Originally Posted by
CatFry 
I am completeely opening myself up to get chewed out by everyone.
No, no, no, quite the opposite. Skepticism is OK. When I approached Step 2 for the 1st time, I felt very similarly. I operated from the standpoint of, "I don't think so, but it's possible." Early on, I think my standpoint was more of, "It better be possible, or I'm completely screwed." But it seemed to work for those people, and I had nothing to lose by trying.
Turns out, those people were right. The only thing they were wrong about was just how deeply they were right.