Hey man! Yeah, leaving the warm fuzzy "stability" of a full time job was scary and even now has its challenges 😄. Your life path sounds amazing too! We've talked about it before, so I'm somewhat familiar with your story. That's very cool that you're currently going through a job phase, it's not bad. The biggest lessons in whatever path we choose are to not doubt yourself, be willing to take risks, prioritize relationships, physical and mental health and don't define success with dollar symbols only.

There are a few more, but these are the big differences between my 40 year old self and my 20 year old self.