If people are putting restrictions on you right now, tell them to get lost: even if that person is the big boss (though you might want to be more tactful about it). Your goals, your wishes, and your hopes are your own and you deserve the right to make them come to reality however you see fit. Sometimes people project what they want on you, and you can't let them do that. They need to spend more time working on their life and less time working on yours.