For me, I've always taken being on a set as my school, because I've been working since I was ten.
It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.
Going from sharing a one-bedroom place to living in a loft to two people living in a house to me having my own place by myself has kind of mirrored my career... small steps to bigger, to bigger, to now having a steady job.