Hi Lara! Ok, so I'm here basically as a pre-everything trans. So what exactly does make it worth it?

Let me explain it this way hun:
What makes going to college worth it? The enrollement process? The long hours studying, struggling to understand everything, the ruthless course schedule? The many years of struggling to pay for everything and do good in school? The countless worrying about the finals, transportation, homework?
For the military personnel (minus a few exceptions), what makes the military worth it? Surely it can't be the INSANE process of signing a BAJILLION forms just to join, or the LONG time in boot camp! How about the countless hours of physical training? The countless hours of inspection after inspection and formation after formation? For years?
How about buying a house? Why would you want to get into $100,00 + in debt (up or down) just to have to worry about fixing it up? Paying for utilities? Keeping your yard presentable? What if it loses value and the mortgage goes up? Is it worth all that hassle?
I will only briefly mention marriage because I think you get my point by now

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The point of all of this girl, is that you never see why something is worth it until it is after the fact. When you get handed your diploma/honorable discharge/mortgage, you get an overwhelming sense of satisfaction. You get a permanent sense of "I survived the gauntlet" and now you have that much more confidence in yourself. It opens up SO many oppurtunities (sp?) afterward, most of which you won't know until you reach that point.
I'm not saying it will be easy, quite the opposite actually. Just ask yourself this hun, 'what makes it not worth trying?'

Consider this and know that many of us are in the same position.