Thanks for sharing your opinions.
I have been thinking about what my inner self truly want. And often that is a very hard question to answer. The time needed for preparing is definitely one thing that might get in the way. Job perspective, financial situation, and even the city you live in can affect your desired way of living too.
I used to think I have a definite answer to this question. But now I am really not sure about myself. It is interesting that some of you brought up the term 24x7, which I believe implies "living as a woman". In my mind, I am more thinking about "living as someone who would dress as a woman". I admit that I am partially inspired by Isha's pioneering work here. I am more thinking about the configuration of "dressing in woman cloth", but with people around me knowing that I am just dressing that way, not I am not on my way to get an SRS.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that this is more complicated than I thought. This is still a binary gender society. If you are a male, the society accepts you. If you have decided to transit into a female, the society is starting to accept you (slowly, but it is getting there). But what is it that I indeed want? Male, but in female cloth? Occasionally? All the time? Where should the society put me? I guess I have to figure out where I want myself to be in in the first place, because we talk about society. But just to get that answer is very hard, though all you need to do is ask you own heart.