In touch with emotional self
Acceptance and physical changes are critical to me, but without that self-acceptance, without being able to FEEL the world as I should - even if it that means feeling mostly pain - there's just no point to the rest for me.
Further changes, the RLT, reintegrating as a woman... all things I look forward to and certainly need. But in many ways, when I stopped running, opened my arms, and willingly let my dragon swallow me whole - THAT was the pinnacle of transition for me. The rest... are just details.
Kate