After 12 years of living my lifestyle by design and being my own boss The best advice I can give you is pay no attention to your friends, your family or your peers and seek their approval. Follow "YOUR" intuition and your vision in life because at the end of the day; its "YOUR" life and you have done the research to prove to yourself you have what it takes.

Everyone laughed in my face and told me "yea right; good luck!" with super sarcasm and laid it on very thick when I told them I would work from home, and have an international business and live my life how I want. The only thing you can do is let your success speak for itself. By the time I was 19 I had my own Social Media Marketing Agency and never looked back. Those same friends that laughed in my face now have normal jobs and I get to wakeup whenever I want and do what I want when I want.

I'm telling you this because You TOO can do this; Im just a normal person with a vision and am happy when people succeed.

YOU know the potential and more importantly your an early adopter of being on Steemit. In a few years when they decide to "jump in" or after seeing you do it they will realize what you once told them.

At that point its up to you if you want to teach them and help them or just continue on your journey and help the people who REALLY want to learn and take the action to make it happen.

Best of luck on your journey and I wish you the most success life can bring you!