Something for everyone out there to keep in mind. Reactions are always negative when you talk about doing something risky in the future and are much more likely to be positive when you decided to actually do it.

I dropped out of college a few months ago. Through the different talks I've had with family and friends about it in the past year, you would have guessed that everyone would have criticized the decision tremendously. But the day that I went from "dad, I want to drop out" to "dad, I signed a full time offer and I'm dropping out", I received staggering amounts of support.

Suddenly people knew I was serious about what I had been saying for a while. At least that's what I think the difference was caused by.