Update from me:
I don't want to sound soppy/stupid, but do
everything that you can to protect your dream. I didn't, maybe some of that wasn't my fault, but maybe I could have avoided it being taken away from me, I still get really annoyed with myself some days because of it, maybe it wasn't meant to be, perhaps it was-i'll never know.
You have nothing stopping you-protect that dream and chase it!