PhD programs to accept me?

[RANSOMSOUL]

The most interesting thing about how tough something is, eventually ends up being the most interesting part about it to me. My wife says the only reason getting a bachelors degree worked out for me was that I put a totally unrealistic time frame on it and the challenge/game of it kept me interested. Same thing applied to the 1 term goal with my masters. However, there does not seem to be any way to reverse-engineer a PhD (EdD has some angles to it . Unrealistic/Challenge/Game seems to be at best 3 years and most likely 4/5+ or worst case end up one of the unfortunate burnout stories.

With all that being said, I love the drama prior to making the leap