Q: that's cool that you're getting in to blender projects. if you do ever need to render larger projects that would take too long on your computer you should check out sheepit render farm. it's a free community render farm where people render each other's project for free. you could even make a team there and i'm sure you fans could help render your projects for you (I'd join)
A: that seems like a good idea, as long as i can get confident that i know how to get an Eevee version (realtime/fast render) to be guaranteed to look the same on Cycles (slow version, shows the good glass and light effects). it's extremely important that i can see my work while working on it. otherwise progress is de-railed every time you have to wait to find out what you just did