The people we love aren't always the easiest people for us to be with. Strangers tend to demand less from us than close friends and relations. The same can be said about the situations that excite us the most. They may bring us more fulfilment, but they also tend to pose more problems than the scenarios that hardly matter to us.
So you may or may not like  the path you have taken but at least you have inner satisfaction you can see that path in your memory as a solid, obvious route. 
What has to done should be done!