I would go online every 30 minutes or so to look for [your] comment

I think we all know this fever from our first weeks on the Steem. Don't worry, it's normal and it will pass... 😉
But you shouldn't wait for "my" comment. When I vote on a post, I read it (it might sound strange to emphasise this, but unfortunately it has become a speciality...), you can rely on that. But I don't comment on every post - it usually depends on my mood. And time, of course. Besides, you don't write a letter to the editor for every article you read in the newspaper. I prefer to comment thoroughly from time to time rather than constantly leaving a one-sentence phrase everywhere.

What I meant was that the decisive turning point in one's life (in a positive way) should be taken up as a challenge.

Yes, I had understood it that way, but it's good that you emphasise it again.
Maybe we can agree on that: One should not look back in lamentation and possibly full of self-pity. Revising a decision just because "the past" was perhaps the path of least resistance is not good for self-esteem. If there is no way back, lamenting this is even harmful. To revise a reflected decision, to go back and then decide anew which direction to take, can even be strengthening.

Maybe you had similar thoughts. Maybe the last sentence in big letters had conveyed something too absolute to me. It's good that we talked about it... 😊

Hira has the patience of saint

She is a gem!
And your post format looks phantastic... 😁