Your future isn’t a group project. Take input, but you’re the only one turning it in.

Everyone around you gets an opinion and none of them get the consequences. That gap is easy to forget when the people talking love you and sound certain. Their confidence costs them nothing, and your choice costs you years.

Keep listening, because good input is worth having. Just add one step before you act: ask who will be living inside this decision a year from now. If the answer is only you, their vote is advice rather than a verdict.