@stephbruckshaw.official: The biggest lesson? Stop letting other people's opinions make your decisions for you. Someone will always think what you're doing is weird, cringe, unrealistic, or "not a real job." Do it anyway. Because the life on the other side of being willing to be misunderstood might just be everything you've been asking for. ❤️ And I can tell you from experience, I'd rather be called unrealistic than go back to living a life I knew wasn't for me.