You do not need to pay for help or for high tech tools to navigate your life today, in spite of your gut telling you the opposite. It’s a trap, so ignore these dire warnings that are as fake as they can be.
A big argument between trustworthy colleagues can be a good way to evacuate some pressure, say what needs to be said, and then get back to work together with more passion and energy than before.
If you want any relationship to succeed in the long term, you sometimes need to try walking in the other person’s shoes to better understand their own point of view regarding the ties that bind you.
Give yourself 24 hours before you sign on any kind of contract today, because you need time to consider all the best (and worst) consequences that might happen with this course of action.