No need to load up the expectations from the start. What I mean is, test the waters some, at a quicker pace, towards a private pilots license. You can later on see how far you can go.
It can be as simple as enrolling in a private pilot ground school course at a local airport or community college. This is the time of the year where airports are having open house and fly-ins, check them out.
Once you get some time in the saddle, you can evaluate your aptitude to bring more on.