into that it will cause potentially great harm to both you and your partner who "supports a large family"? It's akin to jumping off a cliff that you haven't looked over to see what's at the bottom. So there would need to be a very compelling reason to move forward, I would think. So what's your reason for pushing through these problems? When times get tough, what will motivate you to keep pushing through rather than quitting after 2-3 years?