Sure, I don't question the fact that you could make a series of horrible decisions, regret them and then still later on in life be quite happy, despite those ea

Sure, I don't question the fact that you could make a series of horrible decisions, regret them and then still later on in life be quite happy, despite those earlier failures. That doesn't make the original decision to drop out of YC a good idea. I would think, I might be wrong, you should just make it work and not drop out. You should do whatever it takes to make it work.