You have more contact with peers than with bosses, so there is room in those relationships for more misinterpretation when you embark on the path to professional development.
Your colleagues have invested time and effort in getting to know you, so don't be surprised if they are resistive to your good intentions. They want things to remain familiar and comfortable for them; it's not about you.
After spending so much time together, people get to know each others strengths, weaknesses, hopes and ambitions all of which are subject to misunderstanding during a period of personal transition.
Peers base their expectations on fairness and equity; you do your job and they'll do theirs. They will demand more from you because their job is so affected if you are not pulling your weight.
While your attention is drawn to building new skills, they're concerned about having to pick up the slack if you don't meet their needs.
By seeking to better yourself you run the risk of being ostracized. In some ways it's much like high school where the pressure to conform can generate feelings of guilt which you don't deserve.
Note: Negative peer pressure can neutralize your best intentions.
V.O.R.
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