I didn't know this happened until just now. I've been excitedly following your pilot journey because it felt familiar to me.

But after reading this, I see it was very different. As someone who loves flying and being a pilot, this seems like the right decision. I suspect if you'd continued and passed your checkride, you wouldn't fly enough to be safe to exercise it. And that just makes you less likely to become a story on aviation-safety.net.

I have wanted to be able to fly an airplane since the first time I saw one as a very young child. And doing so means that there's always a risk of my story making that site. To me, it's worth the risk. I'm glad you were able to make that assessment for yourself. I usually congratulate people who have passed their checkride. But I think you deserve some as well: congratulations!