Oh yeah, about those people who tell you how to live your life? I find that they are in a very privileged position of dishing out advice that they don't have to suffer the consequences for.
I made it a point to only listen to advice from those who had taken the path themselves.
That's also true. It's hard sometimes to switch off from other people's opinions. But I'm learning to become more comfortable with my own choices and more comfortable in my own skin. Thanks for reaching out about this. You make a lot of sense :-)