Yes, maybe it's not as bad as it seems at first.
There is nothing more right than to climb into a glass and break it by looking at why you managed to do it than to do nothing.
The work is very good, but can you be the same person as before and will people be able to understand your new skills and abilities or better think of a different form of coexistence?
I'm not sure if asking friends would be a better solution than what you came up with, but at first things went differently, or more difficult than expected.