P1, it's your choice. You can either listen to what you're being told or ignore it, but if you choose to ignore it you'll find yourself stuck like many of us now are.
I can promise you that it will take a relatively short time for the novelty to wear off.
Put the same amount of effort into any other career and I think you''ll end up better off.
Being very badly managed in an industry where it's almost impossible to change employer once some seniority is accrued and facing endless exhaustion being worked to legal limits is no life.
Endless East coast may sound good to an outsider, but in reality it is purgatory.
What other job has at least 5 potentially career ending checks a year.
Think very hard before entering the trap!
You may be right that flying is a way of life, but it's increasingly difficult to have any other life alongside it.