Well...yes you are changed forever...in this case sounds like a good change...in the sense you are at a new starting point...asking some good questions

Let's call the place your at as White and your destination as Black. Realistically we are not going to wake up in the morning and be transformed to your destination.

Try this exercise...Change the word White into the word Black by switching only one letter at a time when you make a new word...

So here is one path...

White
Whine
Shine
Swine
Swing
Sling
Bling
Blink
Blank
Black

It is an exercise I use when I feel stuck...try it with other words...experiment...

This is simply an exercise to set the stage that changes can occur...when you can really embrace this...then you can see how to apply it to your road ahead...hope it gives you pause...then you can determine what happens next